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And today FEATURED is…..Trini Lind

September 19, 2015September 19, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Path of The Spirit

Hello everyone it is time to introduce the Featured I choose for this week! <3
As difficult is to choose one of you every week, I am proud of myself that I am able to handle and suggest for you every week great Bloggers and their amazing Blogs…

And today FEATURED is…. TRINI LIND she would be on my sidebar widget for this week!

I always love to meet and greet new Artists sharing their work of art, their beautiful words or images! Trini it is a wonderful writer I love her Blog and her beautiful poems and posts! She also illustrate her post with her own beautiful Photography, especially from the amazing Norway her native country. Trini is a wonderful soul who believes in healing the world through Love and at this moment she is experiencing her life in India where she is a freelance writer. I am so happy that I have connected with her! <3

– Please Trini grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog!
A Reblog of this post would be a Plus <3 ;-) –

Please visit TRINI LIND Blog and enjoy the wonderful vintage looking ride between
the enlightment of her words!

Once again thank you for the participation to this “Meet and Greet” session!!!
During those 14 weeks I have been able to discover many new awesome Blogs
and I can’t wait to share them with all of you!

How you can be Featured here?
Stay Connected with me! Follow here and on my other social media be active!
You never know…maybe next week I’ll surprise YOU!

Thank you always for sharing my Art!

-CR

Art, Doodlewash, Drawings, Health, Illustration, Indie, Life, Love, My Paintings, National Days, Nature, Sketch Book, Watercolors

Watercolors from Nature…

September 17, 2015April 22, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

NATURE it is so precious!

Today I will share how I painted those beautiful flowers using some of the most vibrant and pigmented colors found in “Nature”. I always like to experiment new ways to use colors. This time I wasn’t thinking to paint anything, I had no plan and no preparation it was late evening, but…when creativity strike you can’t miss the moment!
Few days ago I got some amazing “Dragon fruit” or also known as “Pitaya” it is a delicious and refreshing Tropical fruit that grows on several Cactus species and has great Health Benefits

This fruit has beautiful colors on the outside skin, and rich magenta pigments inside or white.

The juice is a strong dye and it is perfect for painting, I used my 140 lb watercolor paper sketch book
and Aqua flo water filled brushes.

I then decided that I needed a touch of yellow to combine with the Magenta and paint more flowers.
For the yellow color I used another powerful natural pigment found in nature. I used Turmeric powder.

Turmeric it is a root spice used for cooking. I wanted to try out Turmeric powder for painting from a long time.
The yellow color is very rich and beautiful, I mixed a dash of powder with water and I painted.

I am happy with the experiment of using natural pigments and how this little painting turned out.
If you paint I suggest you to try!

A great thanks to Mother Nature!
-CR

Art, Digital Art, Digital Unique Portraits, Life, Nature, One of a kind, Photography, Seasons

Digital Art – When Nature Meets Humans – Portrait #4

September 10, 2015October 7, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

“WHEN NATURE MEETS HUMANS”
Digital Portraits Collection Portrait #4
– Blue Shadows –

Today I want to share with you my latest Portrait for this unique Collection. This is Portrait #4 the title is Blue Shadows.
I like to experiment and continually evolving with my Art and creativity. From years I love to work in Digital finding new ways of visualization. I love Photography and like to work with photos, manipulating images of any kind transforming them with my own personal artistic touch. Here if you missed you can see my Digital Art . I also made a Gallery for the “Nature Meets Humans Portraits Collection” you can see the other portraits here.
I am very inspired and happy to work on this unique Collection of Artistic one of a kind Digital Portraits. I love to thank all of you for sharing my Art and for all the great feedbacks and comments left on this Blog. Your presence means a lot to me is encouraging to keep going on evolving and experimenting with my creativity. This portrait it is the #4 of this Collection, the title is “Blue Shadows” the color Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.. To create this portrait and all the other ones I used beautiful photos found on Pinterest most of the images used are not my own Photography (I apologize but I haven’t found the Photographers names to give Credits).

I love this idea to mix nature with humans and create some unique and very different kinds of portraits…This Collection is created mostly for my own Artistic purpose and to share with you some of my Digital abilities.

If you’re interested in purchase a custom and unique portrait like the ones in this Collection you can, I will create it exclusively for you, using your own personal memories photos, I will create your own personal and unique custom Digital Art Portrait, for info and details please contact me.

As always I love your comments!

