Category: Month of Love

February 3, 2017

Month of Love 2017

Week 1

“Cupid and Psyche” by Emily Marsh

Pencil and digital illustration

Created for 2017 Month of Love Secrets challenge

Here’s my first piece for this year’s Month of Love! The topic this week is Secrets, so I wanted to make a piece about Cupid and Psyche (why the heck not use Cupid in a MOL piece after all??). Long story short, Cupid married Psyche under the condition that she never see him. He wanted to keep his identity as a god secret. Psyche’s sisters convinced her to light a lamp one night to get a look at her new husband (and have a dagger handy in case he turned out to be a horrible monster). In her shock at seeing that she was in fact married to a handsome god, Psyche spilled oil from her lamp onto Cupid and he woke up… running away and leaving her, knowing the trust in their relationship was broken.

Week 2

“That’s How You Know” by Emily Marsh

Digital illustration

Created for Month of Love 2017 Innocence challenge

I love the movie Enchanted, and when I was working on the Month of Love challenge this week for the theme “Innocence”, I couldn’t help but think of Giselle. I love the scene where she has no idea what that “one thing” men really want is. BUT she is an expert on love advice in every other regard. This design illustrates my favorite song from the movie, and I still love to sing it on rainy (or snowy) days. This design is dedicated to my two awesome music-loving sisters. (They would be proud that I incorporated the actual sheet music into my drawing.)

Week 3

“Lock and Swallow” by Emily Marsh

Digital

Created for “keys” challenge Month of Love 2017

This piece illustrates an aspect of love that is often ignored–closing up your heart after being hurt. I had been studying Wylie Beckert’s card illustrations and felt inspired to create something symmetrical and reversible. Enjoy!

Week 4

“Metamorphosis” by Emily Marsh

Acrylic

Created for metamorphosis challenge for Month of Love 2017

Read about this piece here.

Week 5

“Light Love Story” by Emily Marsh

Digital

Created for Month of Love 2017 Light challenge

Sparks are flying for this lil’ fire sprite! This was a fun quick piece to do for the last week of Month of Love.

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February 3, 2016

Month of Love 2016

This is my first piece for this year’s Month of Love challenge! This piece features Hera, Greek goddess and first wife of Zeus. Hera spends most of her time in Greek mythology NOT being a protagonist. She is the angry one who is constantly scolding Zeus for marrying other women. Actually, there are very few stories about Hera herself. But this image illustrates one of these stories–her marriage to Zeus. After flatly refusing to be his wife, Zeus disguised himself as a cuckoo bird left out in the rain. Hera, full of sympathy, rescued this bird and then he transformed back into his god form. According to mythology, Hera’s kind action was enough to force her to marry Zeus anyway. See why she is always angry now?

I loved this Lost in Translation theme for week 2 of Month of Love. I think I’m actually going to add color to this piece later on. Stay tuned!

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March 2, 2015

Month of Love Week Four: Forbidden Fruit

Here’s my final piece for Month of Love! I interpreted the forbidden fruit theme here as Forbidden Knowledge. How rare it is to share all the thoughts in your head with someone you love.

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February 21, 2015

Month of Love Week Three: Love is All Around

For this week’s Month of Love piece, I illustrated a story someone shared with me this weekend about their rescued cat. I met this cute kitty in person, at a gallery opening! It was one of the most loved pets I’ve ever encountered.

February 13, 2015

Month of Love Week Two: Diamonds

Week 2 of Month of Love is all about diamonds. This piece is about how sibling love, and the bond of DNA is stronger than diamonds. Watercolor, ink, embroidery, digital.

February 7, 2015

Month of Love Week One: Love Your Neighbor

Here is my first piece for Month of Love! For this week’s theme–Love Your Neighbor–I decided to create a piece about loving each other, regardless of what gender your neighbor identifies with.