A young girl is in a garden environment with a tree, flowers and some exotic and imaginary birds. This watercolor has been so much fun drawing in pencil and then coloring with my travel watercolor palette. She just seems to fit this place.
enjoy seeing her on my products.
Here is another pencil drawing from my portfolio that I did a little digital editing on today to add some highlights and deepen some tones. No one has ever seen this artwork as it was buried in some old files I found.
I am posting this and I am wondering if it might be good art for a book cover. So, in a day or two I will be fabricating a book title and I will search for a font that will fit the art. The drawing will have to be simplified I think for a commercial book cover. I love working in pencil because it is so honest. I want to do more.
Here is the artwork on products in my online store:
I am drawn to fonts like a moth to a flame. I found this little sketch in my portfolio and am reworking it digitally. I’m not done because I can’t yet figure out how to draw her hair and clothing. I am playing with brushes and new fonts. I wonder when I finish what this will actually look like. Where will it live? In what format will it settle into? Would anybody buy such an idea? I think there is a place, so I will continue to draw and play. I think there is some illusive thing here. If I keep digging, I will find it.
I am very happy with this drawing. Maybe things are falling into place with this effort. The leaves are a watercolor that I scanned and brought into photoshop. The cats were added in layers in line art and colored in. Everything was done after that on my tablet. Hey, I only crashed Ps once, and I think that’s because I got distracted with a visitor and had a feeling it would happen. I was away too long and by the time I hit save, I knew it was too late. But I did not lose too much as I just had to paint in more of the pale turquoise leaves. This happened once before for the same reason. my fault. ALSO, as time goes on I will learn how to manage things better and make smaller files. I am getting more and more comfortable working with text.
This is kind of new territory for me and it’s really been fun. Here is the drawing on products. and boy this product line is getting bigger every day. what fun!
Let me know what you think about this dear readers. I would love feedback. I am getting closer to my goal.
I’m still making Christmas cards. Some are in English and some are in Spanish.
Painting Mexico 
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