Painting the Roses Red

Prompt: Tree

I've been on a kick to paint more these days. I don't do it enough, it's one of my favorite things to do, and I want to get back in the habit of doing something artsy "just for fun" daily. I bought a block of watercolor paper, some new brushes, and I'm not stopping until the block is full. It just so happens that Spoonflower is having a 30-day drawing challenge right now, so I have been hopping on their prompts and going to town with my paints. Cosmic alignment or something. Anyways, here is a glimpse of what I have been painting, and you can follow along via instagram (and maybe I'll post a few more here in a week or so.) 

Wheee!

Mountains

Cactus

Landscape, Lemons, and Arrow

015: Argema Moth, AKA the Comet Moth

I wonder how that works out, breeding animals or insects in captivity. I assume (hope?) they release them back into the wild eventually to build back up the numbers in their natural habitat, but I wonder how it effects their behavior/lives... 

365 Days of Animals
015: Argema Moth, AKA the Comet Moth
Watercolors

Sammy Narwhal

Sammy Narwal in his magical place.

Hello and Happy Friday to you. I have a new painting to share! I've been trying to paint more these days, and get myself away from the computer (not that the computer is a bad thing, but you know, paint!) I am pretty excited about this print, as it gives me a little bit of spring fever, even though all the blooms are underwater. I really would love to go scuba diving someday and find a magical colorful place like this. Anyways, a print of this painting is available and Sammy Narwhal is eagerly awaiting Spring just like me (Daytime savings is this weekend! Don't forget to change your clocks forward!)

Print is available in the shop here.

Framed version

An in-progress photo, laying down different color washes.

VeganMoFo: It's Soup time!

Meet Acorn, the floppy bunny.  She's a sweetie with a streak of mischief in her.  Watch your garden closely!

Acorn is for sale here

Medium: Watercolor on heavy Arches paper
Size: Approximately 5"x7" (image size is 4"x6")
Will fit in 5"x7" frame! Signed on back.

Note: I am doing a painting-a-day challenge for VeganMoFo, and will be creating a new painting of rescue animals or vegan food throughout the month of October, and placing them for sale. All proceeds (minus shipping) will be donated to For the Animals Sanctuary, because they are a pretty super-great non-profit animal rescue and sanctuary, in Blairstown NJ, and are vegan owned and operated. Feeding, housing, and taking care of these animals costs a lot of money, and as a non-profit organization, they rely entirely on donations. Hopefully (with your help!), I'll be able to make a size-able donation at the end of the month!

This was one of those use-up-old-veggies kind of soups.  I had some carrots, an acorn squash, a bunch of cloves of garlic, and an onion that I chopped up, drizzled in olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roasted in the oven for about 30 minutes on 400F or until tender.  I then threw them all in my blender with a can of coconut milk, and heated it up on the stove top until hot.  More salt/pepper to taste and a little bit of sriracha hot sauce for a kick and voila!  I liked the creaminess and thickness of this, but you could add some veggie broth or water to it thin out.

VeganMoFo Day 04: Soy and Sake

Veggie Sushi is the best.  One of my favorite vegan NYC restaurants is Soy and Sake, where their specialty is vegan sushi (plus a whole lot of other things).  I went out with a friend there recently, and we pretty much inhaled everything.   We ordered the Rock Shrimp Tempura as an appetizer (because it's my absolute favorite and I order it everytime I go there).  For my main course, I went for the Soy chicken tempura bento box (!! HUGE !!)  I definitely couldn't finish this, but hey, leftovers are awesome!  

Today's charity painting is a veggie themed one, because veggie sushi can be super-creative and impressive and I felt like saying HOORAY FOR VEGGIES.  

Happy Veggies painting for sale here.

Medium: Watercolor on heavy Arches paper
Size: Approximately 8"x8" (image size is 7"x7")
Will fit in 8"x8" frame! Signed on back.

Note: I am doing a painting-a-day challenge for VeganMoFo, and will be creating a new painting of rescue animals or vegan food throughout the month of October, and placing them for sale. All proceeds (minus shipping) will be donated to For the Animals Sanctuary, because they are a pretty super-great non-profit animal rescue and sanctuary, in Blairstown NJ, and are vegan owned and operated. Feeding, housing, and taking care of these animals costs a lot of money, and as a non-profit organization, they rely entirely on donations. Hopefully (with your help!), I'll be able to make a size-able donation at the end of the month!

