Saturday, October 1, 2011

Mantilla

One of my favorite places to visit and play is Inspiration Avenue.
This week the theme is Spain.
My entry is a pencil, pen ink drawing with a water color wash.
A Spanish woman wearing a traditional lace veil
worn over a tall comb
known as a mantilla.
Flowers are often worn with a mantilla.
I love to wear flowers in my hair too.
In fact I have one behind my ear as I post this.
It's from my birthday bouquet.
OLE
OLE
OLE OLE
:-)

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12 comments:

  1. WrightStuffOctober 1, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Ole indeed! What a beauty! Thank you so much for joining in so regularly and sharing your talents :)

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  2. Craftymoose CraftsOctober 1, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    She looks totally awesome! Beautiful job on the veil! Happy Birthday as well!

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  3. Tracey FKOctober 1, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    I love the textured detail on the veil. Lovely xx

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  4. Priti LisaOctober 1, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    I am supposed to be finishing my entry right now, but I had to visit you. She is so exotic and perfect and wow!
    I had to wear a mantilla to church when I was a girl. I used to pretend it was my hair and I was Cher.
    Stupid kid.
    Happy Birthday Gemma! ♥♥♥

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  5. RuthOctober 2, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    Oh that's odd - I just wrote on my blog at http://exploringdreams.blogspot.com/ about a dream I had of women very like this, only they were Greek. My dream even had pink in it.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    This is one gorgeous Spanish beauty! I love the flowers especially!

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  7. Bleubeard and ElizabethOctober 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM

    Happy belated birthday! I had NO idea what a mantilla was until I read your post. That's another reason I like these IA challenges: you learn so much while reading about the art. Lovely lady, lovely art.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Very nice!
    Stay inspired!

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  9. ShelinwaOctober 2, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    Hey you this is cool. Sorry bout the troubles posting on my blog darn blogger any way huh.
    Thank you for writting me and always good to hear from you!!

    Shel

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  10. shariOctober 3, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    gorgeous!!!

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  11. rebeccaOctober 4, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    dear beautiful and radiant friend,
    many happy returns of the day!
    you and your drawing are gorgeous!

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  12. annieOctober 8, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    I remember, years ago, when the Church still required that women cover their heads in Mass and men to remove their hats, we would wear beautiful mantillas. Today, whenever I go to a Latin Mass, I have a long black lace scarf that I love to wrap myself in. I love these scarves as a symbol of femininity. Your portrait here is dramatic and utterly feminine.

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