Pre-correction

So I just finished this one on Thursday.  After I took a picture I saw several areas that needed a little tweaking.

I'll post a picture tomorrow of the corrected painting.  See if you can see what I change.

 

When life gives you lemons

So I'm homebound doing a recovery thing for a bit, and thought I might as well get started on some future projects.

Need a Christmas card image for the stores I do work for.  Used this idea a few years back for my own Christmas card, but ended up selling that image.

So.... now I've got another one.  Workable idea for a Christmas card, and keeps me out of trouble for a few hours.

Done, and done!

Latest love

My buddy received some flowers recently and was kind enough to send me a picture she'd taken of them.

Perfect for a watercolor, doncha think?

I'm trying very hard lately to limit my use of black, and I think it makes my palette much brighter and lighter.  

Two newest

 My two newest paintings.  I think my watercolors turn out better, more freely done, when I give myself a time limit.

When they're completed this way I don't get bored with them, then do a half-a..... job.  

Learn to live with your disabilities, right?  One of mine seems to be a very short attention span...

Hello, remember me? New stuff....

It was suggested by two of my retail spots: Botanica, and The Store at the MAC, that greeting cards would be a good idea.

So several months of angst, tutorials, and major help from a friend, and I'm now making greeting cards!

These are from my watercolors and acrylics, and my serious attempts to get it right.  Now if only I could get a photo to go horizontal when I wanted to, I'd be golden.

So..... what do you think?

Two paintings

This first one is done.  It's going to be my Christmas card this year.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  My rocks actually look like rocks!  And the snow is close enough, considering I have limited actual "snow" experience.

The second is a painting I'm working on.  It's in the "look at it and see what needs fixing" stage.

The bike totally needs work, the steps and rocks next to the steps, and the little plant area under the window.  

Anything else?

 

New idea (Sort of)

So, I was thinking, while I'm in butterfly mode, how could I make a butterfly bookmark?

This is the sample I did on a scrap of watercolor paper.

Threw down some fun colors, dribbled some salt on it.  After it dried, scraped off the salt and painted a butterfly outline.  

What do you think?  Does it work?