What a great way to start my morning! Going into my favorite coffee shop, Dubsea Coffee, and finding out their new gift cards displaying my artwork have arrived! They were so sweet to give me a loaded card AND a credit on the back! I always thought it would be cool to do a gift card art. The original {see blog post}, framed artwork on this gift card is displayed at Dubsea behind the bar — a gift to the owners after my art show last summer.
My Japanese watercolors Michael got for me years ago as a Christmas present. When you don't know what else to paint — paint your paints! :)
Papa spent the night Tuesday night. He went on a run in the morning and brought me back this little bouquet. Sweet.
Just for fun. Maybe I will use it for a card set.
Guess some of those doodles from the last post helped me out on this one. A late night sketch from Sarah’s last Saturday night — after all the Christmas treats were baked, Mama had gone home and all the kids were finally asleep.
Doodling during Mom's
group this morning.
I can’t decide if this should go in design, illustration or sketch — so I'll just post it here!
Fun holiday event with proceeds going to help drill a well in El Salvador.
I was only going to sit down for a few minutes. My birthday treat to myself — do nothing for 15 minutes at Dubsea Coffee. Then I wanted to sketch something. I got a napkin and thin wood stir stick to draw on, then discovered a blank postcard back in my purse. Perfect size. I had no idea what I was going to draw, then I saw those dark repeating shapes up on the wires across the street. Perfect subject. I wanted the emphasis to be the birds. I hope I didn't ruin it with the bits of color in the foreground. I couldn't help getting some fall colors to contrast with the gray rainy sky.
I hadn't meant for this sketch to look just like the last one. Just trying to get back into it.
The only reasons for this one:
Just back from the art show at Dubsea Coffee (which was an awesome time — thank you!)...and here I am in my studio again with my Mama over my shoulder so she can get a print of this one!
Sketched this the other night at Sarah & Yancey's after all the kiddos went to bed — after a full day at the fair in Lynden. This tea and chocolate, and the company of Sarah & Yancey at their kitchen table, was the perfect way to end the day. I couldn't find a glue stick for the bits of black Sharpie-colored paper at the top and bottom, so I used some thread I found in Sarah's office.