The Trickiness of Yellow
by Beverley Harper Tinsley
Title
The Trickiness of Yellow
Artist
Beverley Harper Tinsley
Medium
Painting - Watercolor And Graphite
Description
The Trickiness of Yellow
A single and simple yellow lily branch with flower and bud offers a light and cheerful beauty. Who picked it, and what message were they trying to send? Tradition says the yellow lily communicates, "I'm walking on air."
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Yellow is a tricky color to paint, because how does one achieve a dark, dark value, and not make mud?
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According to:
http://lilipedia.wikispaces.com/Lilies+in+Myth+and+Literature
The lily was a symbol of the Greek goddess Hera (Roman: Juno), again showing purity and innocence. One tale tells of lilies springing up from drops of milk spilled from Hera�s breast as she nursed Heracles. Another tells a story of how the lily acquired its pistil: as Venus rose from the ocean, she saw a lily and, jealous of the beauty of the pure-white flower, created an ugly pistil that came up from its center, thereby marring its beauty. This story accounts for the lily�s additional association with fertility and eroticism. Lilies were associated with death as well, signifying that in death, one regained one�s lost innocence and purity.
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