June Studio Update
new watercolor palette and a few new pieces
June has been a quieter month for me. I’ve spent most of my time observing birds and plants and walking in the woods. I love finding new wildflowers and seeing old friends that have come back.
I’ve been continuing my experiments with embroidery. For this piece I took one of my lilac watercolor paintings and modified it so it could be stitched. The watercolor was done a few summers ago from a painting challenge I tried. For the embroidery, I chose a more natural color palette. I also added some bees because the bees love the lilac bushes in my yard.
After reorganizing my watercolor palette and paring it down to a more manageable set of colors, I added a couple of new greeting cards to my shop. One of the designs features one of my favorite birds, the Black-capped chickadee with bright pink cosmos flowers. I just love how the flowers contrast with the dark colors in the chickadee.
The Black-capped chickadee symbolizes joy, adaptability, community, and hope. In the Victorian language of flowers; the cosmos symbolizes joy in love and in life. I think they make a great combination.
That is all for now; I wish you all a colorful and Happy Summer. Be sure to check out and follow my Notes to see works in progress and updates.
Until next time… Happy Painting!
Kelli ♥
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I love the embroidered piece and watercolor as well a the b.c. chickadee and cosmos. We had a small wildflower garden with several colored cosmos last summer, but they didn’t come up this year. We haven’t planted yet this season because we were waiting til the weather improved (colder than usual spring followed by lots of rain). We then had an early vacation, then wildfire smoke caused high risk alerts and now dangerously high heat alert. We’re both in our mid 70’s… You’ve inspired me with your lovely work here. Thanks!