Watercolor Take-Over

I find myself indifferent to soap-making now, lotion-making, knitting and crochet. Weaving too, and spinning ... even though they were both so cool. Not that I won't do any of that again. But they all have been driven out of my daily life by ... watercolor painting. And because I'm now on the dark end of my 50s, I'm gonna allow myself to do what I enjoy. That's a luxury, I know. I am blessed to be able to make that choice.

I painted a commission for a lady in South Dakota who I met on facebook. 

She asked for poppies. It was fun to communicate with her and paint her exactly what she wanted. Then today I went to New Bern and promptly spent half of that commission! A few new art supplies:

a micron .005 pen, olive green Grumbacher paint, four watercolor pencils that I can't wait to try out, and a dagger brush. Dagger brushes are hard to find. I want a much larger one. I'll have to get that online.

And I finally got two of my watercolors made into note cards. At last!

This is my mother's favorite card. I'll send her a pack for her belated birthday.

 I love these roses:

 The colors are quite vibrant, even darker than the original. The printer did a good job.

 I'll sell them in packs of however many are wanted, usually 5 or 10 in a pack. The cards are $2 each (with envelope, of course). Then I can mix-and-match the packs. I can't wait to have a lot of cards to pick from!

 On the back:

I will do more, but it's kind of expensive to have them made. However, friends have been asking.

I painted this little piece yesterday, and I do believe it is my very favorite watercolor I've done yet. I don't know why. I just love the looseness of the style, the orange/green scheme, and the pen work (why I got a new micron pen). 

This photo of it is too dark. 

Then I did one in a blue jar:

But I like the first one better.

Do you see what I mean about how watercolor has taken over? I'm not interested in doing much else, with my creative time. 

Let's end with doggo photos :)

 Trixie ... we call her Trickers ... is so dainty.
And Beau is so nervous!