a quick guide to the holiday of the summer solstice
WHAT DAYS IS IT CELEBRATED?
Its celebrated on the longest day of the year. In the NH this is usually from 20-23rd June. Most people celebrate it on the 21st June or across the 3 days. In the SH it’s usually from 20-23rdDecember.
WHAT DOES IT CELEBRATE?
It’s a celebration of the longest day of the year with the shortest night. It also celebrates the peak of summer, the sun being in its fullest,passion,success,ferlitity of the earth and growth.
TRADITIONAL WICCA CELEBRATION?
It traditionally celebrates the pregnancy of the Goddess and the Sun God being at his most powerful and full potential.
how i celebrate Beltane whilst in lockdown for 2020
I started of the morning by making Gluten-free pancakes with my younger brother. He loves them and i’ve recently had to go Gulten free so we were trying them out. They were amazing!! I then got dressed into my red dress but had to wear a black top as well as it was so cold.
Later in the afternoon I made oat cookies for my family.
I also made a fruit smoothie for me and my mum but forgot to take any pictures to document it. I used fresh strawberries and bananas!
In the evening, I unpressed all the flowers i pressed to try a few weeks ago - id been leaving it until Beltane to do so!
I then made my offerings to the fae. It was honey, milk and some of my oat cookies. I left it under a beautiful flower in my garden that’s surrounded by our strawberry pots.
I also took a moment whilst outside to appreciate the sunset i could just see.
I then proceeded upstairs to write my wish letter to the Gods and Godesses i celebrated with today. (it’s only the title as i didn’t want to show it)
When i go to bed, i plan to fully pray to the Gods and thank them for a beautiful day!
Charm designs I made for @speakeasyzine! Leftover sales are live so go check out the zine account if you’re interested in these or any of the other products! ✨
I know about a million people have already done Hades fanart designs for the remaining Olympians, but I really wanted to take my own pass at the golden boy, Apollo. SUPERGIANT PLS JUST ADD HIM.
The Hades art style is a really fun challenge to work with – I ended up having to fully redo my flats AND shading from start to finish because my first pass had too many granular/clean shading details and the shadows just weren’t deep enough. I’m used to working in a way brighter, more saturated palette, so trying to get closer to a different art style made for a nice way to get out of my comfort zone.
This statue was realized circa 1805 by the Danish neoclassicist sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The original work, in plaster, is currently kept at the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
I made this statue from a free 3D model I found on the Internet. I reduced significantly the number of faces, built an UV map, normal map and other textures.
Jenny made her dad make a hair tutorial but he was quite hopeless, luckily her other dad went to the rescue ___
there was supposed to be one or two frames more but honestly just look at the date I actually drew these, I dont even remember what exactly was supposed to happen
Mid kisses his head and braids his hair in a fancy way
