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Today’s Art Projects for Cellpic Sunday

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Quetzalcoatl I’ve completed painting the head of but with a too-bright tail
Tail plumes in process by Jesus.
Chuy adjusting too-pink tongue and too-white teeth
Scales completed by Jesus and Eduardo.
My new Project, planning a mount for tiny masks purchased at art feria.
This is what the masks will be mounted on, once my framers have created it.
Rough illustrations for next adult coloring book wherein my house becomes a retirement home for de-winged aging fairies.
I’ve written the story. These sketches were done by my friend Joe, who had read the story. Isidro will use them as a springboard for completing the illustrations.

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For the first 1 1/2 hours of my day, I also taught an English lesson to Carmen and Yoli, practicing my Spanish by reading a story book to them in Spanish which they translated into English. Fun. Does this qualify as a full day?

For Cellpic Sunday, a bit late…

Quetzalcoatl, In Process

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He’s getting his scales done! And he’s become more colorful.

This is what he looked like earlier in the process.

Peeking Over the Wall

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Looking down from the upper lot gazebo into the sculpture garden. Quetzalcoatl still in progress––being painted. Spiderwebs galore. Here are a few of them.

Quetzalcoatl–2 1/2 Hours Later.

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The next step.
The previous step

Believe it or not, it took me 2 1/2 hours to paint the green scales on the other side of the neck, the snout and the gold coil. That said, I was able to finish before the sun came up over the house and trees and I met a neighbor, his grandchild and daughter-in-law as well as a passerby with pup!  Here are their photos:

(I promise I didn’t paint the shoes!!!!)

For Cellpic Sunday

Quetzalcoatl Gets a Paint Job (For Cellpic Sunday)

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The previous step
Body and head–painting in progress

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I have been painting my “Plumed Serpent” Sculpture in the lower garden in between bursts of rain and too-hot sunny periods.  I hired someone to paint the body. I’ve been working on the head, which is still in process. I’ll do the plumed tail next. For some reason, I have identified with Quetzalcoatl since I first moved to Mexico. It is a sculpture of him that spews water into my pool and this huge sculpture winds its way across the lower lot. He was my project during the Covid isolation period. The head is of carved stone..purchased in Tonala. The tail I designed with Isidro and he carved it. The body I designed and Jose formed of concrete. I had a branding iron made to press the scales into the concrete. Once I’ve painted the head and tail, I’ll decide whether the body will stay as is or have another layer of paint added. May run out of energy by then…Forgottenman insisted wisely suggested¹ I share this “in process.”

Quetzalcoatl means “Feathered Serpent” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. The name combines “quetzal” (brightly colored bird) and “coatl” (snake), symbolizing the deity’s dual nature, which represents a connection between the earth and the sky. Quetzalcoatl was a major deity in many Mesoamerican cultures, including the Maya and Aztec, and was believed to have a role in the creation of the world and humanity. His image as a feathered serpent reflects a blend of the divine, celestial nature of the bird, and the grounded, earthly nature of the serpent, symbolizing wisdom, life, and fertility.
(From the World History Encyclopedia)

I’m going down to do some more painting before the sun comes up. I’ll be back with a post of what this lot looked like before I started this project…..

Go HERE to see the results of today’s painting.

For Cellpic Sunday

¹ Unauthorized edit by ForgottenMan

Bougainvillea: Over the Wall, FOTD Oct 29, 2023

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A bougainvillea vine lush from recent rains hangs out over the wall into my lower garden as though to catch a glimpse of the just-completed Quetzalcoatl sculpture down below. It’s been two years now since I started working on this reclamation from dumping ground weed patch to community garden. More to come. And yes, I have decided on a name. A secret for now.

For Cee’s FOTD