Flight of the Magpie

2nd version. Swipe for original! It’s better overall but I’m not sure if there’s enough dark shadow. Buuut I’m afraid to ruin a good thing 🤷🏻‍♀️ We’ll see. * * #watercolor

Results of my window shopping spree 😄 * This page is larger than my scanner so I had to stitch it together. And I couldn’t get it to line up! I’ll respect the Center line in future collages 😜 * * #shoppingspree #thriftstore #thriftshop #frugal #decor #marble #leather #islandtime * #watercolor #watercolour #painting #sketch #illustration #art #artist #painter #artwork #illustrator (at Canada)

Close-ups from my last post! Follow for more food, product, and building illustrations! 😁 * * #watercolor #watercolour #art #artist #illustration #thriftshop #marble #homedecor #trends #leather #rudsak #marble (at Ontario)

My version of retail therapy - drawing the things I really want to buy but can’t justify. I DID buy ONE of the items on this spread - can anyone guess which one? * It’s not just the expense I have to justify, but also the clutter. Also I might just buy chocolate as a consolation prize :) #seewhatididthere * * ...now I have to figure out how to render marble with watercolor!! 😅 * #retailtherapy #windowshopping #trendy #decor #homedecor #thriftshop #thriftstorefinds #teacup #tshirt #marble #bronze #illustrator #illustration #artwork #penandink #rudsak #leather #purse

What’s your favorite way of creating? Since I discovered watercolour I’ve been painting a lot, working on greeting cards and trying loose florals. It’s been fun but I reminded myself today that my first love was drawing. So I’m going to do more of that! Perhaps my paintings will mostly be drawings first 🤔 either way this was nice to sit down and relax and do :) So what are you most at home with? * * #drawing #art #artist #artwork #firstlove #artlover #creativity #penandink #blackandwhite #kitchen #livingroom #livedrawing #observationaldrawing #artistsoninstagram

More practice, this time in greens. I feel I did a lot better this time. I started by following along with @rosaliegwenpaperie then ventured off on my own and didn’t totally mess it up! 😆 Organic things with no outlines are hard for me. In other words, painting is hard for me 😝 * * #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle#plants #leaves #leafy #green #nature #artwork #artistsoninstagram #escoda #painting #practice

For friends who come into your life, tell you about their current favorite ice cream, and buy a tub for you out of the blue so you can share their enthusiasm, then disappear into the winter sunset. Those friends deserve a handmade thank you card with extras. Hope they like it! This card will be on my Etsy shortly! * * * #watercolor #icecream #newfriends #deepndelicious #candycane #crackle #vanillaicecream #greetingcard #handmade #thankyoucard #thankyou

Sometimes when you try to be creative some pretty bleh stuff comes out - along with one or two ideas that just work! My husband asked me to make a card for his colleague who’s having twins soon :) Hope she likes it! This card should be added to my Etsy soon :) * * * #watercolor #greetingcards #twins #pregnancy #congrats #epson #handmade #customdesign #commissions

Final product from my teacup stack (is any product ever final?). I printed 2 more copies of the line drawing and kept coloring. I don’t feel like the most original creative design-maker but the thing with creativity is the more you use it, the more of it you end up with :) * * * #tea #teacups #coffee #patterns #greetingcards #invitations * * * #watercolor #watercolour #penandink #art #drawing #painting #iterativedesign #artistsoninstagram #commission

I got invited to a tea-centric event recently, and while I wasn’t able to attend, it got me thinking of invitations and tea-related art, and wall decor :) And since I FINALLY received my new ink in the mail today, here is a fun stack of tea cups! Drawn with my Lamy safari fountain pen with Platinum carbon black ink :) * * * #penandink #inkvember #pendrawing #linedrawing #art #adultcoloringbook * * * #teacups #teaparty #hotdrinks #wallart #art #prints #wip #cozy #hygge (at Sutton, Ontario)

I’ve done two sheets of these now 😀 They will be for sale in some format in the future! I think I’m addicted to umbrella design, or at least convinced that the patterns in my head are even better than the ones I just put down, because I feel compelled to do another sheet or two :D hmm might we have the beginnings of mini coloring book? 🤔😁 #wip #progress #umbrellas #umbrella #brollie #rain #raingear #waterproof #watercolor #drawing#illustration #painting #sketch #art #artistsoninstagram #adultcoloringbook #maybe (at Sutton, Ontario)

Here’s some progress on my umbrella piece 🙂 🌧 I’m trying to be patient and make sure I like my design ideas before I put the paint down. Not bad so far? 😜 Also in the 2nd image I scanned and printed on watercolor paper so I could do even more designs. Nothing like 2nd chances 😁😂 * * * #nocturnal #umbrellas #umbrella #parapluie #colorful #fashion #accessories #accessorize #wip #watercolor #watercolour #painting #illustration

A quick practice because I want to do gesture landscape drawings, if I may assume that term exists/invent it 😜 Need to use more water and leave more white but it was a fun start :) * * * #watercolor #watercolour #landscape #painting #practice #wewalkedthroughfieldsofcorn #artist #paintingoftheday #farmland (at Sutton, Ontario)

Coffee pots series 1a finished and scanned! I will have to clean them up a bit more before using them in projects or in print, but I’m pretty happy with the results! I’ve also discovered other kinds of coffee pots that exist so I may have to grow this series into 1b 😁 * * * #coffee #coffeepots #coffeemaker #cafe #household #kitchen #icons #iconic * * * #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #paynesgrey #burntsienna #ultramarine #everydayart #series #smallsketches #art #drawing #painting #miniseries #artistsoninstagram #beepaper #winsorandnewton #mgraham (at Sutton, Ontario)

I did a little inventory of my half pans today :) I should be good for a ok unless I really get started in one of my project/portfolio ideas 😁 I also started in some cacti - more later - and made paint-water I was sure would glow in the dark!! 😜 Also it’s getting dark outside the studio earlier and earlier. Pretty blue but I miss 9pm sunsets 🤣 * * * #watercolor #watercolour #paints #artsupplies #halfpans #toolsofthetrade #studiotour #dst #practicecactus #cactus #danielsmith #winsorandnewton #mungyo #reeves #sennelier #mgraham (at Sutton, Ontario)

Any other artists keep trying to do a certain style or subject because they know it sells but are forced to admit you just have no idea what you’re doing? I tried “loose florals” again. I realized WHY I can’t do them - at no stage of the process do I recognize what’s in front of me. Flower, what flower? Do I need to learn to enjoy the uncertainty? It really has no appeal. Hence today’s inktober. I drew a flower. With a pen 😅😜 It felt great. These florals, only in spurts. * * * #watercolor #watercolour #painting #looseflorals #florals #artwork #art #trytryagain #artandfear #uncertainty #abstract #dioxazinepurple #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #winsorandnewton #mgraham