Illustration Friday: REMEMBER

Watercolor on paper
baked fresh for today's Illustration Friday.

AMAZING FACT:
Birds remember exactly where they've hidden
thousands of seeds each autumn and find their way back
to their stashes using the sun, stars, landmarks
and sometimes the magnetic pull of the earth
to guide them.

Click on the image to see it
BIGGER!

Have a beautiful weekend friends.

Last weeks of april

Journaling: at the beggining of the week, lots of empty space...

Now: full of scribbles :o)
and gone is april....swoosh!
I'm ready for all the
may flowers.

Done with my kid's markers
and ink.

Wool Tote

My latest crafty endeavor is this wool/canvas tote.

It has two pockets inside,
one for my glasses and one for my wallet.
The inside is a thick linen like
cotton canvas.

Inspired by this fabulous tutorial by Super Eggplant

Front page!

More of my freelance work today.
I made this watercolor illustration for the Wilmington Star
and it landed on the cover of the sunday paper edition
and I couldn't be any happier :o)
I'm jumping up and down as a matter of fact!
Nicole Neuman did the awesome graphic design
and helped me so much with the idea for the illo.
It was a huge challenge for me to think outside my "cute little birdies and flowers" world...
but toghether we pulled it off! Thanks Nicole :o)

Woody wood wood

Watercolor and ink on wood veneer.
I am SO enjoying spring.
Are you?
Happy sunday
friends!

Illustration Friday: POLAR Part two

White acrylic ink
and watercolor on kraft paper.

Illustration Friday: POLAR

An oldie...but a goody
(I've posted this before )This polar bear was part of our homeschool Christmas decorations.
It was created with cutout sandblasted 3M plastic self adhesive film,
that I drew directly on the window.
You can see the whole set of windows I created if ou click here.
I will be making a new illo for this week's theme later this weekend.
Have a beautiful day everyone!
Thanks for visiting my blog.

Live stump

More experimenting...today I tried using my white acrylic ink
on wood veneer and it worked really great.
I even applied some watercolor
like in the other kraft pieces and it also worked out fine.
I'll be doing some illos on veneer this week
and experiment some more.
I *heart* woodgrain.

Mini-me

Yep, that's me in my kindergarten uniform.
Since I was around three years old I already knew that drawing
was my most favorite thing to do in the whole world.
My mom just let me have this picture
that I hadn't seen in ages
...thanks mom :o)

White owl

White acrylic ink & watercolors on kraft paper.

It's monday AGAIN...can you believe it???
A brand new week full of possibilities :)
Have a great day!

Smile!

Proverbs 15:13
A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit.

This is ink on a digital photo I printed
of the cobble stone street outside our house.
:)

Illustration Friday: FORTUNE

-Henrietta knew inmediatelly
this was the perfect spot to hide her fortune.

Acrylic ink, watercolor & collage
on kraft paper.

Red, red house

I've recently uploaded
some new pics of our house
to my Flickr page,

You can take a peek here

The april pages

The first two weeks of april.
Stamps (hand carved), collage and ink.

Better late than never

Daniel & I marbleized some eggs.
I know it's a little late...
...but can find the how-to instructions here

Little house on the rainbow

Hi friends!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday.
I made this piece today with watercolor
& white acrylic ink on paper.
Click on it to see it
BIGGER.
Thanks for visiting!

Orange tulips

Oil on canvas.
(12 x 12 inches)
I'm a watercolor kinda girl,
but once in a while I love to play with my beloved oils.
I use Windsor & Newton's
WINTON Oil Colors.

Illustration Friday: GREEN Part 2

Collage and ink on paper

Illustration Friday: GREEN

Watercolor & white acrylic ink on paper.
Yay for free birdies!

Lovely time of year...

Ah spring!
Watercolor on paper

Bluebird on kraft

More exploring
of the white ink on kraft technique
this morning.
Hello monday! :)

White ink

This is the white ink I use in case you want to give it a try.
Thank you so much for all the nice comments
and interest
on the Goldfish on Kraft post :)