A Touch of Grace

I can’t believe that February has come and gone already!  Where is the time going?

Yesterday my friend Sharon, notimetostamp, posted her Friday challenge ssnotime76.  Sharon’s got Cabin Fever BAD!!  She wants sunshine and warmer temps, she wants to open her windows and let in the fresh air, she wants to see and smell the Spring flowers and green grasses.  She says she’s tired of being cooped up inside and suffering from the dreaded “Cabin Fever”.  She needs to get out and get revitalized and refreshed!  For Sharon and those living in the Northwoods, Spring is quite a ways away, a dream to look forward to.  She’s challenged us to make a card or project that will bring signs of Spring, new life, fresh air, and warmer temps.

Well Sharon, I’ve painted this scene for you!  I want you to dream that you’re a fairy flittering about in a willow tree, soaking up the gorgeous Spring sunshine, dipping your toes in the fresh water, enjoying nature and all that Spring has to offer you.  Inhale that fresh air, smell those fresh flowers, skip through the green grasses, enjoy those warm temps.

Okay Sharon, did it work, are you feeling better?

The painting itself measures 3 1/2″  x 6″, it was too large to make a card and since I don’t scrapbook, I decided to frame it and save it for a future granddaughter.  I’m placing it in my guest bedroom for the time being, the colors go well with the decor.

A close up view of the picture just after I finished painting it.  You can see at the top where I painted bits of color trying to match up greens.

A picture of the stamp with the painting beside it.  I used water color paints, mixing the various hues to try to match the original painting as close as I could without knowing what colors were actually used in the original.  The stamp is an image of a painting painted by Cicely Mary Baker.

• Stamps:  Stamps Happen, Inc.
• Paper:  Arches Hot Pressed 140 lbs. water color paper
• Ink:  Versafine Black Onyx
• Accessories:  Water color painting (3 sizes - OO, O, 1); ceramic mixing trays, Cadmium Red, Zinc White, Sap Green, Aureolin, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Green, Ultramarine Blue, Photo Mats and Frame (Michael’s)