Pixel Bird

Hope you are enjoying your weekend :-)

La Siesta

Finally colored this drawing I made back in 2009.

On My Path

There is always loveliness to be encountered on our path.

Banksia

Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper 9" x 12"

White on Blue

More birds & flowers to start the week.

Tile

Watercolor and Faber-Castel PITT artist pen in Sanguine on bookboard. 5 x 5 inches.

Bird Ballet

Acrylic ink & Photoshop.

Red

Freehand drawing with acrylic ink & a size cero liner brush.

On My Desk Today

More Flowers

Peonies

Flowers & books, two of my favorite things.

Via Air

Sometimes I wish I could just hop inside an envelope and fly off. Where would you go?

The After

The beautiful cactus painting in the back of my nature collection is by the very lovely and talented Tiel Seivl-Keevers.

Spring Cleaning

I'm using that beautiful turquoise to paint the inner back wall
of our cabinet of curiosities. It was fun to empty it out and look at each of the little pods, shells, twigs, seeds, etc...that we've been collecting over the years.

Flower Mural

  I painted a freehand black & white mural in our bedroom inspired by this awesome wallpaper. My original plan was to fill the whole wall but I ended up liking how it looks above the headboard. It's like sleeping in a garden.

Hallmark

Some of my birdies have landed at Hallmark store near you :-)

For May

Time to change your desktop calendar! Enjoy! :-)

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

Gourd

A few weeks ago while Margie & Arounna were here we visited a tiny market in a nearby town called Villa de Progreso were I found a vendor that had a basket of gourds for sale. The shape of this one really caught my eye. I painted a triangle pattern a la Bookhou with black acrylic ink inspired by this beautifully decorated dwelling from the village of Tiébélé, located in Burkina Faso. Photo by Rita Willaert via Poppytalk.

*The amazing wood chair in the first photo is Manolo's design :-)

Egg

Yet another wonderful gift by Margie: A big batch of wooden eggs!
I painted one today in blue acrylic inks and rubbed it with spoon oil.
Thank you my dear friend ♥ they will keep me entertained for a long while!

Tie-Dye Top

I copied the pattern from a really cute cotton top I bought in San Miguel during Margie & Arounna's visit but cut it out of beige linen and tie-dyed it in a warm chocolate brown color. After I finished it this morning I decided to add some stitched details with turquoise and red embroidery floss. Remember this linen tunic I made last year?

Alegria!

A BIG box with fabric from my Cloud 9 Fabrics Alegria collection arrived yesterday!
 I immediately made new pillowcases for our bed using the Walkabout fabric.
 I over-dyed the fabric to match my old green quilt from CB2.
It was wonderful to translate my watercolor images onto fabric
but what I had most fun with was designing the selvedge info :-)
Working with Michelle on this collection was an honor & real treat!