watercolor with a bit of white

I did this a few months ago and never posted it. I was having fun playing with the flowers in the back ground and her hair. there's no black pen used:  it's all fine line payne's gray watercolor. But then I did use a white pen for some highlights and the flowers, which I don't normally do. They other new thing was I did the shading on her face with pencil instead of all watercolor.

hopes and plans and goals

Wishing on dandelions

Sunny reveries

easy art

I wanted to paint something different for a bit...

 something cute

 and  without any planning in advance,

 so I could jump right in and start...

she believes in dreams,

in mermaids and fantasies,

and orange cats with stripes

and for those of you who have said they miss the falling ladies ... I created a gallery of some of them... just click on the word ladies in the bar below my header up top....

Happy paintpartyfriday and haiku my heart!

See ya soon!

another recent painting...

I finished this mandala about the same time as I finished the bee one in yellow that I posted friday. I was trying out all one color mandalas for a change... I was very pleased with the layers of red in this one...

Think I will be offering them here on Fineartamerica... and eventually in my etsy shop...

latest painting...

 I have been painting honeycombs and bees....

wildflower honey

in my chamomile tea please

would you like a cup?

 

how to trade on etsy

recently I had a shop offer to trade with me on etsy, which I love doing...

I traded a painting....

and a pendant of that painting....

for a bunch of homemade soaps and bath scrubs and lotion from TheSnowyWhiteOwl

 I love them all....

piney woods soap

angels at twilight body scrub

green fairy body cream

This is a great shop, (and I am not getting anything from her to tell you.... I just really liked the items!)... and she threw in a bunch of little samples. I loved every scent!

The body scrub is my favorite, it smells like incense and patchouli to me... reminds me of going into incense shops in the 70's where they sold ceramic mushrooms and black light posters. There'd be a whole blacklight section where it was dark and interesting. I love that smell.

I have done a few trades on etsy now and I have always been pleased... the way I have done it is to have each shop enable "other" as a payment option, Then each person goes in and purchases the item by clicking on other at the check out. This way you get to leave feedback or reviews as they are called now for other potential customers to see. Etsy will still get their fee from you though so it's all OK.

To set up "other" if you have an etsy shop and want to trade, go to the top of the screen "your Shop" and click on "info and appearance", then on the side under "shop settings" click on "payment". At the bottom you will see "other". Just check it and save. You might want to change this back after the trade so your next customer won't accidentally check it.

cold and dismal

It has just been cold here

no colors

more snow and ice

I am ready for a bit of spring

but I have been creating these same colors in my wood burning and I do enjoy that...

 

metal melting wood

the hot smell I remember

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I think I will add a bit of color to these with a wash of watered down acrylic in spots...

and, as you can see I have been playing with my blog design and banner, this is the third banner I tried this week, I will probably change it a bit more by next week if i have time, just not sure what i want yet...

Happy PPF and Haiku My Heart!

enjoying the return of the light...

hello, sorry to have been absent for a bit again... I have been playing with photographs mostly and procrastinating and wood burning and reading... and have started a new etsy shop for the photos called BumblebeeandBirch...

I wish photos smelled

and carried the sense of peace

that came from these trees

 and I have been doing some painting still....

I picked this one to show you but I am not sure why

 as I don't even like this one. neither does my fox, I can see it in his face.

 It saddens him.

 I don't think I can bring myself to even finish it,

 not that I think it's horrible,

 just not inspiring in any way to me.

I hope to show you my new woodburning next week.....

See you!