blue wall & inspiration

Inspiration can come from anywhere and I was recently inspired by this photo by Paula Mills of Sweet William. Paula painted one wall blue in this room and I love the warm colors of the furniture and items in the room in contrast to the lightness of the blue wall.

photo by Paula Mills

My inspiration led me to create this feather...

'warm light feather'

Thanks for inspiring me Paula. 

no mistakes in art?

So, this week I've had a little lesson in practicing what I preach.  My 6 year old niece is quite a little artist, but she gets frustrated easily when her masterpiece isn't turning out exactly right.  So I tell her that there are no mistakes in art.  You can always figure out a way to salvage a so called 'mistake'.  Right?  

Yeah, right.  

I was working on a feather with a new color scheme and it was going great until I decided to put carmine red next to yellow orange and it was looking like ketchup and mustard...not what I was going for.  But I loved the top portion of the feather and didn't want to scrap the whole thing.  I ended up cutting away the part I didn't like and finished the feather with pencil.  Now I love it and it sort of represents a sketch turning into a finished piece.  I've aptly titled it "there are no mistakes in art".  I'm going to keep this one as a visual reminder to practice what I preach.

"there are no mistakes in art"

And here are a few feathers that I've just put in the shop.

"Alight"

"Flutter"

"Fresh"

feathers

After a long hiatus, I've finally put a couple of new feathers in the shop.

'Theodor Feather'

'Spring Feather'

send some love

Valentine's Day cards for anyone /everyone.  Find them here.

little artist

I've been looking through photos from this past summer.  My niece came for a visit and we painted together.  Here she is working on her first masterpiece on canvas.

Isn't that a brilliant sunset?

She was loving the gold metallic paint.

Really concentrating here. 

So adorable.

feeling loved

It's a good thing.

feathers

'blush feather'

'glow feathers'

'tranquil feather'

'graphic feather no. 3'

'graphic feather no. 4'

 These new feathers will be in my shop soon!

 And finally, this agate drawing is a gift for someone who has been waiting for it for a very long time.

Happy Friday!

love, me