Flowers Steal The Show

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Just finished today another flower I have been wanting to paint and include a few birds 

that didn't quite steal the show of these beautiful Flame Lilies. They grow everywhere

here on the west coast and come in different colors. These are my favorite with the mingling colors 

of red, deep orange and yellows. I purchased a new palette of colors and have been enjoying them. The only problems I really ran into was simplifying my original photo I took of the flower. That has

been my only struggle with  painting plants in their environment. 

Finished

I finished my painting from the weekend workshop with Nancy Collins and learning her technique burnishing on hot press paper. This was a fun painting but I probably wouldn't want to do the burnishing very often. It can be tedious after a while. But, the colors really do pop on the 300 lb paper. So tell me what you think?

Hot One In The Family

In Between Website Shopping, I took a Workshop

Now that I'm working with watercolor, I decided to take a workshop here at the Mendocino Art Center with Nancy Collins. She's a very talented artist that knows alot about watercolors and color theory as well as the properties of the paints. We learned so much with a technique she taught us with burnishing on hot press paper. I'm just about done with it, but decided to post what I have now. It helps to see your artwork upside down, through a mirror and online.  Final piece will be done today and I'll get back to my dolphins.

Merging My Blog With Another

I decided to merge my Printables By The Sea blog with my Art By Mishelle blog to save a lot of time and frustration with trying to keep up with both of them as well as my shops. I'm also working on finding a e-commerce site for my paintings. So it's Spring clean-up at the Art By Mishelle blog.

I used to enjoy working on the internet but as I get older, I'm finding it more work than anything to me. I'm not saying I'm not grateful for the internet because it is really an amazing way for artists to get themselves out there in so many different platforms. With so many user friendly build your own websites. I've done some research and will continue too till I find the one that works for me. According to Forbes the winners they picked are Shopify and WooCommerce. If your a big company with a lot of product, clients and traffic, then they suggest Shopify as a safer choice because of the dedicated support. WooCommerce is good for the average and smaller stores that just need a store to sell a few things and sell them right according to Forbes. So stay tune and hope to see you again.

Horses On The Beach Greeting Card

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I painted this a while back and decided to take a look at it 

again. It was so watered down and there was a lack of definition in the people on the horses. 

So I made the colors a little richer and gave the people 

more definition and am now much happier with it. 

I had a chance to ride on the beach with my daughter and we both

had a lot of fun. My horse print is archival ink that keeps your print for 100-150 years.