February 2011

Using the heart that I painted last year, my photograph of the Eiffel Tower, and Photoshop’s layering properties, I created this card.  The quote is from Balzac, “Love is the poetry of the senses.”

December

I painted a rather simplistic Christmas card, and used Photoshop to enhance it.  Inside I wrote, “Share the Wonder.”

November

I painted a flower, “Rose of Sharon,” and sent it to a dear friend named Sharon (of course!).

October

In October, our children gave us a surprise party to celebrate our 60th birthdays – my husband’s was in July, and mine was in November.  This is the thank-you card I created afterwards – depicting the makings of a Cosmopolitan (the featured drink at the party, and one of my favorites!).  Rather than trying to paint bottles of vodka, triple sec, and juices, I chose to paint their origins in the form of potatoes and grains, and oranges, cranberries and a lime.  On the back of the card, I printed the recipe for Cosmopolitans.

Stained Glass Love

I’m a little late with this!  This is the Valentine’s Day card that I sent out to a few friends. After painting it, I scanned it into the computer, manipulated a little bit, and printed it on watercolor cards.  I did not start out to make such a “dark” card – it just sort of happened. The final image reminded me of stained glass.

At the end of this month, I am attending a watercolor workshop in Naperville, Illinois.  I’m a little nervous about it – I’ve never attended a workshop.  I hope I am not the only beginner in the class!  I’ll write about it when it’s over, and, hopefully, I will have one or two paintings to post as well.