Best Those Lord's Day Mornings

I don't know if it's because of the changing low-cal of spill or simply because I got a total 8+ hours of sleep, but there's something magical inward waking on a Lord's Day morn — java loving cup inward manus — as well as existence completely inspired to brand art. 

Do I pigment alongside watercolors, or perchance acrylics, or practice I practice some ink drawings? I become dorsum as well as forth, deciding on my tools as well as my medium — my trend of carry to instruct whatever creative magic from within my being, out — as well as into the world. 

It's my raw drive, my spiritual force into the universe. At least, that's what it feels like. 

Nothing else volition do. I tin become downtown on Lord's Day morn as well as walk simply about our charming lilliputian farmer's marketplace as well as selection upwards an amazing pastry or perchance some apples or locally harvested honey—but my heed is similar the transcendental silver string that connects me to—and never leaves—my house where I practice art. 

I desire to lead the brushes, the colors, I intend virtually watercolor icon as well as I imagine the movement, the catamenia as well as spread of color inward the water, the bloom, the transparency, the drying, the contemplation of the side yesteryear side layer.

Without whatever formal training, thoughts of rules—and fright of non next them—try to force into my mind. I force them away.

I desire to practice something new, to delineate it out from within myself - I know that it's there, I tin experience it all the time. I intend virtually how I tin instruct it out of me as well as into the world. But fifty-fifty that's non actually plenty for me. I desire to brand something beautiful. I try. 

It doesn't accept to live on fantastic or amazing — it exclusively has to be.

Have a slap-up Sunday!
love,

 Laura

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Best H5N1 Peek At Some Of My Latest Designs

Here's a peek at what I've been working on inwards the basis of design. I honey making these plume illustrations. I colorized this ink drawing amongst watercolor paint.

Bohemian Spirit Feathers inwards Blue & Green

As you lot in all likelihood could guess, I've actually been inwards the mood for watercolor painting. I created my ain lead maintain on the talisman for evil optic protection amongst the paradigm below, together with hence turned it into a pattern. It's straightaway featured on Society6! 

Once I finished the blueprint I created it on 3 dissimilar backgrounds: white, low-cal blue, together with black. I can't create upwardly one's hear which I similar the most!

Beach towel, blueish background

Throw pillow, white background

Biker tank, dark background

I honey this side past times side design. It's a paisley that I painted inwards watercolor, reduced inwards size, together with turned into a repeat pattern. I lead maintain it available inwards blue, rose pink, tea (shown below), dark-green amongst pink, aqua, together with blueish amongst pink. 

Throw pillow inwards Paisley Tea 

Comforter inwards Paisley Tea

Check out the other colors:

This Monstera Leaf blueprint is around other ane that I had a lot of fun with. Tropical leafage patterns are really pop correct now. I did the master copy paradigm inwards dark-green simply hence digitally changed the colors to arrange my mood. I idea they looked really exotic inwards indigo, together with I honey them on both the blush together with dark backgrounds. Which produce you lot prefer?

Clear jail cellular telephone shout case

Throw pillow

Floor pillow

All items shown higher upwardly are available for buy at https://society6.com/laurabethlove

I promise you lot similar them! Let me know what you lot intend past times leaving me a comment below.
 Which blueprint is your favorite?

What should I pigment next?

Have a nifty week!
love,

 Laura

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Best Painting Doughnuts. Or is it Donuts?

I've been having a lot of fun icon doughnuts. Or is it donuts? I'm non certain which spelling is correct, simply it seems that donuts are of a precipitous all around me. There's a TV exhibit close doughnuts, in addition to inward my local paper yesterday in that place was an article close a novel "design your ain doughnut" store opening inward my town. Phish is doing a 13-day concert run at Madison Square Garden inward NYC this summer, calling it "Baker's Dozen" - silent some other doughnut reference. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Hmmm. 

Tote bag

T-shirts

Phone case

Floor pillow

What's your favorite kind?

I promise y'all convey a corking week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Painting Through Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Blizzard And Learning As I Go

Thank goodness nosotros didn't acquire the 26 or 27 inches of snowfall they were calling for Mon dark into Tuesday (we got a managable 12 to thirteen inches instead) but nosotros nonetheless settled inwards to expect out the storm. I filled the birdfeeder as well as hung the suet as well as and thence made a large pot of white chicken chili (I used this recipe as well as it's directly a household unit of measurement favorite) along alongside or thence dear cornbread.  The birdfeeders as well as suet brought out every aeroplane inwards the neighborhood and it was neat to come across a few woodpeckers (check out this video on my Instagram that I took of a Downy Woodpecker) as well as all sorts of other birds. 

Sam keeping me fellowship equally I create a sketch for or thence other watercolor painting. 

I drew out a crude oil sketch to utilisation equally a guide.

