"Shadow image" Watercolor ACEO

The size for this artist collector's card is 2.5 by 3.5. It will fit into a baseball card sleeve or baseball card album. You can even frame it and it will make a wonderful addition to your ACEO collection.

$10.00 plus 1.00 S & H

I like these colors they seem soothing.

Ancient Ritual ( number 9)

I painted this abstract on Gessoed paper to get a bit more texture. I love the colors and the feel of Gesso and think its a good fit with Watercolor.
This piece can be framed under glass or as it. If you would like to buy it, tell me how you plan to frame it and I will prepare the surface accordingly. The size is 12 by 14 . Price is $99.00

This is one painting in the Ancient Ritual Series where I am exploring the idea of the passage of time and the way humans have a need to commemorate events thru rituals.

If you are interested in the “Hows” of painting watercolor on Gesso, please email me shantmarie@aol.com and I can answer any questions you may have.

Ritual 08 Watercolor ACEO

This is the 8Th painting in the Ancient Ritual series.
This is an Artist collector's card. The size is 2.5 by 3.5 and is for sale for $10.00 plus 1.00 S&H.

I have been working on my Jay painting, I can't decide to paint his face in detail or leave one side as a blurr... both appeal to me, so I'm painting it in detail and if I don't like it I can always blurr it later. When I get it done I'll post it on my weekly painting blog which is located at http://h20color.wordpress.com

It may be done this week. I am also painting a little fox painting which I have to make some decisions about.

Ancient Ritual 07

This is the seventh in a series of paintings I have compleated exploring ritual and the way we use ritual to commenorate the passing events in our lives. 11by 15 Watercolor on Gessoed paper. $99.00

Morning Wash ACEO Watercolor

I have been painting a lot of figures these days and thought I would paint an aceo with a figure. This painting is something out of my imagination but a scene often seen in small villages around the world.

This is $10.00 and 1.00 shipping. Start your collection now.... every one signed and dated.

ACEO watercolor flower

$10.00
This kind of reminds me of a bird of paradise... Hmmm maybe I'l paint one. Of course Bigger... Yeah, thats an idea..

A Showdown... Saachi Gallery

Starting May 28th I'm in the showdown so if you like this painting, please go to their site and vote for it! Thanks! P.S. you may have to cut and paste the link if it doesn't work...

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index.php?showpic=24648

ACEO's from my class.... Every thing from plus size models, to landscapes and abstracts...

Elena's ACEO



Jack's ACEO



Roselynn's ACEO



Tobi's ACEO



Wendy's ACEO

Sunflower Suprise Watercolor ACEO

Since my watercolor class is painting ACEO's tomorrow I thought it would be fun to paint one to see how long it took and I needed one to show with the wet into wet technique.
Since I painted it wet into wet, I wasn't sure how much of it would stay and how much would melt into the other shapes. I had to keep pulling the blue out of the yellow where the two color collided it became green!
I love the look and this is for sale for $10.00

Wandering

I painted this painting three times now and I don't know if I will paint it again. Somehow each time I paint it. I want to change one or two things but some how it never seems right....it haunts me. I can't really say why.

This is 250.00 15 by 22 1/2 sheet watercolor on paper.

Marbles

I was trying to think of a way to put some perspective in this painting but didn't want to mess with the design of the marbles. I don't think kids play with Marbles any more but we used to collect them and trade them. Everyone had their favorite. We would draw a big circle in the dirt and every one would get down on their knees around the circle and try to get all the good ones. This is 9.5 by 14 but it could be cropped as a square piece. Come to think of it, it could be hung in any direction.

$Sold USD shipping Free in US .

Mouse in da House... a post card painting

This little 3 by 5 card is just some of my humor showing up at the painting table. Oddly enough , the last day in a half, I have been painting things like Marbles and Mice... Hey, maybe I'll put them together in a painting, that would be fun...

I guess my brain is trying to say "take off a day"...


Hope you're having good weather in your part of the world it about 75 degree F here and beautiful.

Mountain Creek

This painting is 3 by 5 and is for sale for $22.00 It would look great in a black frame with a white mat.

Under the influence

This is a Carandach and watercolor painting. Caradach is actually still considered watercolor, it's just in stick form. The title was a suggestion not my condition. I do love this Andrew's turquoise, its a wonderful color. The size is 11 by 15 , the price is $250.00 USD Shipping free. Unframed & matted in a neutral color.

ACEO Cows in Spring

Here is an ACEO It's $ 10.00 + 1.50 SH shantmarie@aol.com if interested. Watercolor on 140lb Artist grade paper Signed and dated.

He's a handful... Baby Raccoon

Here is a picture of a baby raccoon we found this week. I have raised a raccoon before and I knew that this one was in a bit of trouble, its mom must have been killed because she would not have left him to fend for himself. It appeared that he was on his own for a few days. He was badly dehydrated and already covered in ticks. I figured he was about four weeks old. I gave him some kitten's replacement milk, cleaned him up and took him in to a raccoon rehabilitation expert. She'll feed him with a bottle till he's old enough to eat dog food, then she'll take him and all the others that she has within the same age group and train them to live in the wild. Thats a whole story in itself.... At about 16 weeks they will be ready to go on their own,. She has 900 acres, where she sets them free. The last time I raised a racoon it was so much work, I knew I couldn't do it this time. I was pretty exhusted when the raccoon expert took over at about 12 weeks. Since this little guy was having some problems I also knew she would have to give it some shots. I hope he makes it!
I've painted many paintings of raccons which I find interesting animals. They have very stiff fur unlike a cats or a dog. Also they all look different. I always thought they were identical but when you see all of the babies together you realize they are not all the same. Some have brown fur some have more of a sable color and some like this one are almost gray. They all have the bandit face but some have a very pointed nose and others have a rounded nose.

They are all very cute but your very glad to see them on their own.

Baby Raccoon cries out for help

This is how he looked when I found him, he can barely walk, in fact more like crawl, but he's a survivor. He must of crawled a long ways cause we couln't find a nest nearby or hear any of the other babies. I'm shooting this photo straight down from my height which is 5'2" and he is very small just a ball of fluff.
I cropped the pohto a bit so you could see him better. I think he is actually falling over at the moment that I snapped this photo, he was pretty weak.

Zoltan's Snow

This painting is painted in the style that I was taught by Zoltan Szabo a few years ago. 11 by 15 mated to 16 by 20

Ancient Ritual 04 ACEO

This ACEO is part of my Ritual series.

Abstract- Ancient Ritual 05 ACEO

This is another ACEO in my Ancient Ritual Series. I painted it today at our Art league. I have been developing a stamp for the backs of these cards, I have a few ideas, I just haven't decided what it will be exactly. Right now I just paint or do a small drawing on the backs.

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