Found these sweet treats made in Chicago Logan Square neighborhood.
Also got my brows threaded and henna'd and always love the decor there.
Looks romantic!
The perfect backdrop for my valentine decor is this painting with pink blossoms. But it's available for you in my shop now.
While nothing beats a high-quality camera, I often capture wonderful images I can turn into art on my iPhone. I currently have the iPhone 7Plus which has the upgraded camera. I used it for this shot taken in "portrait" mode, which blurs out the background to create the depth field. But more importantly, I use it in moments when I don't have my camera around and it's just convenient. I probably wouldn't have got the picture any other way. It's really in these fleeting moments that make for great art. Even this still life photo I took is from a now deceased friend's home. She was old. She is now gone. I will be painting it in both watercolor...
I often paint on cotton canvas but have a new 12 x 12 inch oil-primed linen canvas I will be using to paint these beauties. Sometimes the tulips tend to turn out on the warm-side on the oil-primed linen. The challenge for me will be to keep the cool/hot-pink color in these beauties.
I am just getting around to some pictures I took last summer and spring that I have wanted to put to paper. Here is speed painting of lilacs in blue vase. The lilacs bloom in May and sometimes April in Chicago. But in Idaho they don't bloom til end of May or June. It's really high elevation and farther north. That's why.
