More Bookmarks....

IF - Art Unfolding

Some simple pieces using the elements I posted about earlier.

Letting art just unfold from within...

...is a joyous experience.

When art just happens....

Recently, I have been experimenting with painting and cutting out little elements to play with...

These are some of the results of those experiments.

I'm not sure where this will lead, but they are fun in the making.
And, isn't that the point, after all?

Some newer stuff

Bookmarks!

Playing catch up ... it's been a while since I posted, but I have been painting!

Anyway, I have been very intimidated by the thought of composing and completeing ANYTHING for a long time. So, one morning I was listening to Adya and playing around and picked up a strip of watercolor paper I had cut off of something else and just threw some color on it. Then I grabbed a Sharpie and added some bold lines and little designs and it became a bookmark! I had discovered something that was small, something I could handle. I started cutting strips of paper and painting and making bookmarks right and left. Most of the early ones I don't have anymore... friends and family liked them enough to snatch them up. But here are some of the ones I still have and am still working on.

Here is the process... in case you're interested. 1) Watercolor (ink) 2) Bold lines 3) Detail
Her are some I'm still working on...

And, here are some finished ones...

(I don't sign them till they are finished and I'm happy with them)

That's it for now... I have more to show you in another post. =)

Namaste!

IF - Legendary

Salmon

Orca

According to Northwest Native Indian legend, the salmon were actually people with superhuman abilities and eternal lives.

Some legends claim that the first killer whale was previously a supernatural white wolf that entered the sea and transformed into a whale. Mother Earth painted markings on the side of the killer whale as a reminder that it used to be a member of the wolf family.

IF - Intricate

Spooky Old Tree

IF - Breezy

Same basic idea, two different approaches for Illustraion Friday's "Breezy".

Summer Sun