dreaming in colour

I just finished the last Rainforest Frog ACEO, making the series complete. I’m calling this last one ‘On top of the World’. It features a firebellied frog floating in the water - as seen from below.

I’ve recently listed all of the ACEO’s on my website, ArtCardsWanted and Ebay. Creating these ACEOs was really a lot of fun, so much so, that I’m thinking of doing more in between other projects.  So check back soon!

This ACEO and others are now available to purchase from ArtCardsWanted and directly from my website. If you aren’t sure what an ACEO is then please visit this website: ACEO - Art Cards for Sale or Trade.

Here are 2 more ACEO’s from the frog series. That means only 3 more and the set is complete. Once complete I will begin offering them for sale.

Working from my series of Pen and Ink drawings I decided to create a series of ACEOs featuring frogs! The first 2 everyone will recognize from the larger drawings but the rest of the series will feature new frogs. Here are 3 that I’ve finished. The series will total 8 cards.

Finished :-)  I’ve entered this into the EBSQ Bougainvillea show along with a photograph I took of a Bougainvillea flower. Visit my website to purchase the original or prints.

I’ve had such a busy week. I enrolled my daughter in EcoCamp which is run by the Georgia Nature Center in Oconee County. It was for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and my plan was to paint on those days. Well, you know how that goes sometimes. Monday I went on a hike with EcoCamp and by the time I got home I was too tired and worn out to paint. Wednesday I ended up doing errands all day and only had an hour down time before I had to go pick my daughter up from the camp. LOL

However, despite all of that I have found time to be creative! I’ve been working in the evenings on a new set of ACEO’s that will feature Frogs. These will be similar to my drawings like ‘Sleeping Beauty‘.

Today I’ve been working on a new idea for small paintings (4 x 6 inches) - watercolors on paper - that will incorporate masking fluid into the design. Here is the first - still in progress.

I’m hoping after lunch to work on my other painting that’s been sitting for over a week unfinished!!! Fingers crossed.

The finished ‘Sleeping Beauty’

I’m still working on ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Here’s what it currently looks like and I expect to finish it in a day or two.

I spent the morning at the Georgia Botanical Garden located 5 minutes from my home. It is a small garden but very enjoyable and they are making plans for further expansion. I’ve uploaded a few of my photographs from the day at Imagekind. Here’s my favorite:

I call it Green Light I. I love the light coming through the leaf. There is a Green Light II and you can see both at Imagekind. They are available as prints with the option of custom framing.

I’ve been busy today trying to get good photos taken of my drawings. I ideally would have liked to get everything scanned, but that’s the life of a starving artist - its just not in my budget right now. Anyways. . .I have 3 images to share today.

Here is the salamander drawing in pen and ink. I decided to name it ‘At Home’.

I also finally added color to the orchid drawing over the weekend - ‘Fallen’.

And here is a drawing I am currently working on. It will probably be finished later this week. I’m tentatively calling it ‘Sleeping Beauty’.