Beets and Bugs: A journey into discovering my creative side and watercolors.

*** Gotta love screwing up the title on the blockchain. Today without time to buy a birthday card I decided to paint some butterfly wings I had found a couple weeks ago while walking. I decided to take out my girlfriends watercolors and get to work. This was for her mother so who is a great artist so the pressure was on, as much as I know she would love it ugly or not! ![IMG_0194.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbkjdFfADdoD9p7AKyLc1dN8on1zJmUKXY3RoY4kZ4Mm2/IMG_0194.JPG) *** As she was making salad for the birthday lunch I starting painting away. She showed me a beet with a beautiful center. Without hast I ask for the halves and stuck them gently on the card. Reminding myself to go with the flow while being creating I thought this was the best move to make at the time. ![IMG_0196.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdvBX9KcARxpz3yrt2EjpBbaG8L7LqdibHb74HWBsQZCR/IMG_0196.JPG) >The Setup *** One of the cool things I noticed about the dragonfly wings is that eat of the little holes where in the shape of irregular pentagons. It's amazing to see geometry in nature. This was a pretty hard painting to get around in my head took a lot of concentration especially because I had the jitters from 2 cups of coffee already. You can't be perfect with water colors and you gotta work with it instead of against it. ![IMG_0197.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcndfzTGGvde6QC2rLGC7bMa4Pb8drzEEmUa62vjuU7At/IMG_0197.JPG) >Purple Beet Paint Success *** ### Check out these beets. They've got a beautiful center. I was quite surprised on how much of the color transfered onto the paper. I'm really impressed with the results. ![IMG_0199.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXQkU6ksYK2r9rXPvvUtv2wY8SMHQMzSVHSrU5pYVxffw/IMG_0199.JPG) >Finished Beets *** ### Seasons beets roasted on a skillet with garlic and fresh herbs. Perfect with veggies and couscous. ![IMG_0201.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQma6sAEParjfLPaHLDDZpCTDjRFmepQsk6sg783PXWhWWs/IMG_0201.JPG) >Finished Painting *** ### I'm really happy with the result. It definitely gives me the courage to do more art now so hopefully I'll be posting some more work soon!

The Final Result!

![dragon-wings-final.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcY3F6WGpxYxJWCHpyuRL4aYS1WZLA3JPTDtTbPYvXxb5/dragon-wings-final.png) ## Here is the bonus paintings I promised! This was my first painting where I experimented using lots of water and observing where the colors went. I wasn't sure was I was painting but it ended up being fish. I was thrilled to have made something on accident. At the time it seemed so unlikely but at the same time seemed like it was meant to end up that way. ![SCAN0002.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZbn4c5nXUzzPebxjBYDLeKqqxTK5dg46m7sLLrxzouoj/SCAN0002.JPG) I was going to do a nice write up on the chakras but I realized I had copied the wrong picture online and was copy one with 8 instead of 7 which included an upper throat chakra if memory serves me correctly. I might do a repaint and do a series on each chakra. ![SCAN0004.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXCxP7nWBAVqziihKTJ5RPKeo2VsP9RFAbNzcUXVDs9nn/SCAN0004.JPG) > #### For more tech, science and futurology news follow me on Steemit at [@Cryptophunk](https://steemit.com/@cryptophunk) ### Check out some more posts: * [China launching an "unhackable" form of internet communications.](https://steemit.com/technology/@cryptophunk/china-launching-an-unhackable-form-of-internet-communications) * ["I thought you could only get protien from meat!" Finnish make protien with air and electricity.](https://steemit.com/science/@cryptophunk/i-thought-you-could-only-get-protien-from-meat-finnish-make-protien-with-air-and-electricity) * [Thinking-as-a-DAC: Transhumanlism, Personal Thinking Chains, Mindfiles, and Blockhain Advocates](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@cryptophunk/thinking-as-a-dac-transhumanlism-personal-thinking-chains-mindfiles-and-blockhain-advocates) * [A critique on Postmodernism and Cyberpunk](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@cryptophunk/a-critique-on-postmodernism-and-cyberpunk)

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