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Aurora Borealis #1

December 15, 2013

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It’s Instagram GIVEAWAY Saturday!!! Is that a thing?! If it wasn’t before, it is now. Haha! Happy Saturday, lovelies! I had so much fun creating this ink and watercolor commission for eeBoo, and I’m so glad they loved my very strange idea and told me to go for it! To celebrate the release of my out-of-this-world and out-of-this-time UFO Victorian Ladies puzzle from eeBoo, we’re doing a giveaway! Two lucky followers of ours will win this 1008 piece puzzle and an eeBoo tote bag. The winners will be selected at random and announced on 8/23 at 12 pm (EDT). All you need to do is follow these instructions: .
. -Follow @eeBooPieceandLove and @kirstensevig on Instagram .
. -Tag a friend who you’d like to work with on this puzzle .
. -Comment what your favorite part of this puzzle is

Must be 18+ to enter, shipping to the US only.

I have an announcement, lovelies! My biggest creative endeavor, Huckleberry Wilder, is here! We had both an amazing and intense natural labor and a tricky delivery after four hours of pushing. This is the photo I took of us when we were reunited after little Huck spent 2 days in the NICU because of trouble breathing and some trauma from that tricky delivery. He is so much better now and we are about to head home from the hospital as a family. I never thought I would love a weeklong stay at a hospital, but I truly have. I want every nurse I have encountered to be my best friend, and I gush love and praise and tears and milk. Can you see the overwhelming joy and love that I feel? I am so in love and filled with a gratitude that I cannot adequately express for my incredible good fortune. I hope you have a wonderful day, and that you take the time to do something that makes you happy today! I am going to put my phone down and smell the most glorious baby and take in this present moment with all of the feelings I can feel all at once. Love to you all, because mine is limitless! ❤️❤️❤️

Happy Friday, lovelies! Here comes a more personal post than most. I’ve been working on my most creative personal project to date that is almost ready... a baby boy! I’ve been tackling a lot of life changes at once, and for some reason I felt the need to process all of this change without sharing it publicly. I’m so excited to meet our baby boy, due August 12th, which is just around the corner. I aim to fit in my painting time and continue to share with you whenever I can, of course, between feedings and naps, but I know my life as I know it will change very soon. I’m so excited for this new adventure! Thank you for always being a wonderfully supportive crew, lovelies! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Wednesday, lovelies! I just went for a lovely long walk in the woods, breathing in pine scented air. I picked a tiny bouquet to share with you, too, of course. I have been very busy with deadlines and fun work for great clients, as well as continuing to unpack and settle in to our new place, so taking the time for a walk outside is the form my self-care is taking. It is both exercise and a source of so much natural inspiration. Here are some photos for you to enjoy from my walk. Oh, and if you know how to identify mushrooms, I’m super curious about about the ones that look like white ghostly bell flowers? In the woods there were so many little clusters of them, and I found them so enchanting and simultaneously haunting. Aren’t they cool?! Have a lovely day, and remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy!

I’m making progress on this little golden leaves and red berries pattern, so I thought I’d show you what it looks like now. I love how making up patterns can be a process of creating a structure or a set of rules to improvise within and relax into. It really is meditative for me, and so satisfying! Anyone else love to paint this sort of repetitive improvised pattern? I know it isn’t for everyone, but there is something about it that quiets my mind and soothes me. Also, the lovely people working here have been frying something in butter, which takes me back to memories of being at my Mormor’s apartment in Kristiansand, Norway as a kid where she fried everything in butter. (Mormor means mother’s mother.) Even though I don’t eat butter anymore, I cannot help but love the sweet nostalgic scent and the happy memories fried butter brings to my mind! Do you have a scent that makes you happy like that, too?

Happy Wednesday, lovelies! This morning is an overcast, lightly raining sort of humid day here in Burlington. I walked with my colorful umbrella to @dobrateavt , where I’m thoroughly enjoying a rooibos masala chai with coconut milk and maple syrup. Swipe to the last photo to get an idea of how cozy this place is. I mean, I feel like I am starting my day right! Besides sipping a sweet and spicy tea, I am also painting some more patterns for an awesome client... so far I painted a golden wash background and I’ve added a grid of red dots. I’ll share more as I make progress. I hope you have a lovely day, and remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy!

Happy Magic Monday, lovelies! My work station is looking so full of fun patterns today, and I’m just getting started! Eyja is in her bread basket on the table, I am devouring cherries because it’s summer and they are delicious, and working on these designs is making me very happy! I hope you have a wonderful day and that you take the time to do something that makes you happy, too!

Hello again, lovelies! I just thought I’d share another pattern I’ve made in masking fluid. I’m applying a green wash over the initial light gold wash. It is a simple pattern, but really pleasant I think. More to come soon!
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If you have questions about the masking fluid pen I used, go just a few posts back. All the information is there for you. ❤️

Hello again! I’ve just applied the darker watercolor wash. I mixed up a dark wash in a jar so I won’t run out of this color. I like to mix up colors in shot glasses or jars so I never run out of a color part of the way through painting a large area. This is especially helpful if you are working on multiple pieces at once and want the colors to be consistent. I’ll now let this try before peeling/rubbing off the masking fluid. I’ll keep posting progress...

Happy Sunday, lovelies! I’m back at work on these painted patterns for an exciting project for an awesome client... Here is yet another masking fluid pattern on top of a light watercolor wash, ready to get a darker wash on top. Here goes! I’ll post more as I make more today, so I hope you’ll enjoy following along! I’m wishing you a lovely day, and hoping you take the time to do something that makes you happy today!
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For information on the masking fluid pen I use, look back in my feed just a few posts ago with multiple photos. The information is all there, including a picture of it when you swipe through the photos. I’m not sponsored by any brands, but I just like sharing the tools I enjoy with you. ❤️

And more progress, lovelies!

Progress... as I promised!

Hello again! I just thought you’d like to see these patterns as they progress. I just applied darker washes on these two pieces and now I’m going to paint another pattern as I wait for them to dry. I’ll share more progress with you as I go so you can follow along, too! Hope you are having a lovely day, lovelies! Remember to take the time to do something that makes you happy! Seeing these come to life is making me happy right now.

Happy Saturday, lovelies! I’m working on some fancy patterns for an exciting project for a really cool client that I can’t tell you much about quite yet. Yesterday I painted some light watercolor wash backgrounds and today I’m drawing some designs with masking fluid onto them before adding a darker wash. Anyway, this masking fluid pen is the best applicator I have found for applying this sticky liquid, and it stays nice for a long time if I wash the applicator tip thoroughly in warm water after each use. Swipe to the last photo if you are curious what the Fineline masking fluid pen looks like.

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