Afternoon of Cherry Blossom

"Resting with my flute on the swinging hammock, by a window that looks over the cherry blossoms of spring. The moon shines far away under purple afternoon sky, and the birds dance on candle lamps."

Inspired this past spring while walking under a similar purple-orange evening sky and seeing large flowers (of a tree I can't name). I couldn't get pictures of those flowers under similar conditions before it withered, but cherry blossoms seem to do fine. Started the painting in early/mid-June, and finally finish... for now (may think of additional details to add on later).

Umm... composition, perspective and anatomy are iffy but eh.... also, a silver flute would probably have done better for color-scheme, but I decided to give her a gold one with diamonds inlay. (Gold flutes are quite common! They don't just exist in fantasy: http://muramatsu-america.com/instruments/gold/14k/ http://www.sankyoflute.com/e/catalog/24k.html ).

A good song that might work well with this piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLtGUi2iBeg

Unfortunately, it looks very cramped and a bit discolored on screen, but printed as a 2x3 feet poster and hung on the wall (...which I had...), it's gorgeous! Pss- prints available from DA http://www.deviantart.com/print/23030760/?! If you're in US, I can probly print and ship posters to you for much reduced price compared to DA.

Detail and Progress Shots: http://dumpling-canai.deviantart.com/art/CherryBlossom-Detail-n-Progres-265816893

The music sheets on the floor are "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy (one of my fav), and "Carmen" by Bizet (I think).

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