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I don't think I've ever drawn a faerie before. Now, for better or for worse, I can't exactly say that anymore. Instead of making this drawing even more awkward by giving her the standard faerie leaf clothing, I decided to MAN THIS UP by making her outfit decidedly more steampunk-y.
To the counter-point of my assumed manliness, I don't think that spelling it "faerie" is helping my case.
Drawn in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Bamboo tablet.
Rock art on the curbstones at Knowth - July 25, 2012: Bru na Boinne, Ireland. (c) 2012 - photography by Leaf McGowan, technogypsie.com. More about Knowth: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=988 (published):One of Irelands most famous Neolithic passage graves, Knowth is in the valley of the Boyne River, at the ancient monument of Brú na Bóinne nearby famous Newgrange. This monument was built after Newgrange, roughly 5,000 B.C.E. (Before the Common Era). It is believed to have been built before Dowth. It is similiar in size to Newgrange, but is surrounded by 18 satellite mounds. The 'Great Mound' has two passages with entrances in the opposite sides - passage on the west is 34 meters long, passage on the east is 40 meters long, both ending at a cruciform chamber with a corbelled roof. Mythologically believed to be a Faerie mound - A Sidhe - Archaeologists catalogue the site as a passage grave based on three recesses and basin stones found within the chambers into which the cremated remains of the dead were placed. More about the Bru na Boinne: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=987. * aka "Palace of the Boyne" or "Bend of the Boyne" * Knowth/Newgrange, Donore, Co. Meath, Ireland * UNESCO World Heritage Site *"Bru na Boinne" is the name of a Boyne River Valley section that is home to the World Heritage sites consisting of the Tumulus Sidhe known as "Knowth", "Dowth", and "Newgrange". These monuments are the largest and one of the most important prehistoric megalithic sites in Europe that consist of a complex of neolithic chamber tombs, standing stones, henges, and other prehistoric enclosures dating as early as 35th century B.C.E. (predating the Egyptian pyramids)
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Author: Herbie Brennan.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Books.
Date: 2003.
Artist: Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth.
One of my wind chimes kinda disintegrated and fell apart....it was old....but i loved the little metal faeries so much, i wanted to recycle them somehow. So i have been stringing them with glass pearls and crystals and tiny bells...kinda shabby and simple but i still love the way they are turning out.....
Micro faceted heart shaped briolettes of soft pink rose quartz are wrapped in sterling silver and hang from my hand forged oblong sterling silver hoops. The high quality gemstones seem to glow from within and have remarkable clarity for a stone that can be a little cloudy and included. These are great everyday earrings with their powdery pink go-with-anything tone. Perfect for travel as well, as slipping the gemstone off the hoop will give you a more casual look.
I am the leaf faerie, born of the earth and nourished by the elements of rain and sun. I herald the seasons, provide shelter to man and beast and tower even over the trees themselves. My lofty heights have inspired mortals to built cathedrals and small children to dance in an attempt to catch my leaves in their descent to the ground.