Pink Floral Heart Original Watercolor by Jodi McKinney 11×14
Let Your Dreams Blossom!
Sprinkling a little pink love after a weekend of splashing in the art room.
Just what this heart and soul needed for some January nesting time.
Embracing the muse.
Going with the vibe.
Happy Monday friends! Let’s make some magic this week! Let’s create some beauty!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Original watercolor, as well as prints in all sizes and cards, available at McKinneyX2Designs and Berry Vine Gifts.
Pink Watercolor Christmas Tree 11×14
Dreaming of a Pink Christmas Tree.
I woke up wide eyed early Saturday morning with a burning desire to paint a pink Christmas tree…
I had a busy day ahead. I was assigned to work a few hours at Berry Vine Gifts (the local gift shop where my DIL and I have our McKinneyX2Designs shop) and plans to visit Santa with my grandie girls. I wanted to get a nice walk in with Charlie too.
But first…. I had to paint.
I had to paint this pink Christmas tree.
I painted it with layers of three pink watercolors – Opera Pink, Rhodonite Genuine, and Permanent Rose. I started with a little wet in wet after lightly spritzing the paper with water and spritzed a little more after adding the layers.
I then went for a walk. Stepping away to let it dry and let the watercolor magic happen is sometimes the hardest part, but it is also often so rewarding!
The thing with watercolor painting (that is so different from acrylic or oils) is that what you first paint is not how it will look once dried. It can be frustrating (for impatient peeps like me), but it is also the fun and fascinating part of the art.
Once the pink watercolor was dry, I splattered some Inka Gold “ornaments” and Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White “snow” on the tree.
I totally envisioned this painting framed in gold, so in between my time at Berry Vine and our visit with Santa, I cruised through Home Goods where I found some beautiful gold frames that I wanted to try with prints of this painting.
Then today, with a full festive heart, I processed some prints and created some greeting cards from my dream of a pink Christmas tree.
I absolutely adore it!
I imagine there will be some who don’t “feel it” or don’t like a pink Christmas tree, but that is the beauty of art.
As I mature in my art journey, I am really seeking to paint what I love and what I feel in my heart rather than painting for what (I think) others will like. There will always be those that like and dislike…. love or hate…. but that is what makes art so wonderful.
I’ve added this piece – the original – as well as prints and cards – to our McKinneyX2 Etsy shop if you are interested.
May YOUR Christmas dreams come true….
kinda like my little dream of a pink Christmas tree.
Cheers & Hugs,
Josi
More or Less – A Mantra for 2019.
DREAM more – Worry less.
GIVE more – Take less.
Be BRAVE more – Fearful less.
Be HAPPY with who I am more – Envy others less.
MOVE more – Sit less.
Be CONFIDENT more – Insecure less.
Be Me!
More or Less.
Happy New Year!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Reach High.
Reach high,
for stars
lie hidden
in your soul.
Dream deep,
for every dream
precedes
the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr
Are you reaching?
Are you stretching?
Are you seeking?
those stars that lie hidden in your soul?
those dreams that make you smile?
those dreams that bring you joy?
Keep reaching.
Keep dreaming.
Create your joy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Watercolor Templeton the Tiger 9 x 11 300lb Fabriano Artistico
It all started with the joy of Genevieve the Giraffe…
After her, the call of elephants led to Momma and Baby Elephant.
As I continue on my imaginary watercolor safari journey, today I present Templeton the Tiger.
I actually painted Templeton outside this past weekend one morning when the air was still cool and the sun was’t very strong yet on the back deck.
It was fun being outside dreaming of a safari I hope I someday get to go on while I paint the characters that are in my mind.
Why stop dreaming when you wake?
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 