Having Fun With My Watercolors

I am so happy with my watercolors. I was using watercolors found at garage sales and Goodwill. But when I invested in Case for Making, out of San Francisco, water colors, all I want to do is paint! Funny about the painting up top is that I bought the frame at a garage sale and decided to paint a small, round painting just for this frame. 
 I used the Lands End Mini Palette for the Pyramid Point watercolor. The mini palette consists of six paint colors and fits in the palm of your hand!

The paint colors are so saturated. A mix of earth or synthetic pigment and honey. The colors are rich and vibrant.

 Garen and Tim went to San Francisco, this spring, and bought me five more paint colors. Indigo, which is fabulous, silver and gold, which I used in the painting above and two different reds, a peach red and a brick red. 

It is all I can do not to look at everything as a potential painting!

Swede Road Barn Sale

Ha ha! This is God's garden. Take note, on a Sunday, that when you don't have time to garden God will help you out. 

Dishes with provenance. Yes, there is a story better told at another time. The yellow dishes and the red dishes are my cousin Michelle's. She is in the U.P. at the moment and couldn't be here, in person, for the sale. 

I had my favorite people bring their odds and ends and stayed to help with the sale. Thank goodness, because customers came in waves and we were slammed at times.

This sale was because I had cleaned out the studio and had all this discontinued fabric and rug swatches.

The two day event was a party of neighbors. Northport, Omena and up and down Swede Road. The chit-chat was floating like confetti on a breezy day. 

I think I am having another sale towards the end of July. May have to serve Ice Tea and Watermelon just for the fun of it! Life under the big top. A barn sale party. Hope to see you then!