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Melting Pot Florals Day 26 Mixed Media Sunflower
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Day 26 Mixed Media Sunflower

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Day 26 Mixed Media Sunflower

$90.00

Watercolor, mixed media painting measuring 7.5”x7.5”. Oil pastels and neocolors IIs were also used in creating this work.

The painting will ship within two weeks.

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Being captivated by the trees has been a lifelong love. As kids we climbed them, played hide and seek among them and what I mostly remember is their scent and the pine sap on my hands. It was the most fun and those were good days. . Fast forward a
“May and October, the best-smelling months? I’ll make a case for December; evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon.” —Lisa Kleypas . DECEMBER ~ Short days = more night time reading Game nights with the kids Cinnamon candles Can
Well this was a fun surprise. Working from a photo as reference and choosing colors that I felt explained the moment. A visual diary of sorts. It was a beautiful breezy autumn day with lots of movement and scents of pine and leaves. . Sketchbooks ma
Skeleton Trees dot the landscape all around us. It’s that season of transition from late fall to early winter. The woods are busy with squirrels, bear, skunks and opossums foraging for food.
“The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don’t think so.” ~Nora Ephron I am so grateful to have been raised in a family where there will always b
Milkweed is a wonderful gigantic beauty. They are a host plant to monarch butterflies. Their sap is toxic to predators of monarchs, keeping them safe during the growing cycle. Their enormous oblong leaves grow in pairs opposite each other perfect for
SUNDAY: I was gifted a set of drawing pencils recently, so had a sketch sesh. I pulled out my octopus sketchbook with neutral colored inked backgrounds painted weeks ago and drew trees. Fun!
Just had a studio session where everything felt like a yes, yes, yes! Those are rare days. When I work, I often think about all the women artist who came before me and all their sacrifices they made to be able to create. But let’s be real, it&r
Continuing with my ‘No wasted paint’ initiative and collaging with my leftover painted paper palette sheets on a randomly painted page. The results are cohesive since these were done with the same colors last week. Just a fun way to recyc
2x2” squares of partially peeled cardboard. Using left over paint from yesterday’s trees. They remind me of tiny landscapes. No plans what to do with these but paint on my hands is always a good day!!
I’m fascinated by trees. It’s interesting to observe the play of light in the intervals of trees trunks. So today I’m exploring that through colors and textures. Using my photos for reference and some watercolor sketches.
Happy Friday!! Working on landscapes recently and enjoying the colors of these soft pastel sticks and scratching into the thick layers to achieve the smallest of details 🎨🎨🎨 My guy lives next to a wholesale nursery and the rows upon rows of trees
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