Overload

 Overload

     I went on zen overload for this one.

Happy birthday, Selena.

Study

 Study

     Another zen study.  This one fabulous in person.

Circles

 Circles 

      A few more zen circles.

Various

 Various

     I drew a composite of some of my favorite patterns.

Zen

 Zen

     I'm not ready to get off of vacation yet.  I've discovered zentangles (doodling).  They look better in person.  They are actually, more vibrant and the depth shows up from the shading.

Practice

 Practice

      This was practice piece, before I started making Christmas cards.  Guess, vacation is over and time to start getting read for the workshop.

Flower

 Flower

     Here is a little watercolor of one of my flowers.

Travel

 Travel

     In our travels, I took my little 3" x 3", travel watercolor set with me.  Here is one of my simple paintings.

More

 More

     One more Christmas card for now.

Framed

 Framed

     I finally framed my tatsmithed tea pot design.

Complex

 Complex 

    These flowers are not as easy to make, but I enjoy painting them.

Simple

 Simple

    This card is very easy to make.

Capture

 Capture

      It's hard to capture a good picture.  The light bounces off of the metallic paint.  I like this forest scene.

Forest

 Forest

     A forest card for our male friends.

Love

 Love

     I love making this card.

Cards

 Cards

      Working on a few more Christmas cards.

Mouse

 Mouse

     I finished my mouse, just in time for Christmas.

Owl

 Owl

     I diamond paint in the evening.  Here is a gemmy owl.

Gnomes

 Gnomes

     A couple of gnome cards.

Favorite

 Favorite

     This is my favorite, style of ball.

Love

 Love

      A watercolor, heart necklace, study.

Another

 Another

      Another, type of ball

Different

 Different

     A different Christmas ball.

Card

 Card

      One of the cards from next Christmas.

Angels

 Angels

      A couple of angels a I made my neighbor for Christmas. I don't remember where I had gotten the patterns.

Glass

 Glass

     I had gotten a glass pen and ink for Christmas.  Here is a little doodling.

Couple

 Couple

     A couple more practice pieces. 

Potential

 Potential

       Potential pictures for cards.

Practice

 Practice

      I found a few Christmas, watercolor studies to make cards for next year.   First I needed to practice.

Time

 Time

      Time for new nails.

Last

 Last

     The last zentangle study.  These are very relaxing to make.

Criss Cross

 Criss Cross

     Another zentangle...

Vacation

 Vacation

     January is my vacation time from workshop and farmers market stuff.  Last year, we traveled so much that I didn't do any art work.  I'm in the mood to draw and paint.  This is a zentangle/doodle study I found on Instagram.

Sunflower

 Sunflower

       A shimmery sunflower.  The shimmer was hard to capture with the camera.

Other

Other

     Last summer I finished a diamond painting that reminded me of my middle sister.  I just finished another one that reminded me of my baby sister.  This reminds me of the time we spent up north, at our grandpa's house.  We are running out to the chicken coop to collect eggs.

Butterfly

 Butterfly

     The last of the bug clips.

Pearls

 Pearls

      I found a study on using pearly watercolors.  This time I painted the underpainting with regular watercolors, then washed it with the pearly watercolors.

Moth

 Moth

      A cute moth clip.

Buggy

 Buggy

     Feeling a little buggy.

Travel

 Travel

      I had gotten a mini, travel watercolor set.  I worked on this one, in our travels.