Brusho ATC Swap - Spring theme

I love daffodils - they are my birth month flower and we can grow them in Texas.  I did two sets of three - Each one turned out differently.

On Aquabee watercolor paper, I traced my sketch and sprayed Colourcraft Acrylic spray in Yellow Shimmer.  Using Lemon, Yellow, Orange, Emerald and Leaf Green Brusho and a small dry brush, I covered the lines of the daffodil.  Then I added water with a larger wet brush.  It needed a little more looseness, so when it was almost dry, I spritzed a little more water to create some movement from the remaining crystals.

Watercolor Wednesday - Time for Tea

Cha-Cha-CHAI

One of my first ATC swaps!  And one of my favorite teas!

Watercolor Wednesday - Artist Trading Card Swap - Bring out the light

My Artist Trading Card for an upcoming swap...the theme was Nocturnal Landscape.  Artist Trading cards measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", but you can get a lot of art on that small bit of paper real estate and therein the challenge and the fun!

This is the Port of Galveston before dawn, my room view from the Tremont House a few years ago.  I loved the yellow-orange glowing lights reflected over the rail cars in the water and bouncing off the clouds.

Watercolor Wednesday - Artist Trading Card Swap - Passion for Purple

These were the Artist Trading Cards for another swap, "My Hometown"

This was the one I swapped

Growing up in Rochester, New York - The Lilac Capitol of the World - I loved the fragrance, the shades of purple and the lilac bush blooms( -- I used to work my way into the center of the ones in our garden and turn it into my playhouse)...and the Rochester Lilac Festival in May.  They added an extra weekend to the Festival, as some years they hadn't bloomed/bloomed too early, or there was a late freeze.   Well, there was always the Pansy Bed. . .

While there is nothing like the real thing, I had fun trying to interpret and paint lilacs.  I used multiple glazes, colored pencil, different brush stroke techniques, and even sprinkled some salt to help define the individual four-lobed corolla flowers.

Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) are addicting to paint and swap these 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" pieces of art.

P.S. If you are celebrating an 8th year anniversary in the Spring, the lilac is your flower to included in your bouquet.

Draw a Bird Day

I'm kind of double-dipping/double-posting here.  In February, Grumbacher had Artist Trading Card/Art Swap #43 and the theme was Birds.

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

This is the one I received in the swap - by Donna L

What a pretty hummingbird!  I love the colors she used.

Draw a Bird Day began in 1943.    Basically the rules are to draw a bird and share it.  And what better way than on Twitter?  Use the hashtag #drawapictureofabirdday and #dabday make your bird tweet.  Check out the Facebook Draw a Bird Day page, too.