Birds and a Panda

My latest ACEO's - birds and a panda. Kind of a strange combination I know, but I seem to be on both a bird and jungle animal kick lately. Once again they are ink and watercolor, I really enjoy painting in this style. You will find these along with some other new work in either my Etsy store or on Ebay.
"Glorious Goldfinch" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Watercolor and Ink
"Bamboo Snack" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Watercolor and Ink
"Summer Tanager" 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Watercolor and Ink

New ACEO's

I have been BUSY continuing to set up my new shop Artistic Creations
at Etsy. However, I did find time last week to paint a few ACEO's.
"Lines of Wisdom" Watercolor and Ink 2 1/2 x 3 1/2"
"Hummingbird and the Lilacs" Watercolor and Ink 2 1/2 x 3 1/2"
"Proud Peacock" Watercolor and Ink 2 1/2 x 3 1/2"
I had so much fun making these and I am happy to say that all three paintings have found a new home. I am hoping to find time in the next couple days to do a few more ACEO's. I am thinking about painting farm animals this time.

"Sulking" gets Honorable Mention at Exhibition!

Afraid I have not had time to post much with the local exhibition last week and the Pet Expo this past weekend. However, I am very excited to say that my piece "Sulking" got an honorable mention. It was a wonderful feeling to have one of my paintings recognized at my very first exhibition. The paintings will be on display through March.

Other Works for Exhibition

"Boy with his Horse" 11"x14" ink and watercolor

"Wolf Waiting" 11"x14"

More Horses:

"Mare and Winter Frost"
9"x 12" ink and watercolor

"Foal"
9"x 12" in ink and watercolor

More Recent Work

I have really been enjoying working with ink and watercolors. So I have continued on, and created a bull dog , a rabbit, and a wolf. I had the most fun with the wolf. The background was created by sprinkling table salt in the wet watercolor bath. Simple, but very effective.

I decided I would try creating a "store" at Cafe Press with these four images. I had a great time putting my images on a variety of objects such as T-shirts, mugs, notebooks, and more. You can check it out at:
http://www.cafepress.com/artworkbyandrea

Recent Work

For the New Year I found myself wanting to try something new. I tried dabbling with my new acrylics (a Christmas gift from my family). However, I found myself getting impatient and frustrated with this medium and my results. Also, after all the color pencil portrait commission work I had done for the holidays, I felt it would be nice to take a short break from them as well. So, I bought myself a ink pen and dusted off the set of watercolors I had been given as a birthday gift several years ago. I thought it might be interesting to combine my love of drawing with the watercolors. I have been having so much fun!!! I love the detail I am able to get with the ink, but I am also enjoying the looseness I am able to achieve with the watercolors.
Here is the first:
"Tiger in Bamboo" 9 x 10 India ink and watercolor