Artist Carolina Russo – Page 42

U2 are and have been my favorite band since I was teen ager.
I had once the privilege to attend one of their unforgettable concerts when I was in Italy they came to Naples my native City the Stadium was sold out it was a beautiful experience! I would love to see them again. But today I came across this beautiful song where illustrator and photographer Matt Mahurin directs this visual meditation on ‘Song For Someone’, from U2’s latest album Songs of Innocence.

I love the lyrics beautiful words very healing inspiring a song for who need hope looking forward to the light…
I hope that you enjoy it! Don’t let it go out…
-CR

Here is the video posted from U2 Facebook I hope you can see it!

U2 “Song For Someone”

You’ve got a face not spoiled by beauty
I have some scars from where I’ve been
You’ve got eyes that can see right through me
You’re not afraid of anything they’ve seen

I was told that I would feel
Nothing the first time
I don’t know how these cuts heal
But in you, I’ve found a right

If there is a light
You can always see
And there is a world
We can always be
If there is a dark
That we shouldn’t doubt
And there is a light
Don’t let it go out
And this is a song
A song for someone
This is a song
A song for someone

You let me into a conversation
A conversation only we could make
You’re breaking into my imagination
Whatever’s in there is yours to take

I was told that I would feel
Nothing the first time
You were so long to heal
But this could be the night

If there is a light
You can always see
And there is a world
We can always be
If there is a dark
Within and without
And there is a light
Don’t let it go out
And this is a song
A song for someone
This is a song
A song for someone

And I’m a long way
From your hill or cavalry
And I’m a long way
From where I was, where I need to be
If there is a light you can always see
And there is a world we can always be
If there is a kiss I stole from your mouth
And there is a light, don’t let it go out
Songwriters: CLAYTON, ADAM / EVANS, DAVE / HEWSON, PAUL DAVID / MULLEN, LARRY.
© Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Lyrics Source: http://www.directlyrics.com/u2-song-for-someone-lyrics.html

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

Open Your Wings…

August 24, 2015February 23, 2016 Carolina Russo

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

Events, Messages to readers, Milestones

Happy Anniversary! 13 years in USA and Anniversary for my Blog! ;-)

August 23, 2015 Carolina Russo

Yesterday August 22 was my 13 years Anniversary here in USA I moved from Italy in 2002
and lived in California since then, I just wanted to share this with my WP friends also because yesterday was my Anniversary on WordPress a nice coincidence!

Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!

You registered on WordPress.com 3 years ago!

Thanks for flying with us.
Keep up the good blogging!

I had my Blog active on WordPress for about more than 2 years without posting anything!
I wanted to reserve my domain name yesterdayafter.com since I love it a lot!
At the same time I was working on launching my Jewelry Designs Collections expanding my horizons.
I was only working on the graphics and designs to customize the Theme layout of this Blog reflecting my own creativity. I wanted to launch it as soon I was ready, but no any word was ever posted also some life events slowed the process. Then one day almost 5 months ago it was the end of March, I decided to jump in and made a very small first post announcing the opening of my Etsy Shop.
I felt like I was a drop into the ocean, almost impossible to be seen in between the millions of other Blogs.
Then people started to discover my presence I was posting once in a while my Jewelry and Artworks and I got very nice feedback! As Artist I express my Art in different ways, my posts are not always about the same subject. I work with different media and my followers showed appreciation and love for my talents.
Also I decided to go around leaving comments, and not just stay here reading. I let people know how much I loved their work and they responded to me beautifully with kindred words and they started to follow my Blog recognizing me with Awards. I felt very honored for such a beautiful recognition.

In May I also created my own Award to pass on “The Starlight Blogger Award” I launched this Award to highlight and Promote Inspiring Bloggers and I am so happy that the Award is going around the world a lot! Bloggers link to me and I have chance to discover new intersting Blogs.

Ten weeks ago I decided that I wanted to do something to give back to this beautiful Community starting my Meet and Greet Event where every week I choose to Feature one Blogger and Blog that I admire and I am Inspired from, introducing them to inspire others.

I felt very welcome here during those months I discovered amazing Blogs and Bloggers that are beautiful friends!
I am stunned and amazed about the fast growth it’s fascinating!
…..THANK YOU to ALL…..
each one of you made this happen with me!

I am very happy because our strength together it’s very powerful and encouraging to keep going for all of us…
Stay connected and support each other good things will come!

-CR

Events, Featured, Poems

And….Featured is…..

August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 Carolina Russo

And today FEATURED is… Syl65’s Blog
Syl would be on my sidebar for the week #10!

Poetry, creative writing and a desire to inspire

Hello everyone today it is 10 weeks that I am hosting this wonderful FEATURED event!
During all those weeks I came across to wonderful Blogs and I had the opportunity to share with all of you.
Thank you so much for your presence here every weekend!

I am very happy this week to FEATURE and introduce Syl65

he would be on my sidebar as Feature of the week. Sylvester is a kindred soul and a great writer, his poetry it is always so surprising. God gifted him with the ability to use words in a brilliant and unique way, he truly loves what he does. His words are very inspiring warming and encouraging.
I am always amazed whenever I read his beautiful Poetry.
He writes with his heart open for all of us to enjoy!

