....where the poppies bloom, ....where the lavender's sweet scent fills the air, ....where thousands of sunflower sway in the breeze, ....where visiting Domaine du Haut Baran makes the living easy by taking care of the daily details so you can enjoy each day to the fullest! This lovely country inn is located in southwestern France, about 20 minutes from a small village called...
All of these photos were taken late in day on the second day as we didn't think to take them during the show when the traffic was heavy—we were too busy talking to folks about Imaginary Trips! These are just a few of the vendors that were there: This top shot is of Cheap Joe's set up with an area for demos. Joe...
Was that a weekend?! Dang! It flew by! I guess that's what happens when you're doing a tradeshow! As promised, here is a quick photo journey of our set up and the first day: This is the booth as it appeared when we walked in with our stuff piled everywhere. First order of business was to get the sign up! (Love that sign!)...
Detail of ImaginaryTrips.com Signage The 39th Annual Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition and Tradeshow are going on this weekend and ImaginaryTrips.com will be there!!! Woohoo!! Lots of excitement, work, and craziness, but mostly excitement! Oh, man, I gotta tell you when I saw that sign hanging up I was suddenly 10 foot tall and bullet proof! Imaginary Trips seemed more real in that moment...
Yes! Finally! It is here. Officially. Autumn!!! Autumn's Glorious Colors Captured in a Watercolor Leaf I think someone might have forgotten to tell Mother Nature as our temps are still hitting the 90's everyday. However, there is slightly less humidity and every once in a while one of those sweet, caressing breezes that just makes you slow down and breathe a little deeper! The...
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Journal Calendar Page from Artful Journaling: Explorations Class The Artful Journaling: Explorations class starts tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20th and there are still a few spots if you'd like to join the expedition! We learn about integrating our journal into our lives as a companion, various techniques including salt and sand, using tissue paper, gesso and a host of other fun things! You can...
The paper testing goes on.... (more here and here) I am still working in the Pineapple Journal with the Canson Edition watercolor paper and I must say I am enjoying it quite a bit. The colors are bright and lively, the paper does NOT buckle under repeated washes and it dries fairly flat as well. Detail of corrected area This is a partial...
Rusty, old(?) metal birdbath Watercolor and Ink There is something about rust and decay and dilapidation that gets to me. This birdbath, along with its sister bird feeder were no exceptions. It has to do with the patina of time, the wear and tear, the use of an object that was loved and appreciated for what it was or did. Whatever it is,...
Sometimes, you just know! And I just knew it would be this way..... .....I LOVE making my own journals using a coptic stitch!! This was so fun to make! This was built using the Stonehenge papers that I talked about in this post. I used elastic cording for a closure and the button was just a very lucky find! You can see that...
Accordion Fold Journal - Canson Edition Watercolor Paper Thanks to Ann at BlueBird Hill and Pam at South Carolina Low Country blogs, I have a new paper to play with and the first results are posted above! Ann and Pam both highly endorsed Canson Edition Watercolor paper and as luck would have it, the art store had two pieces in the 140 lb....
Would you care to join me for a piece of "imaginary" cake? I think I'm going to have a slice of Red Velvet (or as my mother calls, Red Devil)! Please, have any flavor you'd like and there are no calories! Can't beat that... Red Velvet Cake Slice Watercolor You know, I used to....ignore birthdays. As much as you can ignore that sort...
She is victorious! She is joyous! She is proud! She is loud! Front of bag with pocket Sam has a new bag with all of the desired features!! After several skirmishes, Sam decided it would be acceptable to make the bag out of scraps—from the curtain panels in the studio.....IF she could add a touch of "glam." Hence the beads across the top of...
I recently paid a visit to one of our art supply stores in the area to pick up some open-stock Stonehenge paper. I've read on several blogs and on the Stonehenge web site as well that the paper is good for watercolors so I've been very curious to "see" and touch it for myself. To say I was skeptical when I first handled the...
....and it felt so good!! For the last month, I've been getting up a little past six, stumbling over to the Beast (also known as an exercise machine) and exercising the very first thing most every morning for 20-30 minutes. No coffee, no breakfast, just water. This morning, I decided to forgo the Beast and went to the studio instead. Oh, my, how...
