Within a blink of an eye, winter is upon us! This year has been very challenging for people to connect. Now is the perfect time to send a holiday card! These 5 by 7 watercolour cards are printed on heavy stock kroger paper and come in white envelopes. Perfect size for sharing a few photos of your year.
Winter seems to be having an off and on again relationship with the West Coast right now. Is it really over between us? Are we ready to move on? Just when we think it’s over, winter comes barreling back into the room yelling, “AND ANOTHER THING!”
I’m ready for spring! I’m ready for being outside again!
Have you heard of loose flowers before? Neither did I until I started researching! They are beautiful and simplistic. The MOST challenging part? The ‘proper’ way to paint these is to only use 1 or 2 brush strokes per petal. It is almost maddening to me to consider something is good enough with just one or 2 strokes! The perfectionist in me is incredibly conflicted. I want to make it perfect! To do it correctly, you can only do it once! Still, it has changed my perspective on painting yet again, and I have truly enjoyed learning about this style.
The season of winter bliss is upon us! A lot of friends have been asking if I am going to create holiday cards. The tricky part is making them affordable to purchase multiples. I’m currently working on a possibility.
Winter holidays tend to carry so much meaning and emotion that I found this project daunting. What do people celebrate? How can I put that into paint? How do you capture the feelings that people have? Trying to paint for what someone else wants became baffling. and I had to stop. I had to just paint what I felt and hope people enjoyed it.
For me, the winter holidays are about family. Pretty vibrate colours among the white winter snow, and hope for the sun and light. And of course, a Peanuts Christmas. 🙂
I have found a lot of winter scenes quite challenging, as they are often bright from reflection and painting light continues to be a challenge for me. So far, these are my collection! Let me know what you think!
