With the first day of summer this week, I felt compelled to create a summer themed 12x12 'garage art' canvas to replace my spring piece.  This literally hangs in my garage entryway to the kitchen!  What a hoot, right?

Gosh there's such a story with this piece!  Don't you love the process sometimes more than the result?  I love working through roadblocks, pushing through the feeling something "looks like sh..t," and thinking I should Gesso over it and start fresh.  This is the result of that feeling.  What saved me was doing a wash behind the florals because I messed up some areas of the backgroud color.  I mean, this is a crazy process that almost freaked me out, but I just said I can do this and stayed with it!!!!

Share Happy is actually a book I saw in Dunedin, Florida.  I fell in love with the message and I'm happy to share this with you!

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LYN

I can't believe I've been away from watercolor and Paint Party Friday for so long!  Although I've already posted this piece on my e-news, by posting it here will help get my painting mojo going again.  

This painting began as an exercise in freestyle painting unidentified floral objects in 3 different size circles.  It began one way and ended up in a total different direction.  For awhile I felt I was totally overworking it, but I'm not one to give up and trash what I start, especially when the piece is fairly large.  So, I kept going and this is the finished result.  I've since taken it to Hobby Lobby and we decided to just frame it with a really nice wood frame that plays off the circle flowers with no matting.   Can't wait to pick it up and hang it.

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LYN

I I've been away on vacation and just got back.  Here's a recent project I painted on drill cloth fabric with Gelli Arts plates and fabric paints. This will become a 20x20 inch pillow for my Florida home.  I'm gaga over this technique and believe Geilli Arts is creatively addictive.

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LYN

I'm posting a second 12x12 "Garage Art" painting I made for my son, his girlfriend and their dog, Wyatt.  They loved it so much, they moved it from the front enclosed porch to the living room!

Here's a photo of Wyatt that I worked from:

Now all we need around here in Upstate New York is to experience the actual season of spring!!!  I might be asking too much...

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LYN

Since I wasn't using a visual reference, I found I enjoyed the process of flying blind that this painting is a result of.  This piece is 12x18 140 lb. Canson watercolor paper.  Working larger than an A2 size card (which is where my background originates), really alters the scale of objects.  I had intended on painting 3 large flowers and quickly realized I needed to add a lot more to fill the space!  As I generally put myself through agony trying to decide whether to outline or not, I ultimately went with painting the black outline.  The movement of the background wash is quite a contrast to the bold statement of the flowers, as if they're floating on water!

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LYN

Here's my submission to this week's PPF.  I call it garage art 'cuz I hang a seasonal piece near the entrance into my kitchen.  Right now I have a snowman piece but it's still winter here and I won't hang happy spring 'til the darn snow is gone!

This is painted on 12x12 gesso board purchased at Hobby Lobby.  It was a beautiful surface to work on.  The dimensionals were from my stash.  Diecut words are mounted on craft foam to create more depth.  Happy (SU I think), Spring (A Muse Studio).  Diecut butterflies (A Muse Studio).

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LYN

Oops, guess I skipped a couple of weeks of partying!  However, I've been painting and loving whatever it is I'm working on at the moment.  Here's a little something I sketched from a photo while in Florida recently.  The flowers are called Brugmansia Pink Angels Trumpet.  They are huge flowers too!

I used Koi watercolors and Master's Touch 6x8 watercolor paper.

Here's the photo I used for my little painting.

Hoping to get in some painting time this afternoon!

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LYN

Another 5x7 watercolor card for PAINT PARTY FRIDAY #50 practicing florals.  I've only been watercolor painting since 2016.  I cased this piece from a pinner even though I added my own bits of whimsy.

Worked with my Koi Water Colors Pocket Field Sketch Box.  Sentiment (Paper Smooches Fun & Flirty), inkpad (Versafine Onyx Black), pearl elements (Viva Decor Pearl Pen Ice).

It's nice having creative time and though I miss my husband who's on a trip, there's nothing like a stay-cation to refill the need to create art without any obligations!!!

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LYN

Guess I'm on a roll today painting a second 5x7 card of abstract flowers.  Had to add scribble lines to better unify the flower 'blobs.' 

I used my Koi Water Colors and had all kinds of fun here!  Kinda whimsy doodle fun!

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LYN

It was good to sit down and paint a little something today!  

​I'm so wanting winter to be over as evidenced by this warm floral card.  This was a good warm up if I were going to paint something larger.  It's a great design for re-creating additional flower cards in different colors.

Paint Party Friday is open to everyone.  There are no rules.  Just enjoy painting and posting what you've created!

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LYN