I wanted to tackle flowers for today’s D.A.D., and I can’t tell you how many times I started and restarted; painting these suckers just doesn’t come naturally to me… I ended up ditching all the happy bright primary palettes, and turned to something cool and monochromatic instead. As I worked on Pale blooms, I wanted to capture the theme of how something that looks so delicate can weather the toughest of situations:

I might’ve been influenced by the turn in the temperature lately — brrr!

And more treasury love… this time, from fellow Canuck paisleybaby (whose wetbags rock, by the way!!! I know, I’ve bought a couple :) Our Flights of fancy made it into her collection, which features some of her twitter followers:

Have a great week!

Emily blooms, blossoms, floral, flowers, snow, winter