Waning Moon: Diving into Darkness

I went back to the tiny house of my friend who paints.  I brought with me the painting of The Lady.  I was dressed for gardening too.  Our plan was to either paint or garden.  We would choose according to the weather.  I was certain we would be working outside, but The Lady had other plans.

She had been resting 7 1/2 weeks and she was ready to work with me again.  The rain began just as I loaded the painting into the car.  By the time I arrived, it was pouring.

We spent the afternoon painting.  I reconnected with the canvas, and undertook to explore the art of glazing.  My friend asked me to think about what colors I would use, cool blues?  warm reds?  If it had been left to me, I would have gone with blue for this stage.  But my painting mentor reminded me to ask.

Blessed Mother chose purple, and the word rang through my inner hearing joyously.

"Purple!" I found myself chiming enthusiastically, and my friend laughingly pointed out that purple was both warm and cool...blue and red.

So I glazed in purple...and I covered my painting fearlessly with a purple wash.  When I was finished, the painting was totally different.  In my friends little house, it looked like it was lit up by ultra violet light.

At my house though, it looked dim.  I was disappointed for the first time in the process.

"What have I done?"

But Blessed Mother gently reminded me that I had been painting under the influence of a waning moon.  And truly, I was able to see that.  My friend had repeatedly offered me more light, but I only wanted to paint in the dark corner of the studio.  When I look at the painting now, it looks like it was painted by the light of an eclipse.  And it has that quality of dark light to it.

And then she-Blessed Mother told me what to do for next time when I go back to work next week on the painting.

I had not been able to get the affect I had seen in the initial meditation, when she revealed her image to me almost 8 weeks ago.  But now she told me how to do it, and I can't wait to try it.

Starting with white...

I haven't taken a photo of the updated painting at this stage, but I will include one later.  And soon, because the moon is nearly dark.

Updated Photo

Here is a photo of the painting in her current phase...

Blessed Mother Guadalupe unfinished painting by Rita Tortorello (waning woof moon phase)