The Rock Shrimp Tempura appetizer. Possibly my favorite appetizer of all time.

Soy Chicken and Veggie Tempura Bento box, with miso soup, california roll, edamame, dumplings, salad. YUM. 

Shop Update!

Helloooo, happy sunday!

I've been *super* busy painting over here, for the last few weeks. 11 new paintings done, 5 or so left by this wednesday. I can dooooo it! I took a little break today, to mega-update my Etsy Shop with allll the prints from the "Friends Forever" series, plus some valentines, and a few little mini framed originals. Huzzah!

In-progress

'Lil Hippy Bears in love:



Bodum is so pretty, yeah? I heart this teapot.

Everything's a HOOT

New print in the shop!




Also, I have a SERIOUS case of the mondays today. I stayed up reallllly, really late on saturday night (being a night owl, painting owls...) and I probably would have done the same last night, save for the fact that I had to get up for work this morning.

wakka wakka.

Portrait of Melancholy

New print in the shop! It's funny this came out so melancholy when I worked on it while watching the Republican National Convention. I was so incredibly frustrated by every word that came out of everyone's mouth, ESPECIALLY last night, yet the painting came out so soothing.



Speaking of the RNC, I was mostly horrified, during Sarah Palin's speech, by the grotesquely adoring faces of the audience. They made me think of that lady from the old Soundgarden, "Black Hole Sun," video. You know what I'm talking about:


For real! Scary! I hope that was only an isolated reaction to this "pitbull with lipstick."

And Guiliani just pisses me off everytime he opens his mouth. *shakes fists*

Jump Rope for Yeti

It's Gocco madness at my apartment now! I've been playing around with it for the last few days and it's so much fun! All sorts of possibilities. This is the first limited edition run I have made; Only an edition of six. The paper size is 6"x9" and the actual image size is approx. 5"x8". Watercolor and ink are used on top of the gocco print.

I spy a May Queen

New print up in the shop! I've been working on this painting for awhile now, and finally finished it up last night. It's bigger than my usual ones, 18"x20"ish, I think, painted with watercolor on a gessoed Pine board. There will be others to go along with it in the series, but I'll probably take my time on those also.

Memorial Day weekend

So I had today off of work, but I used it as a personal work day to catch up on stuff for an upcoming craft fair. I compromised a bit though, and took my paintings to the park near my apartment to enjoy the sunshine. It was just way too depressing to be sitting inside on a day like today (and my workspace gets NO sunshine). I think I even got a mini-burn on my arms from the hour or so that I was outside.

I have a confession to make. I am addicted to pretty paper. Some girls spend all their money on shoes or clothes, but no, not me. I spend mine on PAPER. I only intended to buy a few sheets at the paper store yesterday, for some new recipe boxes, but I couldn't resist all the new spring/summer ones they stocked. PLUS, there were new BOOKS full of pretty paper and I had to get one of those. Ah well, I just have to make sure I put them to good use. I have a whole bunch of fun new recipe boxes that I made in the past few days and I have an assembly line of a bunch more prepped. i think I'm going to put a few up in my shop in the next couple days and then the rest go towards the craft fair.


Dinner tonight was leftover Mac Daddy (from Veganomicon) and a kick-ass salad.

Beware of the Copper Penny Moon

Beware of the copper penny moon...down by the pond, as the cattails sway, there is a shift in the air.

New painting! Watercolor on gessoed pine board, 11"x14". Prints are available here in my Shop.







I know I said I had 6 mini paintings, and I do, but I have 4 more to add to that group and want to put them all up at the same time. And this is a holiday weekend, so lots of time!

And can I give a huge hooray for some sunshine finally?!?

Apple of my Eye

Beautiful day out! This is that painting I was talking about. I've been eating a whole lot of apples lately, which is something that isn't very common this time of year. It's the only fruit at the farmer's market though! Lonely apples. And they have been pretty tasty too. Ohhh, I can't wait for summer fruits though. This is the time of year when I get antsy for more variety in my fruits/veggies. No more root veggies!

Anyways, this was painted with watercolor and gouache on a heavily gessoed pine board. 16"x20". Prints are available in my shop!