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This is an oil painting I did from a photo a friend took. I decided to do it in the palette knife style, which I enjoy playing around with. |
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| A primative decor stocking... From Judy Hart at Primative Folk Art and Stitchery PrimitiveHart - Etsy.com |
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| ...and this wonderful and very pretty sign for my garden from Deb at Paxton Valley Folk Art (which pairs well with my Nancy Thomas bird house) |
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| Hugs to all my Friends I hope your gardens are all growing and producing well this year |
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| my flowers basking in the sun |
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| wooden bluebird garden stake handmade by me! KAT |
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| This is some of the raw sanded wooden boards and little tiny bird shapes. My hubby cuts out the birds and I do all the sanding and painting from there |
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| Some of the birds I drew up were cardinal -like some are going to be bluebirds and maybe woodpeckers and finches too They are looking very basic here and could be anything |
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| I painted all the various sizes of boards a creamy color with acrylic paints |
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| then I painted up some floral water-colored paintings on paper |
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| These are the basic flower shapes I came up with Just sort of from my mind (imaginary flowers?) |
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ink lines added now for definition. I don't know why I tend to leap to the purple and yellow all the time I have to remember to do other colors too maybe some red roses or orange tiger-lilies |
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| Here is the Bluebird I did a few weeks ago |
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| Finch I did a few weeks ago |
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| So these are already in the gift shoppe for sale "The Mindful Bird" in Williamstown out in Massachusetts I hope she has luck selling them to her customers I have many more to send out to the shoppe now. Or I might just be stuck with these May have to try to sell them myself in my etsy shop. Which has not been exactly hopping for me lately and I am almost ready to pack it in with etsy. |
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| My watercolor of the bluebird standing on a fence post. |
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| In the mag the bluebird has a wormy in his beak Did you notice that? I did not make the worm in my painting. |
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| this is 140 lb watercolor paper |
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| Bluebirds are so beautiful |
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| flowers and birds are summery sweetness and I love painting them both |
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| Yea, I know, I changed the white daisy to yellow ones I'm a cheater, LOL Hard to do white flowers in watercolors at least for me. I'm a newbie at this stuff after all Happy Trails to YOU! Have a sunshiny, wonderful day! KAT Links to blog parties: http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com |
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| watercolored paper is 140 lb |
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| various floral looks inspired by daisy, lily and rose some of my "girl-friends" |
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| old fashioned rose mounted on distressed wood board. |
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| tiger lily |
I think the two tiger lily ones would look good together so i made them a similar shape and size |
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| wooden boards left over from a different project are cut to different sizes to fit the size of the paper flowers |
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| I painted them black first then many coats of white, then a light violet blue "Deco Art" - Blue Harbor |
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| a light stain of oak to seal the board and show the sanded edges more I sanded the boards on the edges as you can see here |
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| tiny nail on the corners to hold the paper onto the board I also put a few dots of hot glue under the edges The needle-nose plyers help me hold the little nail straight to pound it in each corner |
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| here you see the tiny golden nail in the corner I like how it looks |
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| Finished product ready to hang |
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| measures just 5 by 6 inches perfect size for a pink o licious Rose |
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Sure was fun doing these watercolors I plan to post the others when they are finished being mounted on the board and distressed also  KAT or Kat's Nature linked in to http://www.frugaliciousme.com http://www.sillylittlesparrow.com/ http://www.homemakeronadime.com http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com http://www.craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com http://www.skiptomylou.org http://thirtyhandmadedays.com |
