i'm not a tattoo girl. but, if i were, i'd go to egg press for inspiration. {see image}
i am a mermaid girl. i love this rendering. so crisp and sweet. see my new happy place {2nd image}... i draw and paint scales like these all the time. i love the way egg press does these little windows for their powerful words. i think i'll paint powerful words tomorrow. and then paint my favorite motifs all around them. maybe.
¡ believe. spirit. light. grace. shine. magic. love. wonder. enchant. peace. sweetness. passion. beauty. risk. merrymaking. joy. treat!

goodnight moon.
lizzie

My June has been productive. Amazingly so.
I'm hoping to achieve a few more goals this month with my work. I have 3 commissions and 2 logos! And I'm working on a series for a show & hope to really get into the meat of that work this month. The commissions come first. ¡Claro que si! One is complete & delivered. One 1/2 finished... and the 3rd is a copy of one of my earlier pieces.... so it will fall right out of me. Then its me time.

Here is a pic of commission #1 {a wee bit blurry as my little Julio has been using the Canon & is unaware of the virtues of a clean lens}... I'm amazed at how quickly this work went from pallet to panel. It was a labor of love- it came shortly after a painful loss. I adore these little turnips as you know- which you do if you know me. Look at the 2nd image to see my inspiration. I love the hooked root. I love how it's like a little hook- it certainly snagged my heart. I'm amazed by its color.

Speaking of color. My religion. I wish I had a photo of the rainbow I saw this Sunday. It was amazing. Simply HUGE. The spectrum was represented in triplicate! So freeeeeking cool.
It makes me giggle to think of clients asking me for a "natural" pallet. Hah! As if nature is not ROYGBIV itself. BTW, boring peeps- do you see brown in ROYGBIV? Yeah, Yeah, I know. Brown is all of them mixed together and is indeed the "earth tone"... but DUDES the spectrum is natural... I mean look at this darling little rainbow chard leaf:


I think my next family pet should be named ROYGBIV. We can call him "G". Bonus points if you can guess what kind of pet he'd be. :)
XOXO,
Lizzie
p.s.
I miss you so.
p.p.s.
My kiddos are eating popsicles. They're noisy and annoying. But, they're all natural. The OCA would be super proud.

Messy May.

This May has been messy. Super duper messy. Busier than usual & just messy.

I'll post some pics of my projects asap, cuz they're cool. . . messy, but cool. (ooop! here's a pic- see below)

My creative energy has been tested by the messiness of this May. Its been a good test. One that has made me think in very new ways. I'm trying my best to wrap my head around it and not let the not so pretty stuff follow me into June.

One quick thing. I painted flowers all over my bike today + tonight. It made me feel happy. Mostly.

this paint was so fun to work with... its still waiting for a fun surprise tertiary color.... i'll post more pics when she's all dressed. :) cheerio!

fun with paper and ink.....

i adore thinking outside my colorful little box!

here's an example of my black and white illustration work from last week. too fun. this project made me wanna go to boston and stroll, ride and see... and maybe even pop into calypso for some yummy shopping. thank you to wonder boston for the play time! xo- lizzie

ooooooh so pretty!

happy ribbon day!

time to make ribbon frames for this weeks hoopla!

still so happy its March.... I'm Marching forth........................ la la la. 

it's ribbon day... and even though it snowed today, i'm still wearing a skirt and pastels. la la la.

Lizzie at work~

Ahhhhh March!

Thank you, March. Thank you for coming!
I am so happy!

Here's a few fun things I have planned for this lovely month:
Sweet William Market will be showing at our dear friend Sam's Market:
And... all month long my work will be showing at my incredibly talented friend, Robin's store: Talulah Jones!!! Check it out... Its such a fun part of Denver to explore.

XoXoX,
Lizzie

p.s. here's a photo of one of my little badge/pendants... oooooooh! here come the tweet tweets of spring! Our first daffodils bloomed this morning! LOVELY!