Summer Sights

I know the end is in sight for summer but I'm not ready for it to be over. Here are a few of my paintings to help keep that summer feeling from fading too quickly.

These prints are in my Etsy shop.

                   

                                                                      

                                               Summer Clouds

On the Lake

Sunflower

Magnolia

Chickadee on a Mailbox

And on a Sunflower

So I hope that as Fall begins you will find yourself able to Bee Happy

Little Wrens

So last week, after struggling with acrylic paint, I was ready to give up. I did a couple of watercolor birds but tried acrylics this week again and felt so much more successful.  I love little wrens and I love terra cotta pots. I definitely prefer the look of a watercolor terra cotta pot vs the look of it in acrylic but both birds were fun. Sweet little brown birds!!

Watercolor Wren

Acrylic Wren

Acrylics

I decided to try acrylic painting. Very, very different from watercolor. I love that you can go over and fix any mistakes or areas that just aren't working and I love the use of brush strokes and the texture of the paint but I miss the lightness and magic of watercolor. 

A little Fairy Wren

I am selling the prints of my originals in my Etsy Shop

This Little Chickadee is painted over a Blue Bird that 

just would not look right. 

A Bird's Nest

I had fun using a palette knife for the background.

Lavender and Green Hummingbird

I used a palette knife to make this painting and like I said, 

I love the texture and movement.

Watercolors for February

Two Lovebirds for February 

and a little pink tree.

ScarletCordPaints

A little update...In 2018 I branched out and opened another Etsy shop named Scarlet Cord Paints. As a little experiment, I started selling my watercolor prints. I had gotten an urge to paint one of our daughter Martha's wedding pictures and then just kept going. Of course, then what do I do with all those paintings I want to paint? Well, the same thing I do with all the needle felting that I love doing. I sell them:)  As always it has been an exciting and sometimes frustrating experience but I am loving it.

Tooth Mouse

My original Pin Keep Mouse

Custom order for a Tooth Mouse Box.
Known as Raton Perez in Latin culture:)

Hello Again

My favorite room...a place for me to be organized, to be inspired and to create. 

I converted the sun room into my craft room in our new home.  I still call it our new home even though we have been living here almost three years. How did that time go by so fast.