Secret Moon Art

Nandina with Red Berries a botanical drawing by Jude Cowell.

Dora's Pink Shoe Envy is an ancient drawing originally posted to my now-defunct art gallery blog Cosmic Persona Designs which was mostly figure studies and mask-related illustrations. Some of the pencil portraits were on the slightly racy side which Google couldn't handle so I shuttered the blog. You can go there now if you like but there are very few images left and an echo ripples through its halls and empty spaces are on its walls!

Because of a tattoo on her forearm that says 011 , 'Eleven' has turned up recently as a young girl's name in a popular TV series Stranger Things . And as it happens, 11 is about to become part of the few posts I'm planning to publish here featuring individual numbers. Tonight it's number eleven 's turn under the spotlight so let's begin. In Western Astrology, number 11 relates to the 11th sign of the Zodiac, Aquarius , and a horoscope's 11th house of Groups, Associations, Hopes-Wishes, and Collective Aspirations. This associates 11 with the influences of planets Saturn (ancient ruler of AQ) and Uranus (higher octave ruler, aka , co-ruler) and both planets resonate with Astrology, novelty or 'New Age' pursuits, other unusual or occult studies, futuristic or progressive design, past and future (ancient or vintage vs avant garde or modern) studies such as Archaeology, Genealogy, various branches of Science, alternative healing methods ...

Portrait: Ceres and Persephone , a pencil drawing on black paper by Jude Cowell:

Here's 'Giselle at Rehearsal'

Slowly I am getting back into drawing a little. Here's a new effort Smoke in Rain featuring a Full Moon, a comet, raindrops, and a 'shroomhome as in my children's drawings of old! (c) Jude Cowell Art; pencil on black paper; 2017

Emerald fish   The Curiosity of Emerald Fish , a pencil on paper drawing by Jude Cowell copyright 2017 and beyond...

Oh this is just fun! Presenting a paper collage from the Collage Mirage Collection: Zebra 1 of 2 by Jude Cowell 2017+    

~Fuzzy photo of art image by Jude Cowell and a Samsung phone~ Full drawing, Loretta and Margo ; oil and watercolour pencils on white paper 1995.

Now this capture using my phone didn't turn out as clearly as I wanted but since 'Giselle' is a crop of a large drawing of mine ( Giselle and Margot from 1995! Unscene World was my first imprint), you can barely see a smidgeon of a second figure, Margot. The original drawing on white paper is approximately 18" x 24" and cannot be placed in a regular scanner bed, hence the soft focus photo: