Pomegranate -Seed Journal Day 6

Day 6 of the seed journal is Pomegranate

I love mythology and I wish that my memory was better so that I could remember all of the stories. This page  was influenced by the mythological stories  relating to the pomegranate, a heavily guarded and sacred fruit of life to many goddesses and a symbol of fertility. Apart from the obvious one  relating to Persephone, it was said that from the god Dionysus, came the first pomegranate tree from his blood of when he was cut into pieces  and boiled as an infant by the Titans. Greek myth tells that Rhoeo, the nymph came to Greece as a seed in a chest. Sekmet, was given a potion of beer and pomegranate, which stained the beer making it look like blood, that made her too drunk when she gorged on it stopping  her rampage.

I took the pomegranate and incorporated it into the heavily pregnant belly of a love goddess.

Material used: Cotmans Watercolours, white gel pen, pencil, white acrylic paint and black waterproof ink pen.