Another small sketch with watercolor and random flowers….original is 4×6.
One of the splashes of paint reminded me of the pink lady orchids that I saw in the wild in New York many years ago. One of those unexpected gifts that Karma gives you….
Happy Easter to everyone!
Higgins loves challenges, puzzles and reading Agatha Christie books. He’s very good at helping his friends with solving mysteries.
I was on a Zoom this evening with Carla Sonheim and a few other artists. Carla had some flowers that she encouraged us to draw via blind contours and I randomly placed them around the page. We were encouraged to use whatever media we wanted. I used a Caran D’Ache Neocolor II black water-soluble crayon.
I then colored them in with watercolor and used ultramarine blue washed around them. I just played with the various mediums, adding paint pens and other media. Then I scanned it in and tweaked it some more on Procreate. I did this all while making homemade candy for Easter. It was quite full day.
And yep, I printed it out on a 4×6 postcard to mail to my mom. No kitties today, just flowers.
Nigel is a dreamer. He loves to spend time walking in the sun, smelling the flowers and thinking.
It’s April and Easter is only a few days away so I am starting off the month with a few Easter critters. I had several blob creatures that looked like bunnies and this is one of them. I am working in a sketchbook that is made from a leather cover with Arches Text Wove paper which is very soft and is very nice to work with water media.
The sketchbook came as a kit that I purchased from https://innovativejournaling.com I bound it myself.
Marty loves Easter and wants to be the Easter Bunny when he grows up. He dreams about being the Easter Bunny all the time.
I like doing Shannon McNab’s design challenges. This is last Friday’s submission but my posts are a little backed up right now from last month’s St Patrick’s Sketchbook. I am also working on ideas for Easter which should start on April 1.
The Challenge for Week 1 was Folksy Florals are something folk arty so being born a Pennsylvanian, the first idea that popped into my head was Amish hexes so I incorporated some flowers I did in one sketchbook and one of the birds from last month to come up with this submission.
Lizzy wants to be a princess, loves to dress up in her grandmothers tiara and jewelry. Lizzy thinks she’s a long lost Royal.
This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.
Ignatius was an arrogant cat that thought himself far superior to dogs.
This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.
It was a beautiful Spring day. Many people came outside to enjoy the warming sun, birds singing and the cherry blossoms in the air.
This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.
