Watercolor Sketch of Flowers in a Basket

Who’s crazy about flowers? Me! I think I’ll never grow tired of looking at and painting flowers. I’m particularly drawn to flowers that can bravely cover an entire field or meadow. Wild flowers and perennials are a huge fave, as well as Autumn and Spring flowers. (Okay, maybe all sorts of flowers!)

Here’s a watercolor sketch of a variety of flowers in a basket. I seem to have a thing for flowers placed in baskets (also: old/vintage canisters). So when I spotted a picture of a basket of flowers on the cover of a green living book, I knew I had to sketch it.

This sketch was done in my Moleskine watercolor album using Winsor & Newton and ShinHan paints. I just used a B pencil for the initial drawing. I so enjoyed making the splatters!

Art Journal Spread: Faith Love Courage Joy

It's the beginning of another work week. I'm glad that my weekend went well and that I had enough time to rest and recover. I wasn't able to do any serious painting or art journaling, but I was finally able to declutter the mess behind my dining chair. (It's complicated.) I got to give my eldest daughter the chance to doodle and draw in my sketchbook and that made her giddy all over. My second daughter and I also had plenty of talks about her storyline sketches. My husband made this really awesome salmon soup for Sunday lunch. And we all got to attend the Sunday Mass. Yes, 'twas a lovely weekend, I can say.

 

Now, let me share with you this art journal spread that I made last week, while dealing with cold and flu-like symptoms. I wasn't in the mood to draw faces and somehow every time I tried to draw one, it came out really bad. Why bother with portraits when you can make nice loopy flowers that look like electric fans? I drew these flowers on an art journal spread with glued yellow tissue wrap for texture. (Click on the image to see more details.) I stamped some musical notes and old script before coloring the edges and select areas with Faber-Castell gelatos in pastel colors, Lyra water-soluble crayons, and Ranger distress inks.Then I added the tiny word stickers from CosmoCricket. 

I love how this artwork turned out. I spent days looking at the colors and getting some positive energy from them. Yes, this art journal spread is all about color healing and color therapy.  

Have you tried art journaling to help you recover from something?