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Friday, April 24, 2009

Thank you Garden Give -Away





Welcome. Pour yourself a cup of tea and come see what I have been up to in my garden studio.

With Mother's Day just around the corner I thought it would be fun to paint some special "Welcome" garden signs just for you. I am thankful for all of the wonderful people who come to visit my blog and leave me such nice comments and want to say thank you and Happy Mothers Day with a special Give -Away just for you.

Give - Away



Your choice of any original Welcome garden painting shown on this post and a $50.00 gift card to Jo -Ann Fabric and Craft Store, which can be used in one of their stores or on-line.



Give - Away Art


Original art on fine cotton canvas - size 8X7 - suitable for hanging on your garden gate, picket fence, front door or special place in your garden. Canvas has been coated with a protective coat of clear varnish.

Finding Inspiration For Your Special Paintings


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Red geraniums in basket of my Vintage Rocket bicycle.



Welcome Red bicycle with basket of geraniums garden sign.


There . . . .

White bucket of pansies.




Welcome Pansy garden sign .

Everywhere . . . .

Bucket of sunflowers fresh from the Farmers Market just for you.


Bucket of sunflowers Welcome garden sign.


Welcome lilac sign


Garden bunny nestled in pink geraniums.




Welcome garden bunny sign

Give - Away

$50.00 Gift Card to Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts (can be used in store or on line).

Simply leave a comment, anyone can enter, if you do not have a blog, you can send me an e-mail at http://erinsart@ca.rr. with your comment. Tell me which Welcome garden painting you would like to win along with the J0-Ann Gift Card. Random Drawing will be held on May 2nd.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I love to hear from you and it means so much to me that you have taken time to leave me a comment and follow my blog. If you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special, please leave me a comment or send me an e-mail.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Saturday, April 18, 2009

More "Tea Thyme" paintings



Please join me and Bentley, my Studio Assistant, for a look around my garden to find inspiration for more "Tea Thyme" paintings. Last week I painted roses and this week I want to find something a little different.



Finding inspiration . . . . .


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Hmmm . . . looks like Bentley has found some pretty pansies.

The pansies would look nice on the tea pot!!!

Now that we found our inspiration, let's paint a tea pot and tea cup using the pansies.



First, I sketch the drawing. For the beginners following my process, you are welcome to copy my drawing.



Next I base coat the tea pot and tea cup and add the shadow behind the tea cup. I always like to use a blue or lavender to base coat and then start building up the white.



The next step is to lightly paint in the pansies to get a feel for what the painting will look like. Since I do not have a tea pot and cup in a pansy pattern, I just painted the flowers where I feel they would have been on the china.



I like to compare the finished painting to the flowers for color and form. In this painting, I painted the flowers much lighter since they are on china.

Thank you for visiting. I love to hear from you and sincerely appreciate your comments and those who follow my blog. If you would like to see me paint something special or have any questions, please feel free to leave me a comment or send me an e-mail. Have a lovely week.

Blessings, Erin

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Tea Time In My Garden





Join me for a cup of tea and a little tour of my garden. Let's see what is in bloom and together we will look for inspiration for my "Tea Thyme" series of tea paintings.

Finding Inspiration . . . . .


Pink Ice Berg Roses are just beginning to bloom.

Bentley enjoying the garden looking for inspiration.

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You can see a little bit of my garden mirror reflecting the garden

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Crimson climbing rose.

Wicker settee makes the perfect place to sit and read while enjoying a cup of tea.

Everywhere . . . .


Old salvaged wash stand makes a perfect potting area.

Another special place to sit and relax.

Winter pansies are still blooming - don't you just love their happy faces. Pink canopy of Cecil Bruner roses are in bloom.
Now that we found inspiration in my garden, it is time to paint a blue and white tea pot and cup. I decided to use the pink Ice berg roses and painted the tea pot with a sprig of roses.







I then painted the pink roses in the tea cup.



Thank you for visiting my blog. I love hearing from you and it means a lot to me that you have taken the time to leave me a comment and to follow my blog. If you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special please leave me a comment or send me an e-mail.

Blessings, Erin