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

Blog Contest Winners!!!

Well I finally found some time to paint. It was so tough decide which subjects, you all had so many wonderful ideas, and hopefully I'll get to them all - eventually! ;-)
However, the winners of the contest (ideas for paintings for new cards in my Etsy shop) are:

Minefull for her suggestion of flowers and birds. I decided to combine the two with my watercolor painting of a hummingbird and trumpet flower.

"Sip of Sweetness" 8 x 10" Watercolor
"Smile for the Camera" 8 x 10" Watercolor

and Quirkybags for her suggestion of a giraffe. Congratulations winners for your fantastic suggestions! I will be contacting you about receiving your free card.

Thanks to all of you for your great ideas!!!
These cards will be available in my Etsy Shop.

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.

Lilac the Lop Now For Sale at Etsy

I just love bunnies, especially lops! This little guy was drawn in ink and painted in watercolor. I think he would be pretty cute in a kids room or baby nursery. His is currently available for sale in my Etsy shop with or without a silver frame.

8"x10" with mat shown here
www.artworkbyandrea.etsy.com

"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