watercolor for illustration

Classic children's illustrations by Arthur Rackham. I love his dreamy, dark whimsical style...and his command of watercolor is amazing. I've been exploring with painting watercolor on Bristol Plate instead of the usual cold press traditional watercolor paper...the flat surface of the paper lends itself to experimentation as the paint floats on top of the paper- but it also makes an already hard to use watercolor even harder!

Advice from a Caterpillar, by Arthur Rackham

"That's very curious", by Arthur Rackham

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her,

by Arthur Rackham
All of these illustrations are from Project Gutenberg

Obama Chia Head - the perfect gift

If you have a person on your gift list that just have everything...consider giving an Obama Chia head...or a Hillary Chia Head...why not get both??

Live the life you imagined...

...and for the most part, I do. I feel grateful as I think about Thanksgiving and my life. I am blessed with a wonderful family, good friends and good health.

Everything else is icing on the cake...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

I'll bake and cook tomorrow...

more angel ornaments

Here are two more Frozen Charlotte Angel Ornaments from my Narrative Doll Series. They are about 15" long with their skirts and chain. I really enjoy making these! These were sold to an art gallery in Bothell, Oregon- Art and Soul Gallery.

Wire wings with glitter

and aqua glitter in her skirt

German glass glitter wings

on a pale orange crackle based wing

angel ornaments for Christmas

Before I sent out a large order of my Narrative Doll series to the Art and Soul Gallery in Bothell, Oregon, I took some pictures to post here. I love how they turned out! Each one was different and unique. Here are just two from the order-

cats still rule

I received some feedback that the watermarks on my last post were too busy and distracting from the actual collages- so I re-posted them without the watermark at all. I do like to put something on my artwork, as I have found it being misused here and there...sad but true...anyway...here they are again, sans the busy watermark...hope this looks better!

Cats rule

Just finished these last night. Anyone who loves cats will understand these!
I think they make perfect stocking stuffers for a cat-lover!
I've listed them in my etsy shop.

**NOTE** below have watermarks on them- (eBeth Parsons and website).
The 'real' ones don't have the watermark!