R is for RABBIT...and RAIN...

I'm not 100% sure whether this is how the whole series will be...

I quite like the idea of not including huge Type...
What do you think?

Char,ON.

POND MURAL:: Finished!

YAY...finished,finally...not that it was really a HUGE project or that it took that long...but I was eager to see the finished result.

It's been hard photographing this, so you'll have to excuse the amount of pics I have taken...

I have to say thank you to LA for asking me to create this little hide away for their 2 little ones...their very own grassy pond bathroom...where they can go and hand out with their bunny,butterflies or the heron and frogs...

I'm SO pleased that this mirror was across the entire wall...it has allowed the feel of the room to be airy and not to feel overwhelming.

The lotus flowers add a touch of femininity...which softened the room greatly.

I can't wait to hear how their first bath went...I made sure to add as many different colour butterflies as I could...colour games are always great with 2 year olds!

I'm so happy that the trees worked out and weren't too over powering. It's hard sometimes to translate a sketch on paper to the proposed wall...

It did cross my mind to paint the whole room a light blue...but it only crossed it and left very quickly!

Painting is limitless...to your imagination.

I know my birch trees aren't as rugged and realistic as they should...but they're my birch trees, and they work for this bathroom environment.

This frog makes me smile...he looks like a deer caught in head-lights.

One of my favourite parts of the mural...the Blue Heron. He was the first "definite" subject LA wanted in the room.

Thanks for joining me on this weeks journey.

Have a great weekend...I'll pass by and see what you've been up to over the next couple of days...

Now...to sleep.

Night.

Char,On

Come and see....I finished it today!!!

Well, it's been 5 days of sketching,painting and executing this fairy mural... I could have spent another 4 days on details but the budget was what it was...and so I willed myself to put the paintbrush down and called it "finished".

Don't you just love finishing a project? It's so satisfying...

We counted the fairies...there are 18 of them, each one different from the other.

I love this one maybe the best, as well as the little guy sitting on the cherries reading a book.

This client was a dream...she took care of the girls all week, and was so easy...she adores the finished mural...yay...aren't I lucky!

Oh, I like these two too, sitting on the swing catching up on the days happenings.

Even fairies have to go to school!

Bunnies and cats...and sleeping fairies.

I really enjoyed painting these cherries...is this a sign I should maybe paint some still life's?

Oh and here's the little guy reading his book.

Maybe I'll get more commissions from this piece...I'm very pleased how it turned out.

Hope you sleep well Olivia in your new bedroom...sweet dreams.

Until tomorrow everyone...I am SO exhausted, even after drinking and XLarge Earl Grey from Tim Hortons!

Char,Ontario

Work and play....

Well...it took 2 hours to complete...but I'm really happy with how the overall idea for that wall came out,(hope YOU like it LA)...I'll be adding frogs,Lilly flowers,crickets,ducks and other flowers in other sketches.
I'm looking forward to start adding colours,although it probably won't happen until Saturday...tomorrow the girls have their Ballet Recital Rehearsal.
Here's a goofy photo of them...have a wonderful weekend...if I don't get around to posting.
Thanks for stopping by...are you up to anything special this weekend?
All is quite here at home...for those of you who had read my post earlier this week, will know what I'm referring to...IT's a GOOD thing:-)
smiles...
Char,Ontario.

ALL NEW Once Upon a Time illustrations...

The Pig...the Lion, the Puppy dog and the pet Bunny...

I've been staying up late trying to get these finished to give you all more choice in the MAY GIVEAWAY which some of you have entered...if you haven't it's not too late, you have 5 more days...just scroll down and enter.

And a reminder...you must choose your 4 favourites....some of you only chose 1.

I am giving 4 Limited Edition prints away!!

How these for came about:

I've had requests for the Pig...it's amazing how many people I have come across who collect Pigs!

The Lion was also a request...I do love the Lion, he looks like he could roam the jungle all night and protect his little friend from everything and anything.

The dog is up there with my favourites...it's funny how some animals just fit the page right and the composition just works...and the colours work together in harmony.Those blues and golds seem to be in sync as well.

The Bunny was on my list of "to do's" after the Easter Bunny was critiqued by many...they were right to what they said...that the Easter Bunny would only appeal to many at Easter...friends are great, as are family for really telling you how it is or how it should be.

I really do appreciate every one's comments.

So far my most popular animals have been all three Bears(Panda,Polar and Brown Bear),the horse with the princess,the bird and the Elephants.

What animals do you think would be popular?

Have a wonderful weekend.

Char,Ontario

Sneak peeks...

I have nearly finished these 4 Once Upon a Time watercolours...ready hopefully to post tomorrow or this evening...
I'll also be running our May Giveaway starting tomorrow...

I'll be giving away a couple of things...but you'll have to chack back tomorrow to see.

Can you guess what these four will be?

I'm not sure what has happened to Tam(the other part that makes up the "WE" in We Blog Artists)...I know she's busy with her new little Beth, we're waiting patiently for her return...Tam...are you there???

No pressure Tam...I'll just keep posting :-)

Thank you for all your sweet comments readers...I appreciate the time to spend to visit our Blog...

Charlotte,Ontario