snails 13/33 & 14/33

Snails 13 and 14 out of 33
I've painted them with acrylic colors.

The tree is a natural branch and the fruits are made of polymer clay and velvet powder.

The little cloud is made of metallic papers in blue and gold, chain and Blue Topaz drops.

Hope you have a great day + Friday & weekend! :)

Work in progress

I am working on snails 13 and 14 from my "33 snails" project.

The inspiration for these snails is a Korean historical drama that I'm watching called "Yi San".

The colors that they use in their paintings, clothes and decoration always draw my

attention. Love all things oriental! I'll show you the finished snails soon :)

Have a great week friends!

Sketchbook

From my sketchbook.

{ Micro pen . Watercolor . Colored pencils . Gouache . stickers . Washi tape . Stamp }

I have used some fun transparent stickers in this one, the balloons on top and

the leaves of the tree on the bottom of the right page. You can find them in

many Etsy shops.

I love using metallic gouache! I took the photo in an angel that they shine :)

Some pressed leaves and flowers that I've collected over the years and new

Canadian stamps.

O - Owl

"O" is for Owl

Hootie insists that the color pink has nothing to do with being a girl!
He thinks pink looks so fashionable on men, and I agree with him.
He has the softest feathers ever and tries to take a shower whenever it rains
to keep his feathers shiny and velvety.
{ Next animal: "penguin" }

Pinterest

I'm sure that many of you already know about this wonderful website

called "Pinterest". It's a virtual pinboard and lets you organize and share

all the beautiful things you find on the web. This is my favorite website

these days...a great way to feed your creativity.

You can follow my pinboard here!

Enjoy and have a restful weekend :)

Illustration Friday - Shadows

An inspiring self esteem quote that I found yesterday,

and I think it worked well with the subject of this week's

Illustration Friday: Shadows

Watercolor on 8.5" x 11" paper

Its archival print is available in JooJoo shop.

Story of a seed

A little watercolor illustration I did for the story of an adventurous seed called "Sea Heart",

a seed that travels in rivers and oceans to find a perfect home.

A few years ago when I was in Mexico for vacation, I found a heart shaped object on the beach and I had no idea what it was, maybe a wired sea creature or a shell?

Just recently my friend Sarah Melling told me about a beautiful illustrated book called

"A seed in sleepy" and when I got the book from our local library I found a picture of the

heart shaped object in it! WOW! It was a seed! A big and cute one!

Here are some more pages of the same book. I really enjoyed reading about seeds

and looking at the gorgeous illustrations.

Thank you Sarah! ♥

Hope you have a wonderful Monday friends!

Ribbon heaven!

Yesterday I went downtown Toronto to my favorite ribbon shop, Mokuba.

I call it "Ribbon Heaven"!

They have all kinds of gorgeous and unique ribbons and trims...a must see!

If you ever plan to visit Toronto make sure to check it out (575 Queen Street West)

You can see some store photos here.

They also have branches in Tokyo, Paris, New York and Barcelona.

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Have a wonderful Friday and weekend all!