Sparrow and Feathers Watercolors and words...

2013 is my year to dabble with watercolors...here are some "playtimes" - using my favorite little birds and working on feathers...

Sweet Sparrow - Watercolors on coffee splattered paper.

Checking how they look together...

blue feather + Psalm 91:4 card

Frame size is 5 x 7 inches

This feather is painted on coffee painted and splattered paper

The edges are torn and it is in the same style 5 x 7 inch frame

I'm still playing with "do I want to try realistic" vs. feathers with a doodled quality...for the feathers I have been enjoying letting the colors flow together and mix, creating their own effect...I am happy with how the little sparrow turned out...I am ready to go and paint different poses for this little fellow.  Watercolor nests sound good to, don't you think?  And there are so many good scriptures to include!  They'll be in the etsy shop later today!

Linking up with the new Sneak Peek Party at IBelieveInLove - and now called "In The Studio"

Sneak Peek - Watercolor Feathers and Stacked Journaling...

Playing with watercolors...

My goal this year was to work with them - sweet tweener joined me and made some very cool feathers, too!

It is still the feather, sparrow, nest theme that has stayed in my mind for the past 1+ years...

And I was searching the scripture for all the "shadow of Your wings" verses -

Trying out a lettering technique called "Stacked Journaling" - it needs more work...

More stacked journaling practice - I'm finding what I like best..still more work needed...and a couple feather sketches...

Joining with lots of sweet creatives at StudioJRU...

How many times do you have to try???????

Here is the answer; 30!!! But then you end up using one of the first four that you did! That is how many times I stamped this little feather stamp before I got one or two that I thought would work for the current mixed media piece...and I had to resort to doing that because the stamp just didn't like the texture on the canvas and REFUSED to imprint any semblance to a feather! Here are some of my other tries....




They are a little messy in places, but I think I can salvage a few more for other projects!!