Spicebush Swallowtail & Caterpillar ~ (WIP)
Video Of My Painting Process
This is the first time I used GoPro, I wore it on my head, that was a mistake and that silly little caterpillar took 30 minutes of video. I sped up the video using iMovie and added some Celtic music to go with the dancing of my head. I promise to keep my head still next time or maybe I set up the GoPro on a stand, I haven't figured out exactly what I want to do yet.
The dark brown Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar is it's first stage of growth after hatching. The caterpillar looks like a bird dropping as a way to hide from predators.
There Is A Lot Of Spamming On Steemit
With all the fighting, spamming, scamming, people just making comments on my page for rewards that make no sense because their writing skills are poor or they just don't care, I have felt a lack of motivation to post on Steemit. Don't stop reading here ==>KEEP ON READING...
I had an immediate intrusive thought, it said, "How much money and good friends did you make and develop on your other social networks?" I shouted back to myself, "I made some stalkers enemies, a few friends, and no one else really cared about me and NO MONEY!" The intrusive thought didn't show up again and I still feel crappy about all the negative goings-on here on Steemit, but I've been here since September 2016 and seen stuff just as depressing and I still ended up making a lot more money than I would of on any of my other social networks. AND a big plus, there are some amazing people here on steemit that I have come to trust. I hate trusting people, I really do, I get screwed over every time. But I still keep on trying to stay vulnerable, it keeps the heart soft and pliable.
11x 14 mixed media paper, watercolor, gouache, pen and ink
A link to My Blog
Steem On. stay Blissful.
Thank you for this excellent comment @sthitaprajna, I have not responded to comments like, "well done, I like, nice." If the comments are poorly written and the writer 1st language isn't English, I make an exception, if they make an effort to write in context to the article. I will help and work with those who need to improve their writing skills, I really enjoy that. I like the last part of your name "prajna," which in my Buddhist practice means wisdom, wisdom that knows that there is no inherent thingness...like my thoughts are just labels and are empty as soap bubbles.
Now i am feeling privileged for the last line u have mentioned...and words will be less to convey my gratitude...even very few in our community does know the meaning of "prajna", but you got it very correctly...i am amazed by the level of wisdom within you. For you i can quote"i have discovered a wise id in the name @reddust in a mass of "otherwise" ids in steemit ....thank you so much again.Steem On and stay blissful...
That yellow caterpillar smile... I'm really curious how it will look in the end.
All these details. You are working so hard.
i'm playing and this is fun, but i do sleep well, it is hard work i had fun figuring out gopro and iMovie too!
This is absolutely smart wirk my dear friend @reddust
Cheers!.
Thank you @dinisanda, I wasn't happy with the gopro video, but I will improve, it is a difficult piece of equipment to program and use and I am not very smart.
awesome work u make it more awesome i really impress from ur art
@kellyrose, I checked out your blog and you haven't posted an article yet, I loved to see some of your interests and what you like. Thank you.
hope reddust u spend here time good and no one give u pain and not hearted u i mostly see many good person in steemit but some are really bad i think we dont care and think about them and keep ur our work always and also appriciate u for ur art and video really good work
@ilyonse, I have seen others leave steemit that have felt the burden of spam and concentrated assets only a few are gaining through rewards.
I wanted to leave a message to those who feel down not to give up and treat steemit like any other social network.
We posted on FB and other social networks without the potential of earning any rewards. Here on steemit we do have the potential to earn rewards and many of us have, don't give up, just keep posting and improving your blogging as if this were wordpress or facebook and if you get rewarded then be thankful.
its perfect @reddust u r a also good artist and also write article u r great in ur talents..and also u r right many people are here who dont care of many of us and dont they care to use the words a right time
@shencoin, I hope you take from visiting my blog that it takes constant practice to become good at something. I am still practicing and will be forever a student. Thank you <3
wow beautifull art photo mam with ur butterfly and some grass with other creatures make it beautifull
@robrowe, just wait, this is only the second layer of colors, I will be fleshing out all the objects today and for the rest of the week. Thank you!
black butterflies look really pretty and ur watercolor uses from u is good work mam
Thank you @mikewilliams!
Nice job @reddust!!!
Thanks @cognoscere!
@reddust,
Wow that's great, those butterflies colors are very close to the reality. 1st I thought there is a brown color snake, then realized it's another caterpillar :D
It took 2 days to finish the artwork, actually I was waiting to see it yesterday ;)
Great work, a great artwork with water colors and thank you very much for sharing with us, step by step.
Really appreciate your effort!
Cheers~
I didn't work on the piece very much, 3 hours here and there, today I will put 8 hours into this piece. My heart was not in the right place and I needed to take a break and bring my heart inline with my mind. Thank you for supporting me and helping lift up my heart @theguruasia.