The wonder of Q-tips!

Chai Tea Roses

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It has taken me awhile to figure out how to do Winter.

Not easy for a woman who lived in the Southwest for oh so many years.

Boots, gloves, hats and scarves.

Grab what's needed to begin with,

then after ten years of ice and snow

I got the hang of it!

Now I have a lovely wardrobe of scarves.

I can match an outfit!

I was gifted with a pair of nice leather gloves, lined with thinsulite...yum

My boots are bright orange with yellow and gold flowers....

What can beat that?

Oh, maybe a cup of chai tea.

Yes, I am a coffee shop lurker,

but winter calls for a hot cup of tea,

with just a bit if sweetness

and something creamy on top.

Comfort is what dealing with winter is all about.

On the easel today I tried a new technique...

one I had heard about from several other artfolk.

I love working in an impressionistic style,

 but all those white mixed colors just looked heavy and chalky.

So I borrowed some Q-tips from my little bath sanctuary....

yes, it is a sanctuary, but that story is for another day.

I blocked in the painting focusing on where my darks and purest color would go.

Then a touched the Q-tip into some thinner and lifted out my whites.

Magic!

Just like watercolor painting.

In fact there is a luminescent quality about this little painting

I quite like!

I am teaching a watercolor workshop this Saturday

at the Green Door Art Gallery

and so I have been playing with my watercolors,

remembering why I love them so.

Flow and lift.

Wonders of color and paint.

Comfort in creativity...

while I sip my Chai.

Take a moment to fix yourself a cup of tea,

visit my website here

and treat yourself to a bit of color

of your very own.

I price my work so you can collect!