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Making of Sophia’s Sacred Garden

March 29, 2013 by Rachael Shores

This painting came about after a discussion following one of Sophia’s meditations.  It was a visualization journey to your sacred garden.  The Sacred Garden journey has been one of my favorite meditations Sophia has led.  I had such a powerful experience that I painted my garden here:

My Sacred Garden

After Sophia’s seession we sat in a circle and discussed our gardens and our experiences.  When Sophia described what she had seen and experienced in her garden it was so vivid that I could imagine her garden as perfectly as I seen mine. Sophia described a giant African tree dripping with mangoes and her and her husband, Cristof in a hammock swing together.  It took me nearly a year to get to this painting but it was finally time.  I have 2 other paintings planned from Sophia’s meditations from more than 2 years ago.  I hope to be painting both of those this year.

First step was lots of sketching.  Once I had it drawn on stretched watercolor paper I was able to get some input from other artists which was so helpful.  The rest was my technique I’m honing the masking and pouring technique.  A light wash is poured of three colors, they are allowed to mix and dry.  Once that layer is dry I mask off what I want to save and do another pour. I let dry, mask, pour, repeat.  It’s exciting and a bit nerve wracking because I don’t know how it turns out until I peel all the masking off.  From there it’s almost like starting over.  I still had to go back in and refine all the colors and details.

Ok, so I am new to blogging on wordpress but I am loving this option I have for grids of giant pictures! There is a lot involved with a painting but I didn’t want to bore you with the details so below is the step-by-step process in pictures but if you want to know more you can just click on a photo and read through each step I have.  How great is that?!  Enjoy!  What do you think of this new layout?

These prints are for sale at my Etsy store – Etsy.com.  The original paintings of the Sacred Garden are also for sale please contact me for more info.  Thank you for visiting. 

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