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Aurora Borealis #1

December 15, 2013

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Dance party, gnome style! I can’t help but wiggle in my chair and smirk as I paint these dancing gnomes. What do you think the music sounds like?
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Here are a some gnomes being cute on this page of my handbook watercolor journal! Hope you are having a great day!
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Happy Tuesday, lovelies! I find myself in Burlington, Vermont for the day, so the first thing I did was drive to @pingalacafe and order the most delicious chai and a sweet French toast breakfast, which did not disappoint! These little nuggets are oven-baked coconut-banana millet bread French toast, served with mixed berry coulis, whipped ginger butter, maple syrup (of course), and fresh blueberries and orange slices. Soooo good! Yesterday I stayed inside and painted the giant puzzle commission for eeBoo all day, so today I’m giving myself a break from that to paint some gnomes?!! Haha! My work life is hilarious! I may be stressed out with several deadlines, but I’m also aware that I am so privileged to have these amazing opportunities to create so many fun things! And the hilarity of the things I’m doing help me laugh through the stress and pressure I feel. I hope you see the humor in something you do today, regardless of whether or not it is stressful, and I hope you take the time to do something that makes you happy!

Happy Tuesday, lovelies! I feel like the color version is such a shock to my system after the many hours spent inking the black and white version. I wish I could gradually introduce you to the color, as I have had the chance to watch it gradually become what it is, but it is bold and bizarre, so here is a sneak peak... more to come soon!
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Happy Magic Monday, lovelies! I finished inking on Friday and have already made some progress painting, but I thought I’d share this photo I took in my studio before I started to add color. It looks so different in color!!! I’ll share more soon! Hope you have a lovely day and remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy!
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It’s getting there, lovelies! There are still some blank spaces to ink before I can start to add color, so I’m going to sip my peppermint tea and set a timer and get to work on this, 25 minutes at a time, until I am done inking. That is my hope, so here goes! Wishing you a cozy day, and hoping you take the time to do something that makes you happy!
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#pieceandlove #eeboo #staedtlerpigmentliner #wip #workinprogress

Happy Tuesday, lovelies! I’m busy making progress on this crazy puzzle! Outside my window it looks like a snow globe that has recently been stirred, but inside I am warm and sipping tea and drawing lots of little lines with my staedtler pigment liner pens to get this puzzle commission for eeBoo finished up this week. Once I’m done inking, there will be watercolor, and seeing progress is making me very happy! Here’s wishing you a lovely day, regardless of the weather. Remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy, too! .
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This never happens, so I had to document it! I just baked cookies, and they didn’t turn into one huge Pangea cookie! They flattened out, but I could separate them and I feel like this is a major victory! Also, my kitchen is warm and my house smells fantastic! Happy Friday, indeed! Wishing this photo had the scent with it so you could enjoy that too, lovelies! Have a great one!

Happy Friday, lovelies! I’m enjoying a delicious warm oat milk chai @fivewattcoffee this morning as I work on painting more gnomes... Here is a happy gnome for you who has flipped his beard over his shoulder to keep it out of his bowl. Clever gnome, right? I think he is baking something that is going to be delicious, which is something I feel like doing today, too! It has been sooooo cold here lately that the current windchill of -9° feels like relief! It is an overcast, white sky kind of day today, which just begs for the aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Doesn’t that sound wonderful? I mean, just thinking about it is making me happier. Hopefully I’ll make that happen today! I’m sorry I haven’t been sharing much lately, but I have had some pressing deadlines that have kept me pretty busy! And whenever I am in that stressed mindset, it is so hard to squeeze in time for myself, and harder still to make the time to share. I hope you have a lovely day, and take the time to do something that makes you happy today! Think about what that might be right now, because even if the time runs away from you and you aren’t actually able to do it, anticipating something that makes you happy will make you feel happier! What would you love to do today?

Happy Sunday, lovelies! Sometimes I switch modes and do something TOTALLY different! And it feels GREAT! This is the start of a big piece of art for eeBoo that will become a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle! Super excited about it!!! I love puzzles! #pieceandlove #eeboo

I sipped a ginger herbal tea @blackeyeroastingco as I painted a gnome scaling a hill in cross-country skis. I sketched a couple little skiing gnomes first, then started on the blank page with the lightest faintest grey to get his body placed. I think he turned out pretty well! Have a good rest of your day, lovelies!

Happy Friday, lovelies! I’m at Modern Times this morning, sipping a giant soy chai and painting at breakfast On a striped table which makes my heart sing, which is the best way I can imagine starting today! I finished up this sweet baking lady gnome, so I thought I’d share her with you. I find painting beardless gnome faces significantly harder, and overworking a face can really be problematic, so I tried to exercise patience with her face and am pleased with how she turned out. I hope you have a lovely day, stay warm if you are experiencing chilly weather (like I am), and remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy!

And a skating gnome took shape! And it’s time to put some lotion on my hands, I see. They are dry! Funny how photographing them makes me notice these things. Haha! Have a good one, lovelies!

I just had to share his little face because he is making me smile so much. What is he thinking about, I wonder? I just love his expression right now.

Happy Wednesday, lovelies! I’m sipping a sweet oat milk chai @wesleyandrews.cc , enjoying the ability to stand at the bar by the window with indirect light, and starting a gnome painting because... I’m working on a book project!!! Ahhh! It’ll be The Little Winter Book of Gnomes! So, if you are liking the gnomes, there will be many more coming! If you are already tired of seeing gnomes in your feed from me, ummm... sorry. I’ll paint other things, too. It just has to be largely gnomes if I’m going to stay on course to meeting my deadlines! I’m wishing you a lovely day and hoping you take the time to do something that makes you happy today!

Happy Sunday, lovelies! It is a chilly, sunny, gluggaveður day here, and I’m warm and toasty inside @blackeyeroastingco , sipping an oat milk chai and painting more gnomes. As I was photographing this page, I met another artist who encouraged me to go into the direct sunlight and was very excited to see these gnomes, and remarked that he was impressed that they were painted on the first page! The fear of the first page is truly a thing! It is daunting, but I feel like starting is always a bit daunting. I’m glad I pushed past that, though, and I look forward to turning the page and starting another gnome or two. I hope you have a lovely day and remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy! Are any of you planning on viewing the lunar eclipse tonight?

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