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As always, happy with some areas, not so happy with others... but overall, considering how rusty I am, I'm pretty happy with it. I had a helluva job with that fire - but sheer dogged stubbornness won through in the end! lol!

Beltane is a Celtic festival, is the exact opposite of Samhain and is a celebration of life and the beginning of the lighter half of the year. (Samhain being the celebration of death and the beginning of the dark half of the year) This time of year marks the greening of the grass and the budding of the trees. Everything seems to be bursting with life! Some folks would not consider it to be true Beltane until all of the trees had produced leaves. In Wales and Scotland, nine men would light the fires with the nine sacred woods at dawn.

The Rabbit is one of the many symbols of Beltane, symbolising fertility and new life.


This is for :icondapagan: Beltane contest.

I give permission to :iconartforawbar: to display this in their gallery and to submit as a print, proceeds to go to the Abandoned Wild Baby Animals Rescue fund. :iconartforawbar: ONLY has been given this permission. Usual rules apply for the rest of you! ;)

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:iconhebejebelus:
Sorry. I have to interject. It's Beáltaine. Not "beltane".

Sorry for my Irishness, but I had to.

Anywho, nice work.

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:iconelfdaughter:
Ah, sorry, copy and pasted that section from Druidry.org..... Hehe!

And thanks!

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:iconpriteeboy:
Nice little description there, I now know what "beltane" means (I thought it was just a particular breed of rabbit lol) considering that digital painting isn't your "main" media, I think it came out really good :clap:

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:iconelfdaughter:
*Giggles* Thank you! :D

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:iconsunderingphoenix:
Wow ED that fire turned out really really nice. Its so nice I want to go warm my feet up beside it! :)

Your stubbornness paid off! :D Bunny is nice, I myself haven't tried any animals though dragons were once my specialty.

I really like the visual angle on this one too! :D

Great work! :hug:

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:iconelfdaughter:
Thank you! Yip, sheer stubbornness paid off in that case, I refused to let the fire get the better of me!

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:iconhebejebelus:
Bealtaine. Not Beltane.

Irish pride :#1:. >>

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:iconpriteeboy:
Lol, then you'll need to tell =Elfdaughter that ;p

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:iconhebejebelus:
I did. ;P

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