Gotta love sparkles – watercolor cards

Just a couple card creations … it’s amazing how a little sparkle jazzes up quick sketches… One bird (Azure tit) multiple ways, multiple occasions…Here, I’m playing with watercolor blooms to jazz up the background…not sure which I like the best… #watercolorcards #lovelifeeveryday #sparkle 💛🩵💙

Watercolor Cards – Holiday 2024

In prep of some pretty cool trips we have planned for 2025, I want to improve my urban sketching skills. So, inspired by gingerbread houses, I grabbed pictures of family/friends houses (crazy what you can find in public domain, either on Google or Zillow)…then I added some sparkle deco. As I got into it, I…

Blue Heron

Thinking about our east coast friends and adventures 💚💜💛.

Palila – endangered and endemic

There are less than 700 individual palilas in the wild and they are found exclusively on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii

Gray wolf

The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is endangered in Washington state. Medium: Arches 140lb cold pressed 100% cotton paper, Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Paints By 1930, Gray wolves had been nearly eradicated in Washington and other northwest states, primarily due to human activities. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, wolves were seen as…