Good Friends, Bones, Peroxide

You know you have good friends when they will happily assist your weird hobbies.  

I LOVE bones.  So pretty!   I take a lot of rides in my cabin-neighbor’s dog transport van, and if she sees a plant or anything else she wants on the side of the road, we pull over and bag it. 

This time, we were out and she saw a new flower she wanted for her garden.  Out of the van we leapt... and right by her new plant was a very worn down deer carcass.   We spotted this jawbone, and I lamented that I’d have to come back later to grab it.  And she, like any good friend, handed me a plastic bag.  

Later that evening she brought over just what I needed: the sketchbook I’d left on her deck and some peroxide.  The picture of the jawbone is its current state.  It will be in the 50/50 water/peroxide mixture for the rest of the week.  I look forward to using it as part of a still life composition.  

Blue and Gold

And we are finished with this lovely fellow.   Very pleased.

Blue on Gold

8x10" acrylic on masonite panel.

$125

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200354570/blue-bird-on-gold-perch-8x10?ref=shop_home_active_1

Finished White Wolf

Here we are!  All painted.  For an art show I have in Chicago.

Fawns

Eventually, this will be fabric!  Just messing around with the sketches, but may ink and color these. Not sure yet.

A Little Jewelry

Pondering restocking my Etsy shop, made some of these little guys tonight. 

These are 1" watercolors in metal pendants with glass overtop, and they're pretty easy to make.  I like to use all original paintings rather than prints.

Bobcat

... And another card image!  Hooray!  8/13 done.

Ah, Spring.  The time of year where the deer let me take a million reference photos of them in exchange for the promise of veggie scraps.  So, here's the fruit of that labor, this pretty gal.   I may redo this as a larger piece.