Some Spring Colours

Some images take awhile...

but their usually the ones that are worth the wait!

Couldn't Fight It

Well I couldn't do it....I couldn't leave the background white as I so very strongly planned to do!

I just had to hide my beautiful owl, I had to make eyes seek out all the whimsy like normal....

and that is okay, that's how this all works best, with fluidity and with a willingness to listen

to what your picture wants to be...why fight it...it's part of the magical dance of making art!

Jaks Bugs

I am working on more butterflies...
I will forever call them Jaks's bugs...

I think because I started them when Jaks was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

 

 

Now I continue with them just because they are pretty and nice to make
and I think because Coloured pencils are such a slow medium,
that it's nice to get something small done somewhat 'quickly' now & than!

Tea Cup Sweet

Here's a sneak peek at a new piece...

 

I should be able to show you the final work next week.



Awesome, Hard, Sweet & Cute

We had such an awesome long weekend.

We mostly stayed indoors because we reached the freezing -40's....brrrr!

It was crappy at the same time  too though because
we both had really bad migraines & headaches for 3 days straight.

 

 

Anyhow, I was working on these two beauties this morning...
usually I work in the living room in the mornings, as I wake up, eat my breakfast,

drink my soy espresso and keep company with the cutest work-mate ever! Flynn.

How adorable is that face of his, omg!

 

 

So far the head-pain is gone today, so far! So I as I work away
'Father of the Bride' movies play in the background.
I think it's going to be a productive day.

How was your weekend & how's your weeks shaping up??

Picalo Giulam

It was a weekend which started off with a neurologists appointment for my migraines...

Followed up with a day of cave spelunking and zip-lining with two of my best friends...

followed by a rainy day stroll through our local farmers market for honey & veggies...

finishing off with a Sunday filled with homemade soup, reading, stitching and romping bunnies.

Now, it's Monday...ahhhh I love Mondays.

I am sitting here soaking up a beautiful sunny morning,

feeling so very very glad to be in my studio amidst whimsy and colour.

And I finally finished this super dashing cutie...

his name???

Picalo Guilam



He told me that he's never without a striped vest nor some kind of beautiful feather in his hat...

my oh my what a dapper little gentle-bun, don't ya think?

This handsome little fella is done in coloured pencil and mixed in with an acrylic background

and sits on top of a bright orange ribbon strip, all on canvas.

The original is available.

Prints are already listed in my shop.

Today I am working on a fish and a possum in this same series...Such fun!

Join me on Wednesday for some cool photos from a great concert we recently saw.

I've had not head pain for 6 days straight now...

ahhh, It's going to be a wonderful day, don't ya think?

A Red Head In Progress

Today I am working on this pretty little coloured pencil red head...

...I set up shop in our cozy dining room, so that I am near my Ella Luna,

who is spending the day napping under the table by my feet whiles all cozied up to her Roo...

...Occasionally I sneak into the front studio to work on transferring sketches

and to keep company with these two cuties...

(Jaks look all calm and quiet but he's being very naughty and rambunctious today!)

(sorry for the weird lighting of the photos, it's very very glum and gloomy outside today
and I can't stand using the flash on my camera!)

...The day feels quiet and sleepy...

...I am thinking of my best friend in Toronto, whom I miss very much...

...I am thinking of an old friend whose having a hard time and nursing a broken heart...

...I am smiling about another new friend whose just come into my life...

...The jazz is softly tinkling away in the background...

...I am eating a yummy salad that my honey made for me last night...

...I have a strawberry tea in hand because I feel chilly...

...I will soon put on a big pot of lentil soup...

...

How are you spending your day???

XO A tea sipping Mandy

Owlette Now As Prints

Heh Everybody....look at WOO's just Perched In The Shop...


Visit my shop for a lovely soul-drenching dose of whimsy and colour.

Well that's all for today,
sorry lovely peeps but my poor noggin is too sore to write much more today...
p.s.  I am so so glad that I discuss and share my life as a migraine sufferer, here on this blog o' mine
because I get so many people writing me saying 'Heh I suffer too...' and than we share our stories
and it's some how nice to know others are out there in the same boat.

It's pouring here today...the rabbits are by the back door getting some fresh air.
And after a bit of a lie down with my trusty heat and ice packs, I'll be spending the day with
some watercolours...(pounding be damned) WHOOT WHOOT...ha ha.

XO A Colour Addicted Mandy