Watercolor Wednesday: I'm Just Wild About Saffron

Saffron is a spice that comes from the dried stigmas of the Saffron Crocus. Today I painted a faerie inspired both by the purple and mauve crocuses and the color Saffron has imparted on food and clothing for years:

I'm Forever Blowing Faerie Bubbles...

Pretty bubbles in the air! This is for my friend Melissa who has an affinity for both bubbles and fairies and requested faerie bubbles last week...here's a pretty little watercolor...overlapping spheres were fun to do!

May is Strawberry Month...

In honor of Strawberry Month I drew a Strawberry Fairy .  Actually I didn't set out to honor Strawberry month, I was at a complete loss for what to draw to today so after drawing crop circles for 15 minutes I decided to fall back on my old stand by, fairies.  Meanwhile I remembered an image of cupcake stuffed chocolate dipped strawberries I saw at 1FineCookie and she had mentioned May was strawberry month...and so I drew a Strawberry Fairy.  Thank goodness I didn't decide to draw a cupcake stuffed, chocolate dipped strawberry fairy.

Have a Fantastic Mother's Day!

I dedicate todays art to all Mothers out there, but especially to my mother Susan, who did a great job raising me and keeping me out of trouble....I know it wasn't an easy job. ;)  Also Happy Mothers day to my Mother in Law Joyce, My Grandmothers Antonia and Elizabeth (deceased) and my husband's grandmothers Eleanor and Thelma (deceased) as well as to all the mothers I know, have a great day on Sunday!

Comic Book Fairy

Today I was practicing foreshortening techniques and created this little fairy.  I decided to experiment with pointillism shading...not sure how I like it, but here she is:

"F" is for Fairy...

Alright, it's Friday and I have a Fairy for you. Wikipedia's definition for fairy is pretty wide: "A fairy (also faery, faerie, fay, fae; euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.)^[1] is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural."

I suppose this can be chalked up to the fact that fairies are found in so many different cultures and folklore that you can't be too specific or you'll exclude a certain type of fairy.  So, small supernatural free spirited pretty people.