Little Watercolors

{watercolor, 2012}

{watercolor, 2012}

I painted the little Valentine beaver in my watercolor class this afternoon. The flowers and plants are the product of spending a little free time experimenting with a slightly different style of painting. (and I would like to continue evolving this style!) I am really enjoying playing with watercolor and also learning more about it in my class from a more traditional standpoint.

Valentine Animal Babies

{Watercolor, 2012}

{Watercolor, 2012}

I couldn't sleep-in this morning, even though it's Saturday. I got up, made some coffee, and decided to play with my watercolors. All the stores have Valentine's Day stuff out, so it makes sense that when I sat down to draw and paint, I decided to make everything pink, purple and red. Anyways, these two illustrations are what I came up with. I wish pink fawns with heart markings really existed. I also wish bears wore suspenders in the wild.

Pretty Paper Pinwheels

{Crepe Paper Pinwheel, 2011}

{Crepe Paper Pinwheel, 2011}

{Crepe Paper Pinwheels, 2011}

I made these paper crafts for a friend's baby shower and saved them after the festivities were done so I could decorate for Valentine's Day. I watched and read about a lot of tutorials on crepe paper crafts and flowers and I didn't find anything that I especially liked. After experimenting with a few ideas of my own, I came up with these little pinwheel shapes by creasing the crepe paper and forming circles. I used a craft punch to make the center shape of the pinwheel and taped them together. Paper crafting is one of my favorite activities and I had fun creating these.

Happy Valentines Day 2009!

{Sketchbook, 2009}

Happy Valentine's Day to all! This is one of my favorite holidays. I think its the colors, the imagery (I love vintage Valentine's Day cards), and of course, the concept of love and sweethearts. I drew these little fairies in my sketchbook and thought I would share them. I think, in the fairy world, little berries work just as well as paper cards or chocolates. Hmmm... maybe the berries are chocolate covered?!
Also, Diana Evans printed THIS out and had her son, Cole, color it. He did a great job with his color mixing and got really creative with it! Great Job Cole!

Welcome February 2009

{Prisma in Moleskine, 2009}

I did this little drawing of heart shaped butterflies in my new watercolor Moleskine book. I plan on coloring in tomorrow. I thought the little drawing had a little merit on it's own. I love Valentine's Day. Its a lovely and warm holiday for such a chilly time of year in the Midwest of the United States.{Watercolor in Moleskine, 2009}
EDIT: I watercolored it, and don't really care for the results, so I will try to do a better, cuter Valentine's Day illo. Here it is. I like the concept, so maybe I will redo it slightly differently.

Happy Valentine's Day 2008!

Hope everyone has a Happy Valentine's Day! This little fox has a little jack-in-the-box Valentine for all of my Blog readers! Enjoy your day!

Critter Sketches

These are a few sketches from the past few days. The squirrels run rampant around here so they are always fun and easy subjects to draw. I was playing with some bird designs and thinking about Valentine's Day while watching Harry Potter the other night too.