No Angel Photos, But....

......somehow, while I sit enjoying a delightful cup of strong coffee as I am typing (or what I do that passes for typing, i.e. wearing out the backspace key...) this vintage image seemed utterly appropriate.

I did finish the third angel last evening and surprisingly, they *told* me there was a story behind each one, so tomorrow, if I am with it today.....and I make no promises on that one!...I will have the three posted together and text too. I am happy, and from the generous comments yesterday, I think others are too.

They have filled my anxious evenings and let me focus outside myself and onto something pleasant and deep with meaning for me, and the best part of that is others have found their own personal angel in them too. All from a few little pieces of card stock paper and what Mary Helen calls *sacred marks*, and she is right. Hers are upon textile, mine for the moment are ink on paper. (visit her blog; she's a gem and writes from the heart!)

I have been asked about the pen I produce these with and it is a Gelly Roll, which is acceptable, but I do have to wait for the areas to dry, to build up a heavy white and sometimes it streaks. I think we want it *all* when working white on black and mostly what I have learned is patience, as I experiment! The color is added with the only colored pencils I use, Prismacolors, and then I use a white paint pen to put a puddle of paint on a scrap of card and quickly run the edges across it.....the edge of the card is finished too. Finally, a heavy spray of workable fixative, which brings up the color and the contrast, and also protects the media from smears, dirt, etc.

Thank you all for the pre-op support you have given; I anticipate the last angel post, then probably sometime mid-Tuesday I will disable comments until I return. I'm hoping I am such a stinker they will be glad to be rid of me......QUICKLY!!!!! LOL!!

To you all, in this hurried and stressful season, when the outer world is pulling at you too much, let your inner light come out, and remember above all else,

I bid you.......

Pax.