I kept it pretty uncomplicated as well as exclusively used 3 colors, this was the showtime layer.

The adjacent twenty-four hours I added or thence details as well as her hair.

Drying.

I in all likelihood could receive got added to a greater extent than pigment or to a greater extent than details but I'm trying to avoid over-painting.

I'm pretty happy alongside the results. I've never had whatever sort of formal fine art grooming thence I am merely sort of teaching myself as well as am learning equally I go. 

At this indicate I would rather merely give away as well as figure it out myself instead of existence told I am doing something incorrect or right, or last shown the agency somebody else says I should create something. I mean value it allows my fine art to last gratis as well as without limits or rules because I don't receive got to worry close whatever of those things I tin merely purely express. :)

I promise you lot receive got a groovy week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Crystal Cluster Watercolor Illustration: New Video On My YouTube Channel!

Hi friends! I merely uploaded a build novel video to my YouTube channel so delight cheque it out, give it a similar together with hold upward certain to subscribe. 

For this projection I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, together with Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but y'all tin occupation whatever y'all accept on hand. 

Who isn't crazy for crystals? They're fun to pigment (and super slow too!) thence I idea I would endeavour my mitt at epitome my ain (Yes, all of my videos are my first-time try, acquire every bit I go!) 

I started alongside a pencil sketch to acquire the shapes on the paper, together with thence I used watercolor paints to color my drawing. I used rattling piffling pigment - I wanted my crystals to hold upward predominantly purple, thence I used about unlike tones of violet, together with thence hither together with in that place added a chip of blueish together with thence merely a whisper of yellowish together with dark-green to give my crystals that iridescent glow. 

Once my drawing was finished I added a quick sketchy outline inwards dark micron ink. Check it out below!

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If in that place is anything inwards detail that you'd similar to run into merely travel out me a comment!

I promise y'all accept a swell week! 

Love, Laura

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Best New Video On My YouTube Channel: Space Feather Illustration

Hi friends! I but uploaded a build novel video to my YouTube channel hence delight cheque it out, give it a similar in addition to endure certain to subscribe. 

For this projection I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, in addition to Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but you lot tin utilization whatever you lot accept on hand. 

Feathers are super-popular correct straight off inward fine art in addition to representative hence I idea I'd part my ain version...the infinite plume :) 

I kickoff amongst a pencil sketch to larn my shape on the paper, in addition to hence I convey inward the large guns (black ink pen) to become over the outline in addition to add together the designs. Using elementary lines in addition to circles in addition to a few spirals I fill upwardly inward the plume areas thinking upwardly the designs equally I work. 

Once my drawing is finished I add together a piddling flake of watercolor pigment but to give it a blush of color.

I added the script lettering hence that you lot could encounter how you lot tin easily fancy it upwardly past times adding an additional trouble on the down-stroke, in addition to hence fill upwardly it inward amongst a piddling flake of watercolor pigment to necktie it inward nicely amongst your painting. 

I promise to create a few jewelry making videos inward the virtually futurity hence endure certain to cheque back! 

If at that topographic point is anything inward detail that you'd similar to encounter but move out me a comment!

I promise you lot accept a neat week! 

Love, Laura

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Best Time Lapse Mandala Artwork - Ink Drawing With Watercolor Painting

I've been playing around amongst creating fourth dimension lapse videos, tooling around amongst the fourth dimension lapse characteristic on my iphone... but rapidly works life out that the built inwards fourth dimension lapse characteristic is only besides fast for capturing artwork! 

I idea I would endeavor it out piece creating this doodle - a quick pencil sketch to become my blueprint started, together with and hence some pen together with newspaper drawing, topped off amongst a lilliputian fleck of color added amongst H2O together with watercolor paints.  

You tin run across it all below inwards nigh 26 blazing seconds haha! ...but I was unhappy amongst the video's beat of my drawing, which turned out to endure only besides fast for yous to genuinely run across what I was doing. (watch it hither on my YouTube Channel instead)

Regardless, I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel together with and hence tried to toy amongst the video's settings, slowing it downwards 2x together with and hence 4x but I before long works life out that that didn't piece of occupation because when a fourth dimension lapse video is filmed, at that spot are sections of fourth dimension that are genuinely skipped. If yous endeavor to deadening downwards a video that yous filmed inwards fourth dimension lapse trend on your iphone, the effect is genuinely a trippy, smeared video! 

My resolution? I only downloaded an app that allows yous to pick out your video recording speed, hence dorsum to the drawing board - literally. When I become some gratis fourth dimension I volition laissez passer on it some other shot using the app together with hopefully accept some meliorate results! 

Have yous ever made a fourth dimension lapse video for your artwork? 

Any tips to share? 

I promise yous accept a neat week! 

Love, Laura

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