Holidays are coming

Getting some stuff ready for the Holiday Table at The Store at Mesa Art Center.

These bookmarks look festive, right?

Can you see a difference?

So does this look at all different from the other?  

Got rid of the blaring yellow in the upper right.
Cleaned some flower edges.
Darkened and defined some of the background to make the flowers stand out more.

Small changes, but I think it improves the over effect.  What do you think?
 

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?