Watercolor Whimsy – Week 6

/ Jodi

whimsical green and purple polka dot birdie watercolor card

This week I went in a little different direction with my watercoloring…

Wanting to loosen up and just create FUN like my artsy bloggin’ buddies, Laura at CreateArtEveryDay and Jill at JillsArtJournal, I poked around on Pinterest and found some super fun work by Lucia at StressieCat.  Such unique, original, crazy, zany, whimsy!  I used Lucia’s inspiration to draw and paint this first crazy green and purple polka-dotted bird.  You should check out her blog – crazy awesome talent!  Mine turned out nothing like hers, but I still kinda like it.

whimsical green and purple polka dot birdie watercolor card birdie doo doo inside birthday

And any card that has a crazy green and purple-polka dotted bird on it naturally needs some green birdie doo doo on the inside!  Right?

whimsical watercolor birdie card

Then I made this other silly guy from a photo I saw that stuck in my head, but I’ve lost the source (since I did it over two days – starting one evening and letting the base dry and polka-dotting the next day).  It was a paper mache bird, but I thought I’d recreate it in watercolor and for a card.  I just tore off a piece of watercolor paper and went to town.

whimsical watercolor birdie card 2

I really had fun making these silly guys, and this green one is already on its way to a friend who is celebrating a birthday this week.  He’s a pretty great guy – so he even gets a Superman stamp!

whimsical green and purple polka dot birdie watercolor card read to mail

Have some fun today – and EVERY day!

Cheers & Hugs,

Jodi

28 thoughts on “Watercolor Whimsy – Week 6”

  4. Seriously, these are great!! I’m not good at whimsy like you and Jill. She will love these!! You could sell these cards, they’re freaking beautiful. And how could anyone not get a smile from these guys in the mail?!?

    PS You have no excuse; you must do Draw A Bird Day on the eighth!!! Seriously, I’d love to see a whole flock of these. You and Jill should illustrate children’s books together!!!

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    • Hey. do I hear a “I’m not good at?” Who taught me a thing or two about that negative talk?!?? Ahem. 😉. But thank you for your sweet compliments and ongoing encouragement!!

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      • Lol you’re so right, but I’m not though. I need a recipe, a way to get there, a step-by-step, which is why this kind of thing and most of Jill’s work really boggles my mind because it’s just so free-spirited and fun. The closest I got to that is that dancing owl doodle I did, and it would seriously have to be very late at night before I could make something like that again. I’d love to be able to do more stuff like this, but it’s more of a struggle than it seems to be worth right now. I need to set myself free more. I thought the cage was open and the bars were down, but apparently not! Thanks for pointing this out. I need to work on this! (((((Jodi)))))

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  11. LOVE, LoVe your BiRdies!!! You did FABULOUS!!! Love the eyes on the green guy! And the polka dots are so fun! You need to name them! 😊.
    Hope you will make more of them!!! Such a SWEET tweet to see these!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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