Strollin' Beeza

Another cute one.  :)

ACEO, Canson XL Mixed Media, watercolor marker and watercolor crayon

Sunset, another

I don't even know how to title these.

ACEO, Canson Montval Acrylic paper, Japanese watercolor and watercolor crayon

Sunset - Mysterious Isles

The light was just amazing.

ACEO, Arches coldpress watercolor Artboard, Japanese watercolor and conte crayon

When Snow Still Filled the Earth...

This is actually from last week...or something.

ACEO on Arches coldpress watercolor Artboard, watercolor and watercolor crayon

Red Buds

This looks more like fall than spring, but I promise it's spring.

ACEO on Arches watercolor coldpress Artboard, Japanese watercolor and watercolor crayon

2016 First Flower From Scarlett

I hear some people are denying it is springtime.  Poofing Shibe and the flowers prove them wrong.

(Spring can be a fine season, though it's not my favorite.  What I have to deal with in my backyard reinforces this.)

Anyway, this is the first flower this year brought to me by Scarlett.

I did a number of iterations of it, as you can see.  These are all ACEO size.

Japanese watercolor on Strathmore Artagain

(see the gold!!)

Sumi ink and Japanese watercolor on Strathmore Artagain

Sumi ink and Japanese watercolor on rice paper

Sumi ink and Japanese watercolor on rice paper

Sumi ink and Japanese watercolor on rice paper

Sumi ink and Japanese watercolor on rice paper

Sumi ink on rice paper

Mad Butterflies!

Mad Butterflies!!

Butterflies are so incredibly interesting.

I have been thinking Scarlett needs a butterfly unit.  She was thrilled with the idea of going butterfly hunting (though was a little put out that we couldn't do it *today*...it snowed today).  Combining this idea with our theme, I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a scientific-esque drawing of a butterfly.

Even though we won't see Monarchs til summer, I thought it would be an appropriate start.  I've done a few copies of this...started out in pencil, traced it on some funky new graphic art plastic paper, and I have been working on inking it.

The wings were a bit mesmerizing.  The image started out on Bristol vellum and is 4x6.

Those don't have any color yet, so here is an ACEO on rice paper with sumi ink and Japanese watercolor  :)