-Little treasures found on today's walk with Turbo.-Hand carved rubber stamps inspired by old seaweed pressings that I made today.This is the calm before the storm...We will be moving into our new house next weekend!This might be...
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Kids Draw & Cook
My son Daniel's entry called "Five a Day for Better Health"for Nate Padavick's awesome new blog Kids Draw and Cook,a companion to the super cool They Draw and Cook blog.Daniel (age 12) made these cool little guys with watercolor &...
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Etsy Treasury!
Made my very first treasury at Etsy, you can check it out by clicking here.And this bird themed Treasury is my second! Playing "curator" is so much f...
The Sketchbook Project: 2011
Last month my lovely reader Lisa from Australia sent me the link to this wonderful project thinking I might like to participate...and I did! Thanks Lisa!Read more about the project here and think about joining too!The blank Moleskine...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Drawing Lab Book Giveaway Winners
Carla was so impressed with the unbelievably great turnout that she offered to giveawaytwo more books! So we have three winners today! Mr. Random.org chose:Ludid, Elvia and Indy! Congratulations!Thank you so much for all the encouraging...
Monday, July 19, 2010
Painted Bird Tee
My lovely blog reader Ann from Russia sent this beautiful photo of the t-shirt she painted using my free bird embroidery design and white fabric paint.Isn't it great? She did a fantastic job! Thank you for sharing it with us Ann :)Don't...
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Drawing Lab book giveaway
I'm featured in a really cool book written by Carla Sonheim."Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists" Published by Quarry Books.The book was launched this month. You can learn more about it here.My friend Gustavo Aimar is also featured...
Saturday, July 17, 2010
In Ma Bag
Bag: Original 1955 British Army First Aid bag from an Etsy shop called SevenBC.Contents:-Moo cards-Tiny note pad-Cardboard pen that I decorated with markers-Favorite lip balm I've been using for years: Hawaiian Tropic Aloe Vera. I...
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wall Color
After hours of friendly debate Manolo & I agreed on a beautiful steel blue for the exterior walls of the new house. It complements the bare concrete really well and makes all the woodwork stand out. Can't wait to show you more...
Birdie's Approval
Maren from Flying Fox Studio sent me this photo of Burgess, her pet bird, checking out my blog and I thought it was way too cute not to share...
Thursday, July 15, 2010
For Karyn
Well, I finally finished it! It took me longer than usual because the paperwas really difficult to work with. It was too absorbent and it needed a LOTof paint & patience, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.I hope my little...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Bits of Flora
Little set of stamps I carved this morning.With the usual: Staedtler MasterCarve rubber stamp carving block,Speedball linoleum cutter and my favorite ink pa...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Dogwood progress
Tomorrow I'll tackle the stems and the birds...I'll show you when I'm finish...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Dogwood drawing
I finished it yesterday and I've been painting some blooms today. So far so go...
Friday, July 9, 2010
Dogwood
I'm working on a 16' x 24' watercolor on a sheet of beautiful handmade paperI fell in love with at the new art supply store in town.The biggest size I usually work with is 10' x 14' so this is huge in comparison.Lets see how it turns...
Iron-On
When I bought the iron-on transfer paper to make the fabric bird banner I also bought a package of iron-on transfer paper for dark fabrics and tried it out this week with my flowery elephant on a dark green tee. The pretty triangle...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Dark & Lovely
Found these photos while rearranging some of the picture folders in my iMac.I took the second photo at the Butterfly Center of theHouston Museum of Natural Science a few years ago. Oh, how I love that place!They look really nice together,...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Drawing with Daniel
More marker fun!The beautiful yellow billed kingfisher was made by my 12 yr.old son Dani...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
McDoodle
Something I doodled this morning with the new markers & white ink.A future quilt perhaps? That would be cool...although I broke my sewing machine a couple of weeks ago and Manolo hasn't been able to put it back together again...
Monday, July 5, 2010
Passiflora incarnata
Daniel & I recently bought ourselves a set of Chartpak Ad markers.The last time I used these was in college while studying graphic designand I had forgotten how great they were.I know Daniel's going to love using them. I painted...
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July!
Image from The New York Public Library archives.This is what usually happens when I take a pen to the local dinerand they take a little too long to bring out my breakfast :)My chilaquiles verdes were perfect though, so it was well...
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Agapanthus pages
From my botanical journal.This time I reproduced my agapanthus pressed flowersas a faux sun print painted with white acrylic inkon a piece of very cyan handmade Amate pap...
Friday, July 2, 2010
Knotless Netting
The first time I saw a stone covered in knotless nettingwas at Nancy Bauch's beautiful White Forest Pottery shop a cuple of years ago.I was very intrigued about that weaving technique.A couple of days ago I 'googled' the term and...
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Botanical Observations
A new sketchbook/journal project I'm startingwhere I'll be drawing my pressed plant specimens.I bought the handmade recycled paper journal at the grocery store where I buy organic produce & goodies here in Queretaro. It's made...
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