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The choice to create this aspect of the Celtic Goddess Epona was inspired by the pose of the Lady upon the horse.
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, has seemingly become a muse that speaks to my artistic side on more levels than I thought possible.
Thus, being a follower of Celtic beliefs and practices I could not resist the urge to capture her in this soft flowing look as Rhiannon ( another name for the Goddess Epona ) whose most prominent legend has her riding upon a white horse dressed in gold as one of the great kings seeks to make her his bride.
Model: The ever enchanting
Horse Model: my own, one I owned when I was younger
Epona was a protector of horses, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility. Suggested that the goddess and her horses were leaders of the soul in the after-life ride, with parallels in Rhiannon of the Mabinogion. Unusually for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities, the worship of Epona, "the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself",[2] was widespread in the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries CE.
The choice to create this aspect of the Celtic Goddess Epona was inspired by the pose of the Lady upon the horse.
`lockstock
, has seemingly become a muse that speaks to my artistic side on more levels than I thought possible. Thus, being a follower of Celtic beliefs and practices I could not resist the urge to capture her in this soft flowing look as Rhiannon ( another name for the Goddess Epona ) whose most prominent legend has her riding upon a white horse dressed in gold as one of the great kings seeks to make her his bride.
Model: The ever enchanting
Horse Model: my own, one I owned when I was younger
Epona was a protector of horses, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility. Suggested that the goddess and her horses were leaders of the soul in the after-life ride, with parallels in Rhiannon of the Mabinogion. Unusually for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities, the worship of Epona, "the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself",[2] was widespread in the Roman Empire between the first and third centuries CE.
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I like how you've alternated colours in terms of the background... The blue and white work together very well and it creates an almost different perspective to things too.
I think the detail is brilliant. It's really intense, especially the tree and the person. I like the shading and how you've drawn her dress too.
What I'm not fond of is how the horse's head merges with the tree, in a sense. I feel as if you could stress out the shadows a bit more and thus separate it a bit... at the moment, I feel as if it's joined together, in a way.
That's pretty much all, in terms of suggestions. 'Tis a lovely piece.
I think the detail is brilliant. It's really intense, especially the tree and the person. I like the shading and how you've drawn her dress too.
What I'm not fond of is how the horse's head merges with the tree, in a sense. I feel as if you could stress out the shadows a bit more and thus separate it a bit... at the moment, I feel as if it's joined together, in a way.
That's pretty much all, in terms of suggestions. 'Tis a lovely piece.