This morning was perfect for a photo shoot in our primrose-filled gravel garden along the side of the front yard.
Here's a closer view . . .
I've signed it and painted 'EASTER 2012' on one side . . .
The Rhea egg was already Primrose coloured, so I just needed to add the tiniest shading and paint the green background.
Maybe I should make this into my Easter tradition and paint a Rhea egg each Easter?
And thank you to one of the Rheas at Oakview Pork and Poultry for the beautiful egg.
Celia
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Charming! Perhaps you need a rhea of your own? Whatever would Tarragon think?
ReplyDeleteThats such a beatiful thing ................I so wish I could draw/paint
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a new one each year, they could become part of your family tradition.
Oh! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely. Did you blow it first? If you did that must have been spectacular!
ReplyDeleteYour design compliments the rhea egg so beautifully! Adding the date is a very good notion too, and definitely hints at a series to come.
ReplyDeleteI guess that the acrylic paint dried quickly enough to allow you to sort of keep going, rotating that lovely egg shell to reveal the next place to plant a primrose. The green you chose is lovely.
Best wishes Celia!
What a lovely idea! Very pretty : )
ReplyDeleteLovely egg :) Also, neat website link. In one state in the U.S., seeing photos of heritage breed pigs available for market could well be a thing from the past ( http://jasonfoscolo.com/?p=594 ). A pity that would be!
ReplyDeleteSigh, I would love to be able to paint something as beautiful as that. Instead I looked at it when I should have been working - and it was much more lovely than writing!
ReplyDeleteOMG that egg is just wonderful. How exciting to receive a egg like that at Easter, so much better than chocolate. An idea for next year.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea and beautifully executed. This is sort of connected - last week we had to clear the loft out for some insulation to be added and I found a pebble that I had painted years ago when it was all the rage - you've set me thinking that maybe I should paint some more as garden ornaments.
ReplyDeleteYour Easter Egg is spectacular and so pretty. I presume you blew it first, and then what, scrambled, an omelette or Easter buns?
ReplyDeleteOh yes, should have explained... using one of my lino tools I made a tiny hole in one end and a slightly larger hole in the other, then blew the contents out (worth the effort!!!)
ReplyDeleteI made the beaten egg (equal to 7 hens eggs!) into a baked egg custard (silky and delicious!)
Celia
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Beautiful! I think you should create a new one each Easter and hang them up as a small table decoration :)
ReplyDeletevery beautiful
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea and so beautifully painted.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful - We always used to paint eggs when the kids were small and they come out every Easter and they always remember who painted which. A great tradition! XCathy
ReplyDeleteOh it's gorgeous! and I love the primrose gravel garden too.
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous - like Fiona I wonder if you blew all the egg out first!!? Is it a chicken's egg -it looks fairly large... x
ReplyDeleteAn egg the colour of primrose: how wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful Celia.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely! And annual tradition I should thing.
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