-CR

Important Note: I respect the Copyrights and Rights of the photos that are not mine. Credits for the photos I used to create this portrait that are not mine goes to their respective owners. The finished portrait created as result of blending, layering and manipulating the photos used, it is my creation and Digital Artwork and has my Copyright© Carolina Russo.
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permissions.

Other sources:
www.pinterest.com
www.color-wheel-pro.com/color–meaning.html

Events, Featured, Life, Photography, Poems, Short Stories

Today Featured is….

September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

days.of.stone

Some days are rubies, days of rose-tinted glass;
some days, like halcyons flown.
Some days are diamonds, rough cut and brilliant;
some days are harder than stone.

And today FEATURED is…. Ryan Stone he would be on my sidebar widget for this week!

I always love to meet and greet new Artists sharing their work of art and their beautiful words!

(Please Ryan grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog!
and if you can a Reblog would be a Plus!)

Sorry this Friday I haven’t posted our “Meet and Greet” session!!!
But it doesn’t mean that I can’t choose the Featured of the week.
During last months I have been able to discover many new Blogs so I have a long list of Great Blogs to Feature!

How you can be Featured here?
Stay Connected! Follow here and on my other social media be active!
You never know…maybe next week I choose YOU!

Today I am very pleased to introduce Ryan Stone
he is a freelance writer from Melbourne, Australia. He shares his home in the blue Dandenongs with his wife, two young sons and a German Shepherd. His poetry has recently appeared in Writers’ Forum Magazine, Black Poppy Review, Goodreads, Cafe Aphra, Wolf Publishing and an anthology or two. On daily walks through his forest surrounds, he often peers down rabbit holes.

Ryan writes beautifully and sometimes with great twists. Something that amazed me when I discovered him was his writing ability, he can go beyond the ordinary there is one of his poems “Falling Up” that can be read from bottom to top and the poem has a surprising twist I suggest you to read it soon! There are many great poems and more to read on his Blog, often accompanied with his beautiful Photography…I am sure that this will open your curiosity and enjoy a visit to his Blog!

Have a wonderful weekend you all!

-CR

Life, Nature, Photography, Seasons

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Today I want to share this beautiful photo I took last night at the sunset.
Almost every night we go on a hike on the hills around the area and I am experiencing some of the most amazing sunsets! Yesterday when I took this shot I was all the way on top of one of the hills. I took this photo with my phone quickly without thinking too much, I just wanted to grab that beautiful moment and the lovely colors in the sky. When I came back at home I opened the photo on my computer and with a beautiful surprise I see that I have been able to capture that amazing red sun ray I found it to be so beautiful and amazing like a Divine sign. I didn’t edit this photo at all it is just as I captured it. I like the time spent hiking those hills it is a great way to workout and it is beautiful to be immersed in the wild nature, there is silence up there a place to meditate and listen the inner voice of your soul blending with the wind.

This is another photo I took a while ago on the same Hills and it is almost on the same spot I took the shot of the sunset. This one was taken few months ago at early time when the sun was still high in the beautiful blue sky.

“We are the creators of our own happiness we have to see it…”
-CR

Art, Digital Art, Life, Nature, Photography, Poems, Quotes, Watercolors

Open Your Wings…

August 24, 2015February 23, 2016 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Open your wings

When you overcome something
that was hurting you and your soul deeply

you learn a new way to express life
you are in another dimension

and you have a choice

you can turn something that was bad
into something good.

Open your wings to others
be free
and let your heart fly without fears
you could be an Angel to someone else.

-CR

Art, Illustration, Life, Watercolors

Illustration – Friends

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Yesterday I wanted to use my new French Sennelier Watercolor!

So I needed to create something!

I love Illustration, and sometimes I like drawing cute characters a little bit out of my ordinary watercolor paintings and sketches. Creativity it is something that there are no words to describe it! Inspiration can come from anything and often start with something to ends with something totally different from what was inside your mind it is a very fascinating and abstract process, that’s how I call it! While I was thinking what to begin with to start my drawing, the word “Friends” came up to my mind I don’t know why, at the same time I was on my Pinterest pinning things for my boards and I came across some cute dolls. I was captured by their nice faces and big eyes and instantly I felt the wish to draw them. I quickly made my sketch, when the word “Friends” came back to mind again and that was it!!! It was perfect for my new illustration. I am going to dedicate this drawing to all the amazing Bloggers Friends I found here on WP community. :-)

Some technical details: I quickly sketched first with a pencil #2 HB few light lines just to give me an idea to the two figures and the flower. For this Illustration I was excited to use my new Sennelier watercolor. I love Sennellier their watercolors are beautiful and very pigmented rich and luminous honey-based. I purchased this metal travel box on Amazon it is small and easy to carry almost the size of an iPhone it can fit anywhere.

