The beautiful greenery

I've been working on a flower painting today and yesterday. Here's my partner in crime sleeping lazily all over my desk - sometimes I wonder how I get work done there with him sprawled out hehe.


The two plants on the left are a rose plant (the bigger one), and a little pot of basil growing. They don't really get much direct sunlight, so I thought the rose for sure would die. But they are doing wonderfully well. The rose is actually just about to start it's 4th round of blossoms since I've gotten it in May!

And I thought I'd share the view from my huge studio window. It is beautiful and I see amazing sunsets some nights, very inspiring to work at:

No wonder I get bear visitors in my apartment's parking lot! Hehe. Ps. You can click on the pictures to make them bigger :)

Giraffe Week: Giraffe Snail Mail

This giraffe stationery (giraffe no. 11) by 27designco is beautiful way to mail a hello to a close friend!This striking black and white coloring is so bold and modern, and immediately drew my attention to the set. I think that having the giraffe continue onto the other side is such a great idea, and very well executed in this piece. This lovely set comes with 8 folded cards, so plenty to send them out, and keep one for yourself!

So what are you waiting for? Send some giraffe snail mail!

Love Petals and a Storm

I have two new paintings to share - it's a big week for painting updates on Etsy...and there's still some more to come!

Storm I - Acrylic on stretched canvas

This storm painting for my artbyangie Etsy shop is done on such a cute scale. It is almost ACEO sized, measuring at 2.75 x 3.5". Right now it's sitting on my desk still from it's 'photo shoot' - it got me thinking that this sort of art would be perfect for an office / desk setting. The perfect splash of art! It even comes with a mini art easel to display the work.

He Loves Me - Watercolor on watercolor paper

This watercolor painting holds true to the school-girl-crush-years. I know I'm guilty of picking flowers and using them to determine if he loved me or loved me not. I won't lie...if ever I got a flower whose answer did not please me, I would just pick another and another until I got the answer I wanted. The two images are on one piece of watercolor paper; I didn't feel it was right to separate them into their own pieces.

Peeps in real life:

Isn't that just the cutest thing ever? A yellow fluff ball - they are really really soft when you pick them up. My parents had just gotten some day old chicks the last time I went home to visit, about 30 of them - the chick in this picture is about a day and a half old. So, so so cute!

Despite their young age, they are quite personable and entertaining to watch. They such curious, 'pecky' animals. I was slightly horrified the first time I went to see them - they were sleeping, and a few of them looked so limp and dead...I took them for goners. My mom laughed and said that's just how they sleep...and sure enough, like they knew we were talking about them, they jumped up and started pecking away again.

Unfortunately, they're not so cute anymore. I've been informed, that in about a week that have lots of feathers already growing in...and have turned towards the less-cute, adolescent term of life. Lol.

Giraffe Week: Giraffe earrings

This pair of sterling Giraffe earrings, by zoebijoux, are just too precious!

I always choose stud-like earrings over dangly ones (Unless a special girls-night occasion). Being both simple, with beautiful detail, these earrings are amazing! Each set of these earrings is 100% handmade by the artist: cut, polished and sent out!

Fireflies

I've added this new painting, Fireflies, to my Etsy shop yesterday.

I was very excited about this painting. I got the idea walking home one night, and fireflies were going off everywhere - like mini nightlights.

The cute little fireflies were so much fun to paint in this piece, and it makes me smile so much :o)

Giraffe Week: All God's Children

This painting, All God's Children, by paintallnightstudios on Etsy is remarkable.


The colors and imagery is beautiful, not to mention the fantastic texture - I'm a fan of textured paintings. Paintallnightstudios is filled with other gorgeous paintings like these, be sure to check them out!

Mom's Garden

I went to visit my parents this past weekend. One of the best parts of visiting them in the summer, is my mom's garden. It's so big; and I always get to bring so many fresh goodies back with me. So here's an overview of her garden:

A lot of plants are still in their 'baby' stages. But there was plenty of fresh lettuce, green onions, herbs and sugar snap peas. Oh, and I can forget about the darling potatoes that are just starting to be ready - so they're really small and super cute - the perfect size for roasting :)


My mom also has sunflower, various flower, tons of different peas, green beans (and yellow ones too I think), strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blueberries - and some other berry I forget the name of, sweet corn, summer squash, eggplant, cucumbers, green peppers, garlic, and probably more. She is a busy lady! I can't wait for everything else to be ready!


1. Sweet Basil, 2. Potato Flowers, 3. Peas, 4. A line of Green Peppers, 5. Green Beans, 6. Sunflower plants

Giraffe Week: the t-shirt

I'm going to start this week's theme, with a Giraffe t-shirt by rainbowswirlz that I've had in my favourite for awhile:

I'm really starting to like the colour yellow for a clothing choice, and this shirt is in the perfect shade! The giraffe print on it is just perfect too: it covers a lot of the tee, but it's not to overpowering - and although highly detailed to the core, you know exactly what it is! Love, love love this tee :)

In the studio

These are some of the paintings that I have been working on, in addition to my paintings and commissions from my Jellybean's studio:

1. Ocean Painting Progress Shot (detail), 2. Fish Progress, 3. Painting progress shot, 4. Cityscape progress

I have many more in various "stages", but I don't have photos of them up yet. I'll have lots of watercolor paintings to share with you these upcoming weeks, mostly from my Jellybean's studio - so stay tuned!