Flower Boat

Boat!

Kitten paws! He's taken a liking to sleeping on laptops, and sometimes my artwork. The other day we come home and lil Finnegan had typed a message to my friend and Neil Young was playing on iTunes. What a keeper.

Have a lovely week my beauties! 

Love,

Charmaine

Mermaids

Yesterday we had fun being mermaids. I ♥ heated pools.

I think we look like vampire mermaids in this one. (runny eye makeup)

We also took a roll of underwater film, cant wait to see them!

And here's a preview of a piece I'm working on for group show over at Gallery Heist:

Can you guess what it is?

Well, hope you're having a lovely weekend, I am!

♥,

Charmaine

Sailboat + upcoming show

watercolor with an ink pen
This was a little birthday present for Lizzy, she loves all things sailboats. And hopefully she doesn't get sick of me giving her art all the time.

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And here is the flyer for one of the upcoming group shows I'll be participating in. What an amazing line up! I'm seriously so honored and excited to be showing alongside all of these talented people.

Here's the link to the event.

And on another note, my kitten is currently snoozing on my lap. I'm a happy camper.
xo

SKULL SQUARE

eeeeeeee! little skull flowers!

8" x 8" - Watercolor on Canson watercolor paper

(click image to see it larger )

This little guy is my favorite.

And no, I haven't forgotten about my 50 States series. I've just gotten a little distracted with my newfound love for watercolors and teeny skulls. 

flower balloon and a pretty song

A flowery hot air balloon, for your warm summer days.

Here, listen. I'm so in love with this song:

Anna - Taken By Trees

T-Shirts, Teapots + Tiny Skulls

Yes yes, I'm going through a flower phase. And watercolors are my new best friend.

Black flowers and tiny skulls! This is the counterpart to the original Flower Anchor, this one is a big more..manly?

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 Also! You can get some of my flowers on t-shirts over a Society6. They come in both women's and men's styles, as well as several colors. I personally think they look best on the white.
 Here are the links:
Flower Anchor
Flower Burst

Flowers + Quilts

Progress shot

I am falling in love more and more with watercolors.

Flower Anchor

Floral anchors don't work very well.

I had a mini artistic epiphany today. I've always felt very limited with watercolors because I love drawing intricate lines and found that difficult to do. So today I decided to experiment! I dipped my ink pen in some watercolor and tried drawing with it. It actually worked really well and we able to make the thin lines that I love so much! Can't wait to draw some birdies! So excited!!
❤

nautical ladies

watercolor, gouache & india ink

Here are some Aquatic Siamiese-Haired Mermaid girls for you. Another from the series of pissed-off ladies. They probably don't like the fact that I give them crooked teeth and heavy eyelashes.

Anyway, how are you this morning? (Or I suppose it's afternoon now? When did this happen) Are you enjoying the rain? Our wisteria flowers are still blooming and they smell so sweet mixed with the rain. I'm drinking mango black tea with cream, honey and some vanilla. It's like, ridiculously delicious. The last inch or so is always the sweetest, so it's a little syrupy at the moment. And on another note, I brought home some chocolate with pop rocks for Joe (ok, and me). SO GOOD. 

Nest

watercolor, india ink & white acrylic ink 

Black Bows, Blue Birds, Lumpy Braids, Pink Noses, & Bushy Eyebrows.
♥

Catch And Release

watercolors, india ink & acrylic ink

Oh, watercolors, where have you been all my life?! I've sort of forgotten how to use them properly, but i'm having fun experimenting again!

Paridae & Pingg

Yes! Another birdie!

watercolor, india ink, white acrylic ink & graphite

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I've been invited to join the Designer Series over at Pingg! Pingg is an online invitation platform, much like evite but way more style & design-based. I'm stoked to be one of the designers alongside Martha Stewart! Ha. 
I'll post them here when they're available for your e-inviting pleasure!

Boat / we are getting a kitten!

watercolors, india ink & white acrylic ink

she's for sale

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Also, Joe and I are going to get a kitten! (Although our apartment is a bit small). We rode our bikes to the animal shelter here in San Francisco yesterday but apparently it's not "kitten season" for another few months, so there weren't any kittens to cuddle and fall in love with.  

I suppose I can wait a bit longer :)

Just a warning, when I do get my kitten, I will be posting a ridiculous amount of pictures. 

And expect tons of kitten drawings. 

Watch out. ♥

Doilies & Daisies

She's for sale

Well hello there watercolors, I have missed you!