With costume research for my own needs and the needs of my two best friends and then my other friend who wants the Jedi Temple Guard costume made, I have been living and breathing Star Wars pretty intensely for the…
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Helm of Awetumn….
Okay, I could not resist the pun. You see the symbol in the center of the painting is called a Helm of Awe and there are Fall or Autumn leaves…. get it? The Helm of Awe is part of…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, arts, Asatru, challenges, creativity, culture, European culture, frustration, Heathen, Helm of Awe, inspiration, inspirational, Norse Mythology, painting, practice, Symbolism
Posted in Art, Asatru, Painting
Posted in Art, Asatru, Painting
It’s going to be a Jedi Temple Guard!
A couple of weeks ago I posted that I had a friend who wanted me to make him a Star Wars themed costume, well, he has made his decision that he wants a Jedi Temple Guard costume. This is exciting…
Tagged with: art, challenges, Clone Wars, Cosplay, Costume, creativity, culture, Design, Disney, Experience, Imagination, inspiration, Jedi, Jedi Temple Guard, Jedi Temple Guards, Knights, Norse Mythology, Star Wars, Star Wars Clone Wars, Temple Guard, The Clone Wars
Posted in Art, Costume, Star Wars
Posted in Art, Costume, Star Wars
Templar Holocaust Remembrance Day – October 13
Today is Templar Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1307 the Knights were betrayed by the Roman Catholic Church and the French Monarchy, who claimed to be good friends of the Order. The Knights were not attacked because they…
Tagged with: challenges, code of honor, culture, education, Europe, Experience, frustration, heroes, honor, inspiration, Knights, Norse Mythology, Order of the Red Cross, politics, religion, remembrance, Roman Catholic Church, Templar, The Knight School Journal, the Knights, warriors
Posted in Culture, Education, History, Inspiration
Posted in Culture, Education, History, Inspiration
Reno Artown Events
For many years there has always been these complaints amongst the locals and the newly established locals that Reno has no culture, and every few years some hard working idealists try and put together cultural events to serve that hunger…
Tagged with: art, Artown Festivities, ceramic tiles, creativity, culture, education, Experience, Imagination, Norse Mythology, painting, Reno, tile painting
Posted in Art, Culture
Posted in Art, Culture
First Irminsul Painting Project
I have been wanting to explore into more of the imagery of the Northern/Western European ancient cultures, and so I finally sat down and started to work on some of the Irminsul, which is associated with the Norse God Tyr,…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, Asatru, challenges, creativity, culture, education, Experience, Heathen, Imagery, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, Irminsul, nature, Norse Mythology, practice, Sky Father, Sky God, Tyr
Posted in Art, Asatru, Culture, Heathen, Irminsul
Posted in Art, Asatru, Culture, Heathen, Irminsul
Paintbrush back in hand with Odin
Since my disappointment with the Color Theory class back in the Fall 2013, I have felt incredibly empty and have deeply missed working on the art projects and learning. I love learning, especially when being taught by intelligent thoughtful organized…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, challenges, creativity, culture, education, Experience, Gandalf, giants, Heathen, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, Jotunheim, Norse Mythology, Odin, Sleipnir, Woden
Posted in Art, Asatru, Heathen, Inspiration, Painting
Posted in Art, Asatru, Heathen, Inspiration, Painting
Traveling to Helheim
This painting project is the 5th in a series of experimental practice paintings that I have been doing to prepare me for a project that I would like to do concerning Yggdrassil and the Nine Worlds. So I have developed…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, artistic project, Asatru, challenges, creativity, culture, daniel smith, Daniel Smith Paint, Experience, experimental practice, ghosts, Heathen, Helheim, Imagination, inspiration, iridescent paint, Norse Mythology, Odin, painting project, practice, preparation, silver paint, Sleipnir, visual medium
Posted in Art, Asatru, Heathen, Painting
Posted in Art, Asatru, Heathen, Painting
Idunna’s Apples – A still life project
After completing the chiaroscuro class this past spring semester, I decided that I needed to practice more still life works and keep my skills up while waiting for the next semester to begin in the fall. I am not really…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, Asatru, Blot Bowl, golden apples, Heathen, Idunna, inspiration, inspirational, literature, Norse Mythology, practice, realistic approach, Still life
Posted in Art, Painting
Posted in Art, Painting
The Helm of Awe Painting
This project was a requested painting for a Helm of Awe theme as the main focus of the art. A Helm of Awe is a very ancient Norse/ Germanic magical symbol for strength, power, security, and other positive influences desired…
Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, Asatru, belief structure, culture, Daniel Smith Paint, Heathen, Helm of Awe, inspiration, inspirational, magic, magical symbol, Norse Mythology, practice, Runes, Viking warrior
Posted in Art, Asatru, Culture, Heathen, Inspiration, Painting
Posted in Art, Asatru, Culture, Heathen, Inspiration, Painting
Observation Post 42 