Blowing in the Wind: Etsy Inspiration for the April 2012 Challenge Painting

“In wind-blown draperies of slate-colour and blue, a girl passes through a spring landscape accented by pink blossom and daffodils.”

So says the Royal Academy of Arts in London in reference to this month’s Art Bead Scene challenge painting by John William Waterhouse.

Be inspired by these Etsy finds that evoke the swirling North Wind of the Greek God Boreas.

‘Blowing in the Wind: April 2012 Art Bead Scene Challenge Inspiration Boreas’ by TesoriTrovati

She is in a billowing gray tunic fighting off the cold north wind in a field with windswept trees, pink blooms and daffodils. Boreas painted in 1903 by John William Waterhouse references the Greek God of the North Wind. Be inspired on ArtBeadScene.com.

Shadow Forest Toggle Pendant… humblebeads $30.00	5 Round Beads or Links in Mi… CapturedMoment… $6.25	Pennsylvania Trade Beads – S… hwcglass $70.00	Silver Lining – Set of 5 Han… ParadoxArtGlas… $18.00
Lentil Bead Porcelain Clay i… MarshaNealStud… $15.00	Ceramic Pendant Starry Night WinchellClayWo… $8.00	Small Oxidised Copper Daisy … daisychainextr… $7.00	Butterfly Faery Raku Pendant elementspotter… $13.00
Handmade lampwork focal bead… feyglass $10.00	Branches and Leave Etched B… ORRTEC $9.00	Almond Blossoms – Polymer Cl… missficklemedi… $8.00	Sunshine Yellow Blooming Spr… BeadsofClay $16.00
Toggle Clasp in Avocado Gree… ktotten $21.00	Orchid Phalaenopis Magenta L… Jopanda $169.00	Set of 4 Gold Ceramic Clay B… shaterra $6.00	Lampwork Spacer Beads Glass … TheSpacerShop $7.00