Botanical Bookmarks

 

Life takes you down many paths...I love that, for the most part.

My art is continually evolving, bringing me to new and wonderful discoveries.

My discovery of Botanical Art, Modern Botanical Art, to be more specific has been

developing for many years and I am only now beginning to follow that path.

I love light pen work especially on water-colour paper...there is something

so beautiful about the texture, the roughness of the paper.

Add a bit of watercolour and shading to bring out the depth and viola! unique

one of a kind bookmarks.

Materials:

140 lb. Canson Watercolour paper

Copic 0.1 Multiliner SP

Prima Vintage Pastel watercolours set

Card stock

Hand dyed ribbon

Beary Snowy

Here is yet another of my bear designs that I painted up yesterday, I enjoy painting these little guys very much. I think it's the thought of someone receiving one of these for the Holiday Season that makes them special for me. They are bright and cheery and I hope put a smile on someone's face.

It's hard these days, it seems, to send appropriate 'seasonal cards' as we all have our own beliefs but I think we can celebrate our winter time and all that comes with it.

It's too bad you can't see the shimmer that the H2O paints give these cards, it's quite lovely.

So here I go, back at it and loving every minute of it. Have a very beary lovely day.

Merry Beary, Beary Merry

Just another card I wanted to share with you that I've been working on for Christmas. I designed this bear a few years ago, along with the snowbuddies, but didn't do much with them. They are a lot of fun to create, I draw them with a black Sakura Micron Pigma pen and then hand paint them with Twinkling H2O watercolour paints. There will be more to come so keep checking in at the Shoppe.

Well I must get back to work...create, create, create...Wonderful.

ps Tim Holtz had a beautiful quote on his blog this morning...

'Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and responsibility to give something back by becoming something more'

Very True.

Snow Buddy

I've been playing with a different medium these days (it's good to change it up every now and then) I love to send handmade cards at Christmas to family and friends so this is one of this years card set.

(you can find these at my Etsy Shoppe).

I draw the image with a Sakura Micron Pigma black pen then hand colour with Twinkling H2O Luminarte watercolour paints. These paints are awesome as they give a little subtle shimmer to your Art work (a perfect effect for these cards) I use 140lb coldpress watercolour paper as I wanted a good weight.

I know there's a big push to 'save trees' and so on and I support the 3R's totally but it sure is nice to recieve a hand written card that you know someone has taken the time to pick for you, write in it and send. It's about taking time to appreciate one another, letting your lovelies know they mean a great deal to you.

People are gone too quickly from our lives, let them know you're thinking of them.