Flowers for 2014 & a giveaway

 After a busy Christmas with family, getting back to painting just in time for getting back to work! I think there might be something wrong with that?

Thought it would be a nice way to start the new year with a giveaway!
Leave a comment and I will do a random draw for a print of this new painting.

All the best in 2014 to everyone who has followed the blog and those who stumble upon it.

 These two are buddies snuggled up in front of the wood stove. Total trust!





I finally got my wreath made, a neighbour gave me a bicycle rim which was perfect!

 We did make time for some walks to the beach close by, lovely soft light.

This new painting will be up on etsy shortly as a print.

More flowers this year and maybe trees. Note photo above, really enjoying the shape of the winter trees.

Finalizing seed orders dreaming of sweet peas....

Draw winner!!! Jack K
Please send me your mailing info and I will send the print off.
Thank you to all who entered may it be a creative year :)

White Cosmos

Joy to be painting & gardening and a weeks holiday :)

Its a Jungle out there

Its a jungle out there...or in my garden. Wildness is taking over + the garden

Jungle for illustration Friday challenge + Sunday Sketches + Artists in Blogland + Creative Everyday + Inspiration Ave. Several challenges that I have missed for several weeks. I need the discipline of creating every week! Life gets busy but I miss pushing myself to complete and share something each week. Thank you to all of these sites and the creative souls whose positive energy keeps them flowing!

Baubles

Bracelets & Baubles 
Watercolour doodles and play check out experiments with yupo paper, what do you think?

Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

I'm dreaming of a pink Christmas !

Little Angel

Angel? Fairy? All dressed up with wings? Perhaps all three!

Pink Play

 Playing with pink, experiments with watercolour on paper and board. Will post the finished images sometime this week (if I don't totally wreck them!)

For Creative Everyday, Inspiration Ave.

12 X 12 Experiment on watercolour paper + mixed media will post the final (maybe) :)

Lost on the wind

Lost on the wind,

Grass seeds  floating

all around.

Haven't quite got

these out of my

system yet.

  Maybe I should add some flowers or other weeds 

(the thistles are getting huge!)

Original Watercolours. Lost, floating and flying

Rocking Horse Racing is filled with suspense

The suspense of the race, the bell rang they were off, Mr Bear wasn't too sure about this whole adventure.

For inspiration ave rocking horse challenge and illustration friday suspense and paint party friday.

Look Mr Bear

Look Mr Bear a flutterby!
When my daughter was little she called butterflies flutterby's most appropriate I think.

This is for inspiration ave butterfly challenge I was determined to get something done and posted. I have had things ready to go but have been too late last few weeks :)
Also for Creative Everyday these challenges keep me painting.

This Mr Bear joins the others here and here.

Paper Doll out for a winter walk

 A little late with one art challenge....but had so much fun making this little paper doll. I thought she is soulfully thinking in the original below so will add her to Artists in Blogland soul challenge.

She then had to take a walk in the winter sun, the weather forcast is for snow in the next few days hard to believe!

I found when I printed off the doll the color was dramatically different? Interesting challenge to correct :)

Old new borrowed and blue

She was visiting her grandmother for Christmas. She had a wonderful new floaty blue dress, her grandmother gave her a very old beaded purse, and told her she could borrow any book she wanted!

For the Inspiration Ave challenge old,new borrowed and blue.

And for Paint Party Friday I had a hard time deciding which post to link to?

Here is the other one, I think they both round the year off.

All the best for 2012!

A Little Christmas Wish

A little Christmas wish, inspired by Inspiration Ave Christmas ball challenge.

Also Paint Party Friday and Creative Every Day there is another version of this here.

We almost had snow today, the Christmas parties are in full swing. I had a dream last night that all my family and quests arrived for Christmas dinner and I hadn't bought any food!

One more puppet play and then library programs are over for the year! It's been fun but holidays are welcome.

Waiting for Mr Darcy

English literature challenge from Inspiration Ave.

Also Creative Tuesdays Mistletoe  challenge.

Also Paint Party Friday & Artists in Blogland
 and Web of Wimsy , and Creative Everyday this has me thinking of kissing frogs....

Next week at the library we are doing a short puppet play with Santa as a frog, the elf is a chimp, Frosty is a green fuzzy spider, there is a Christmas fairy and Rudolf is a mouse with a red nose! Wish me luck!!!!

Owl

 At twilight the owls land in the huge oak tree that stands right over our house, the first time I heard them I was sure it was a rowdy drunk rolling down the hill. Or a group of partying teens, the screeching and carrying on! Then I realized it was a pair or rowdy owls! ;-)


Paint Party Friday & challenge of painting,
Inspiration Avenue challenge with owls.