It's All About the Love

Hi Guys, Thank you so much for visiting and supporting my art here, it is so appreciated.

Many thanks for the photo for witch reference [link] [link]

It took me ages to create, especially the old witch with her millions of wrinkles, but was worth it in the end,

I cannot use my wacom intuos3 just now due to some problems, so it was easier to use my mouse for any painting this time.
I created my own effect brushes, i.e. skin, clouds, tree bark. using CS4 tools/effects.
I painted the witch's clothes, her hat, her jewellery, the night sky (which is one of various sky background's I am creating), the old tree, the broomstick, and the rocks.

The rest of photography includes the 2 cats within my own resources using my Finepix S5000.

A short story - It's all about the Love -

Do you often wonder how other's perceive us and how it really isn't always the best thing "to read a book by its cover?" This thought gave me the inspiration to create this picture...

The old tired witch loved the mother cat, and took notice to follow her, as she appeared distressed. They both soared to the top of the mountain on the trusty old broomstick in search of the mother cat's cheeky beloved kitten.

Eventually they found her perched precariously on a branch of a gnarled old tree, that was hanging onto the rocks with its creeky roots!
The mother cat knew her loving witch would save her beloved kitten, so set about washing herself and then had a good scratch.

The old green witch lovingly tried to tempt the kitten away from the spiders web and the occupants within it, by offering her another spider to play with, and as time passed she achieved her mission. You see the witch loved all living creatures, and they responded toward her affectionately.

It is so evident here that the old witch could scare us because we would expect her to after hearing and reading about nasty old witches all of our lives, when in fact she had an abundance of love within her, and is of no threat. She put herself in danger teetering on the edge of that rocky mountain to help the ones she loved.

Once the kitten was saved she flew back down the mountain and was pleased to be settled with her beloved pets within her little cottage ... ©2010 JaneEden

antje - brushes - hair 2 - store here - [link]
folkvangar gothic essence - spiders, with styles02 for effect - store here - [link]
mystikel - brushes - webs, spaced out - store here [link]
Patslash - brushes - moon - store here - [link]
Thank you for your visit I hope you enjoyed it, hugs Jane xx