Secret Moon Art

With Winter Solstice 2011 approaching, our days shorten and the long nights grow colder--but my drawing of a Hidden Garden is hereby seen with mossy rocks and leaves tres green! ~:~ Now updated: Stars Over Washington . Warning: Politics may be involved...

Night in Celadon Forest has returned to Secret Moon Art in honor of the Autumn season. Don't forget your lantern is my best advice! Plus, there's a Full Moon in Taurus , you know, on Thursday November 10 (2011) at 3:16 pm est so the Taurus/Scorpio energies will be reflected by moonbeams during the evening as they swirl through the cool night air! Click to view a horoscope of the Full Moon (@ 19Tau) with the chart set for Washington DC, a devilishly Scorpionic spot on Earth if there ever was one. Living there twice in my life taught me that if it taught me nothing else... ~:~ All artwork and images are copyrights of pencil artist Jude Cowell, 2011 and beyond. Media: Prismacolor oil pencils, Rexel Derwent watercolour pencils (dry only) on black paper which allows certain effects that you'll never achieve on white paper, no matter how hard you try! Try it and see what you think, and... Draw On, Y'all Jude ~:~ Other places include SO'W , Jude's Threshold (an as...

'Hidden Garden' art canvas by cowelljude Make custom canvas prints My drawing Hidden Garden looks rather at home as a wrapped Art Canvas, yes? I can see it in a child's room or a solarium room. They do still make solarium rooms, right? Or is the phrase too politically sensitive these days?

'Predator in Blue' art print large by cowelljude Begin selling my art online at zazzle. My drawing 'Predator in Blue' is shown here as a customizable Art Print for cat lovers of a wilder variety. Rrraowr-r-r-rrrr! Now please pay very little if any attention to the 'cowelljude' title on my Jude Cowell Art Shop @ Zazzle. You see, when the shop was opened, the sign-up process wouldn't allow me to use 'judecowell' for some mysterious reason so I had to make a quick decision and ended up with a silly user name for my Zazzle account! It's still just me though, drawing on paper with colored pencils in Georgia... ~:~ Click the Begin selling my art online link to sign up with Zazzle youself and offer your own Art for Sale. I mean, if you're an artist, why not? And leave a comment here with your Shop link if you do, okay? I'd love to visit and browse! jc

Have you seen my drawing of Purple Pansies somewhere before? Maybe you have here, there, or...perhaps as the banner image for my Zazzle Art Shop , mmm-m-m? Well, don't go art browsing there yet! First, please try to spy Purple Pansies on one panel of a 6-sided spinning Time Capsule Art Cube from 1996 . Cosmic drawings are included so you can see what my pencils were up to in those olden days. Spying Hint: you'll see more of the stone stairs from the drawing above and less of the pansies. C'est la vie! ~:~ Please remember that your Comments & child-safe Art Links are always welcome here @ Secret Moon Art . jc ~:~ You might also like: Stars Over Washington where I peek under the hood of Politics and politicians using Astrology as the excellent lens it is. Fair Warning: tiptoe gingerly for there are huge gaggles of varmints, gangsters, charlatans, and stinging pests underneath the political rocks of Washington DC... Plus, there's a Food and Diet article I published...

Such good news for those among us who love to draw! Upload your artwork to the Drawing Day site on June 4, 2011 to be included in an online gallery and a chance to have your work published in the Drawing Day book. Being as prolific as I be, it's a bit of a head-scratcher to decide which image to upload - Children's, Botanical, or Adult themed? Perhaps something botanical from my Dreamyfish Art collection? Or should it be a freshly drawn offering? Options, You've Got Options Now you may prefer various options such as checking out the Drawing Day *FaceBook page, or using DrawPlus software by Serif for creating your entry in a spiffy way. Me, I'm old school: colored pencils on paper, and drawing for the love of it (since I could hold a pencil, age 2 1/2. Keeping enough paper on hand for a kid who loves to draw is a real challenge for parents, isn't it?) Another idea is using YouTube to upload a video of your very self caught in the act of drawing , perpetrating in...

Fantastic! Good news has arrived: the May 2011 issue of Emerging Visions has dropped! This issue has a mystical Mad Majicks theme with fabulously creative flash poetry included so do check it out at your leisure. Above you see a small slice of my offering for the May 2011 art-zine #20 where the complete image of 'Shroom Trio may be viewed. Enjoy!

Troubles Can Swim , a Neptune-inspired illustration touting moderation in all things , as drawn by Jude Cowell.

In a flurry of something different than the usual Secret Moon Art fare, here's Miss Psyche Jones presenting a newly created Psychedelic Art Slideshow just for you...and yes, you'll find a 1970s version of yours truly at Slideshow's end sporting a 60s-inspired 'shag' haircut! All Art copyrighted by artist Jude Cowell; share but no derivatives please. Thanks!

As our universal Diluvian Flux flows on, this cosmically inspired illustration depicting such has cycled up! Plus, you'll find that 24/7 art browsing is readily available when you visit my Jude Cowell Art portfolio . Colored pencil on Paper rules!

Pencil portrait of a Moonlighter of Western Australia by Jude Cowell of Athens, Georgia USA. All rights reserved (c) 2011 Not the usual fare here on Secret Moon Art yet the little fellow floated in from Dreamyfish Art just as I was sweeping up for the day... And if you'd care to view this Moonlighter as an art print - with all the great magnifying features of Zazzle.com - try this link which may take an hour or so to update. Good-bye for now! jc 7:30 pm edt

Gladiolas in Moonlight seems quite an appropriate image for Secret Moon Art today considering our recent and lovely early Spring weather! ~:~ Art Alert 3.3.11: a new art print has been added today in my Jude Cowell Art Shop @ Zazzle, if you'd like to mosey over. Title: Lilith in Fringe Bikini . See? Spring is busting out all over! Also, my latest art blog, Cosmic Lilith Art , is now open for public viewing. And if you're wondering where you can find a science-y/poem-y blog, you may wish to try Woolly Mammoth Chronicles just for fun, w Science News & videos complimentary. Plus, botanical fish portraits are always viewable @ Dreamyfish Art along with Marine News, videos, & more. jc

Zounds! My drawing Spooky Fairy Night takes all the cake crumbs as Secret Moon Art's top ranking most-viewed image ever. Published here November 2009, almost 900 peeks have accrued for what really is a simple drawing of white on black. Some shading has been added but only by hand. As for your part, m'dears, I'd say 900 peeks is Very Well Done! ~:~ Secret Moon Art : five years & still publishing the original drawings and paper collage images of Jude Cowell! Edge of Petrified Forest , all art copyright of artist-author ~:~ Here's something you might enjoy. Or not. :D

Someone seems to have discovered the reason why over the years Vincent Van Gogh's famous yellow Sunflowers have been fading into a brownish haze. Don't leave us, Van Gogh's Sunflowers! Even if you are a floral symbol of monarchy ! (Sun = Leo = natural ruler = divine right of kings , as they think.) Well, truth is, I have no sunflowers about the place for publishing here but I can sympathize with one of my favorite master painters. If only he could be around to decry this unfortunate fading which is seemingly due to something Van Gogh added to his palette himself to make his colors...brighter! It's a sad and classic case of unintended consequences, right? This reminds me of some artwork I perpetrated in 1996, the first I'd drawn on black paper since high school art classes; then I had photos taken of the pieces which were transferred onto slides - no desktop publishing then, at least not for moi. But when I scanned the slides for my art files later on, I found that...

Perhaps it's no surprise to you that there's a Fairy on Threshold Path ! ~:~ For 24/7 Art Browsing drop by Jude Cowell Art Shop !

318 Silvery Tree Path is a fairly recent drawing inspired by the first children's dummy book I ever created called Silvery Tree Path . Fairies were not supposed to show up in my drawings back then for they weren't consciously invited, yet pink fairies appeared anyway which is a typical happening when you draw on black paper! You know, there's something about black paper that I've always liked. Perhaps it's the 3D feeling I get when shading layers of colors as images form and seem to come out of the blank page toward the viewer which encourages whatever visionary or visualizing ability a pencil artist possesses. Actually there's almost a sculptural quality which I never get when drawing on white paper. There can be a definite spiritual, cosmic quality as well - perhaps because the black areas suggest an abundant cosmos of vast space to my astrologer's eye. I am a fan of the cosmos! Anyway, you see here one of my 'shroomhome' illustrations wherein tea...