This Watercolor set is inspired by the bright and lively palette of Southern France. Each set contains 12 half pans of top quality French Artists Watercolor and two built-in palettes within a compact and sturdy metal case. Reformulated with an increased honey content gives each watercolor incomparable brilliance and luminosity while acting as a preservative to extend the paints longevity.
I love the fluidity of the colors a little goes a long way. I am very happy how my illustration turned out. I gave the finish touch going over with a black ink Pigma Micron pen 0.3 to finish and shade.

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Jewels from the ocean…

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

The Ocean had always a meaning and great connection in my life and Art . This is a post I wrote a while ago…

Carolina Russo |Sa'Reyah

Godly Sunset

When I was in Italy I grow up in a city on the Mediterranean sea, I could see it from my window at home. I have been always fascinated by the changing colors during the four seasons. The sea is an element that is intimately linked with my life and identity. My watercolor paintings and Illustrations are very often inspired from beautiful seascapes, the movement and reflection of the water. I love the dramatic light of oceans in storm, beautiful beaches and sunsets, including boats and harbours, ocean waves and rocky outcrops, misty landscapes, as well as beautiful underwaters fauna and flora. I love to search and look for natural found objects on the shore. There are many fascinating pieces, natural treasures that I collect.

Each piece bring me unique inspirations knowing they had many years, maybe thousands of years of underwater life before I found them, and…

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Art, Events, Featured, Life, Photography

Today FEATURED for the week is….

August 8, 2015August 10, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Australia Sidney - VIVID Randomness 2015 - Photography Lignum Draco© — Australia Sidney – VIVID 2015 – Photography Lignum Draco©

Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera……

And today FEATURED is.…. Lignum Draco
would be on my sidebar for the week #7!

Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera

… about nothing in particular, because
“Candid photography is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”.
Photography by Lignum Draco, “The Wood Dragon” since 2013.

Hello everyone today FEATURED on YesterdayAfter is Australian Photographer Lignum Draco and his Blog Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera I am very honoured this week to introduce his wonderful Photography here to all of you. When you visit his Blog you feel to be travelling in Australia! :-)
My passion for photography lead me to discovered Draco few months ago I was amazed by his incredible monochrome street photography, and all his work. He describe himself as shy but he has a great personality, we have been connected since then. I am an “Amateur” in photography I am always very inspired to see the work of others that I admire and I like to share it.
Draco is not new to be Featured, he has been in other great places, also Featured on WordPress Freshly Pressed for his wonderful Street Photography. Every year he witness and photograph a great Artistic Event “VIVID” that takes place in Sydney, on his Blog you can see all that beauty!

Now I suggest you to enjoy the visit pretending to walk around Sydney through the eyes of Lignum Draco

Have a wonderful weekend you all…

-CR

If you have been Featured here…
Please grab this and post it somewhere on your Blog! Thanks ;-)

Life, Nature, Photography, Poems

Overwhelming beauty

August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 Carolina Russo | Sa’Reyah

Overwhelming beauty

The sunset light was approaching
the soft curved hills.
Evening was entering like a fierce painting
in the sky.

How amazing colors
in a new dimension that only
nature and someone above
has the power to create.

I felt that overwhelming presence
a strange feeling surrounded me,
all over like holding me
in a tight and breathtaking embrace

excitement and power for
something that I see unbelievable unreal
but truly real.

I am glad I was there
grabbing the drops of this
overwhelming beauty.

-CR

Yesterday evening I went for a walk on the hills…this walk was amazing!
I was at the right place at the right time. Just in time to see one of the most spectacular Sunset I have experienced here. California it is known for having amazing sunsets, but yesterday was something else. I couldn’t believe what was happening in a few minutes time frame. The photos I took with my phone are beautiful and I left them just as is. I didn’t edit with Photoshop or added any filters. I just added my signature I wanted to be able to share what was the sky was really this color was so intense and red that it was just so beautiful! I got inspired to write the poem “Overwhelming beauty” I hope you enjoy this and I wish you a wonderful day!

-CR