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?
 

Butterflies

The hummingbird and quail tiles have been doing so well at Botanica that I thought I would branch out and do other beasties.

My next favorite is butterflies, so I tried a few.  What do you think?

These are going to Botanica tomorrow.

 

28 and counting

I decided to add some seasonal bookmarks to the ones I have been making.

Here are the latest "bunny" bookmarks.  Have sold 28 so far!!!!!

They're at the Mesa Art Center co-op store, if you want one.  

They're having the Spark Festival there this week, which is geared toward creative arts for kids, so there's lots going on down there.  

How do you like them?

 

My first little bookmarks

I went ahead and cut up some not-so-successful watercolors.  Each one had a spot or two that had gone fairly well.  It was actually kind of fun to do.  It will be interesting to see the difference when I paint them "from scratch".  What'ya  think?  Will they sell?