Syl it is pretty well-known here in this community
but if you didn’t come across his Blog yet it worth the visit!

Have a wonderful weekend 😉 ❤
-CR

If you have been Featured here…
Please grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog!
a reblog or link would be a plus Thanks 😉

Events, Featured, Messages to readers

Meet and Greet…Who would be Featured Tomorrow????

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 Carolina Russo

Hello everyone,
A new Meet and Greet Session here!

Many of you my great and amazing followers already know and are participating to my weekly
“Saturday Featured Session”
It is already many weeks that on Saturdays after a Meet and Greet session, I choose a Blog and Blogger to Feature, Introduce and expose here on YesterdayAfter for one week on my side bar

in a Widget named: You Are FEATURED! Great Blogs!

I am very thankful to all of you for the participation to make this a very successful weekly event.
I love to share my space and success to highlight Blogs that I admire.
I love to give space, introducing and helping new ones to expand their horizons and motivations.

Please if you want this chance leave a comment here or a link to one of your post 🙂

Saturday tomorrow for me….we will see who is next! Stay connected… 😉

–CR

Art, Illustration, Life, Watercolors

Illustration – Friends

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 Carolina Russo

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.

Art, Challenge

Challenge – In Thy Future

August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 Carolina Russo

Today I have been nominated for this interesting challenge from Anne Murray thank you so much Anne and best wishes for your new book!

Rules:
• Thank the bloggers who nominated you. Thank you!!
• Link back to the challenge creator, Dreams and Movie Screens so she can track your progress.
• Share 5 things about your future (jobs, kids, marriage, travel etc). Then one day you can look back and find out how psychic you really are.
• Tag 5 bloggers and put them up to the challenge.

5 things about my future are:

1 Be always healthy and strong in order to be the best mother for my daughter.
2 Share my Art with the world and create happiness with it.
3 Go to visit my parents and family in Italy, we haven’t seen each other in awhile.
4 Be able to get an awesome camera to take my Photography to the next level!
5 See the success of my business and live in a house near the ocean 😉

My 5 nominees are:

Souldiergirl
Wafflemethis
Reflection of the Heart
Sue Vincent
Robert Goldstein

Art, Events, Featured, Messages to readers

And Featured is…

August 15, 2015August 15, 2015 Carolina Russo

Amaranthine by Joleene Naylor

And today FEATURED is…. Joleene Naylor she 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!

It is getting very difficult every week to choose just one of you!
When I made my first Feature post I was thinking to do this only once a month, but from that first time I did this every week!

This is the week # 8

(Please Joleene grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog! 😉

Here once again thank you for the participation to this “Meet and Greet” session!!!
During this weeks I have been able to discover many new awesome Blogs!

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 Joleene Naylor we follow each other Blogs from quite awhile, she is a wonderful presence in the Blogsphere from long time. Joleene is a writer and illustrator of her books a paranormal fantasy series Amaranthine

Clash of Legends, the seventh and the latest book in the Amaranthine series
visit her websites for more…

Surely many of you already know her Blog, but if you don’t, then please stop by there!

Have a wonderful weekend you all!

-CR

Art, Digital Art, Nature, One of a kind, Photography

Digital Art – When Nature Meets Humans – Portrait #3

August 12, 2015February 3, 2016 Carolina Russo

When Nature Meet Humans - Portrait #3 Silver Wave — When Nature Meet Humans – Portrait #3 Silver Wave

“WHEN NATURE MEET HUMANS” Digital Portraits Collection
Portrait #3 – Silver Wave –

Today is time for another digital creation that I want to share with you, it’s another new Portrait added to this Collection. This is Portrait #3 Silver Wave.
This is a a black and white portrait created with black and white photos only. While editing I was able to archive a magical golden lighting creating beautiful shades it is lovely how it turned out I am very happy with it. This was a great experiment to work on.
I like to continually evolve with my Art and creativity. From years I love to work in Digital finding new ways of visualize and learn while experimenting. I like to work with photos, manipulating images of any kind. I often post my Digital Art . I made a new gallery for the “Nature Meet Humans Portraits Collection” you can see it here. When I am not working on my Jewelry Designs, and when I am not holding a pencil or a brush, I love to go Digital and Photoshop is my ally. I am using Photoshop from years, for me there are not other software to really compare with, I am so amazed all the time of what I am able to create with it.
I am very excited and inspired to work on this Collection of Artistic and one of a kind Digital Portraits, thanks to all of you for leaving me great feedback and comments. I really appreciate all the encouragement. This portrait it is the #3 of this Collection, I gave it the title “Silver Wave” and to create it I used 2 beautiful photos found over internet on Pinterest the images used are not my own Photography (I apologize but haven’t found any names to give Credits).

I came with this idea to mix nature with humans and create a unique and very different kind of portraits…let’s say very unusual portraits with all my experience, Art and soul into it.

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

As always I love to know your opinion!

-CR

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