White Rabbit and Bumblebee

Although I haven’t posted everything I’ve made (yet), I’ve been working like crazy on paintings this week. My goal is to build up an inventory for the art fairs I’ll be attending this year. Anyhoo, here are a couple of my favorites:

The Once and Future Rabbit, 5”x7”, acrylic, gold leaf, and paper on birch panel, $60.

Bee Series 2, 8”x8”, acrylic, ink, variegated gold leaf, and paper on cradled panel, $85.

The Birds!

It's been a busy week. I had some surgical hardware removed from my foot so I've been laid up most of the week. But I did get some drawing done thanks to my lovely husband, AKA Fetcher of Art Supplies. I drew a lot of birds... A lot. Far more than pictured here.

I made this Osterhase (Easter Bunny) this morning. I love the way it came out but I'm going to re-do it with color.

This was a warbler... of some kind. I bookmarked so many reference photos of birds, I don't even know which is which anymore. I'll be adding color. 

I'm really happy with this little one. It was a little experiment with negative space (I didn't draw the bird with lines--I used value only to give it form).

I picked up a new Epson flatbed scanner to document these, as well as some new ink. I'd never really thought much about the quality of ink before but switching to Dr. Ph. Martin's ink (from Higgins) made a huge difference. I'm in love! I used some Ph. Martin's liquid watercolors before but not their inks. I'm sold, not going back. This ink is so much more opaque and doesn't have any of the shine that the Higgins ink had when dry. The Ph. Martin's makes for great photos and scans. I'm planning on using the new scanner to make some limited edition prints for the art fairs I'm planning on selling at this year (pending jury approval...). I can't wait to get official approval on those. I'll share more once I'm accepted.

Watercolor, Bumblebee, Zombies, and a Helper Cat

This week I finished my first zombie ornament of 2019: 

I finished Reckoning... then I noticed there's section of kimono that's not dark enough and it's still not finished! (I'll finish it completely this weekend--it only needs about 1 hour of additional work.)

I made a bee:

 Gold leaf, ink, acrylic, and fine paper. I'll bee making more of these, and am planning on doing some frogs, dragonflies, beetles, and spiders in the same style.



I finished editing part 2 of last week's landscape: Part 1   Part 2

And Harry spent some good sunbathing time on my table.

First Watercolor of 2019

I don't know what it was about New Year's Day, but I woke up with the most overwhelming urge to make things! I woke up and prepped a whole bunch of panels right away, then finished a couple of watercolor landscapes. 

Now that I have more than one webcam, I can finally run a "palette cam" and record color mixing as well as painting. I recorded this watercolor landscape from start to finish, though I split it into two videos. Part 1 is on YouTube here. I'm planning on editing and publishing Part 2 this weekend.

Wednesday, I did another live stream and added this little church to this ornament. I'm going to be making a lot more of these this spring to stock up. I'm hoping to sell these at an art fair (or fairs) in 2019. 

Another one of my 2019 resolutions is to stay in touch with my clients. If you'd like monthly updates (including discounts), sign up here. I'll be sending out first looks at completed work, an annual card, and updates on shows and events.

Happy New Year!