the sunny side of things

ahh, my weekend has begun... lets start things off right by showing you a painting i finished last weekend. do you remember this post?

well, i finally framed the violets, i just need to put it up and take a picture when it isn't so dark in our bedroom. i found a frame tucked away that was gold and didn't like the color clash so i painted it a light yellow green and love it. we have a floral theme in the bedroom so my new addition fit right in.

 immediately after my tax woah's i needed a littler pick me up. so i grabbed my tracing paper and pencil and started on my poppy design.

 i can't tell you how therapeutic it was to just jump right in. i just LOVE how it turned out. when i started these designs a while back, i knew i had stumbled onto something that i loved doing. combining my two loves, painting and florals.

we added the poppies to our wall in the living room and i love how it pops! it is so bright and happy and eye catching. a lot of my artwork is up on this wall and it always makes me so happy knowing that a huge part of me is presented on it.

 i am slowly and surely starting an army of these paintings and once i am done i will be putting them up in the shop...at the moment i have so many projects going on....i need like a staycation or something where i can just bust out a bunch of work...oooooooh that sounds sooo good right now.

xo,
cb

little gardens

 drawing my tattoo designs are one of my favorite things to draw. they make me so happy. a few weeks ago i started doodling some violets and i am pretty set on getting them as my next tattoo, my birthday perhaps?  tom has expressed how much he loves my designs and that he would like to see more of them actually drawn out rather then just doodled.

i take his advise very seriously. as an artist i look up to him and respect his opinion. one of the things i love about our relationship is the ability to be able to bounce ideas off each other so while tom was at work i got inspired and got to drawing........ now, i am very unsure about it as i love everything i make, they are all pieces of me so i am attached to them all in a sentimental way so sometimes it is hard for me to step back and critique my own work. does that make sense?

shy violet anyone?

when tom got home that night and looked at what i was making he was amazed and this really touched my heart. for someone whom i look up to artistically to admire my work is truly amazing and damn it, it FELT GOOD.

california poppies

one of my goals (more of that on monday) for this year is to narrow down my crafts to things that make me happy and this is one of them. i want to be able to make things that make me happy as well as support my small little family. i still feel like i am trying to find what that is but i think the first step is making things that make me happy and that are truly me and this feels right! later that weekend i started another design of california poppies. i am using the same frame as my animal portraits and the frame will be a faux wood grain.

don't forget, you can take 20% off my shop the entire month of january :D

xo,
cb