Sketchbooks

A little weakness of mine.

Spotted

Spotted near the blue house:
1) Lark Sparrow
2) Vermilion Flycatcher
3) Vermilion Flycatcher
4) Gray-crowned Yellowthroat ♀
5) Northern Mockingbird
6) Vermilion Flycatcher ♀
7) Violet-crowned Hummingbird
8) American Kestrel
9) Groove-billed Ani

♥

Another heart made with the Blue Birds fabric
from my Alegria collection for Cloud9 Fabrics.
Background is beautiful spring poster on linen from Bookhou.
The lovely poetry embroidered hearts were made by Cathy Cullis.
Polkadot nails, another use for my white acrylic ink ;-)

The Winner is...

The winner is: Frances from The Bentley Family blog. Congratulations!
Please email me asap with you mailing address.
Thank you so much for participating and for all the nice comments!!!
I was deeply touched by your response.
This new birdie was done this afternoon with watercolors & acrylic ink
on gray Saint-Armand cotton paper. 11" x 15"

*For those inquiring minds who want to know:
Albino Blue Jay
Bookhou Storage Box
Iceland, an original pencil drawing by Lizzie Stewart

Will You Be My Valentine?

I made this stuffed heart for you ♥
The fabric I used is from my Alegria collection called "Walkabout"
from Cloud9 Fabrics that will be available this Spring.
I overdyed the fabric. The original fabric will have a white background.
Please leave a comment on this post for a chance to win it.
I will randomly select one of you tomorrow at noon.
Comments will be closed at that time and I'll announce the winner in the afternoon.
Hope you got some chocolate today ;-)

***Comments are now closed. Please come back later
this afternoon when I'll announce the winner :-)
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!

Don't Play With Fire

A work in progress this very gray, cold day in Queretaro.
Watercolor on kraft sketchbook.

Blogger Problems

Hey friends, I'm going to be tinkering with my blog so it might act weird
& possibly be unavailable for a few days.
Thank you so much for your support & patience! :-)

Fiesta!

A Mexican inspired pattern to warm up the cold gray day :-)
The drawing was done with colored acrylic inks on paper.
I did the repeat on the computer and added a black background.

A Rainy Morning

Beautiful scenes that caught my eye this overcast & melancholic morning.
You probably wouldn't think so but I love gray, rainy days.

Create Happiness

A gentle reminder while sketching on my Moleskine watercolor notebook.
That's my very beautiful mom with one of our adorable kitties 20 years ago.

Curiosities

Just because I bet you guys love snooping around
other people's studios as much as I do :-)

Little Bloom

I carved a little stamp this morning.
The pink rubber material is called Speedy Carve and it's made by Speedball.

L-O-V-E

Visit Jan's Poppytalk blog tomorrow
for a little DIY gift of love from me to you :-)

20 Years Ago

I found some old black & white negatives yesterday
while looking for something else entirely. I had never seen this photo
and I don't even know who took it. I was 24 yrs old.

Alegria!

Michelle sent me the first strike-offs
from the Alegria line for Cloud9 Fabrics this week.
It's so wonderful to see my birdies on fabric.
Now I just need lots of patience until they're available this Spring!

Zanates

Lots of people consider the great-tailed grackles a noisy pest
but I really enjoy their raucous ways.
Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 9" x 12"

February Desktop Calendar

From me to you :-)

Click on the image above to make it larger and download from there. Enjoy!

My Lines Wander

Dogwood Birdhouse. Sepia micron pen on paper. 6"x 8".

Lines

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.
-Paul Klee