Second of Five

Here is the second of the five pictures I made from the same reference.  This shows grasses, moss and rocks in the Japanese Garden.

Five from one

This is one card of five ATCs I did from the same reference for a challenge on WC.  It is a weekly event and I was late in getting them copied and posted 8-(  I decided to add the characters for peace and joy, I hope they resemble the real marks. 

Flower ATC

One of the people participating in the Flowers Exchange has recieved this card of orchids from me.  I made several extra flower cards and this was the last of my flowers.  I used watercolor and some clear gold glittery acrylic over the yellow flowers. 

Lily of the Valley ATC

    Our Flowers Exchange is winding up and this card got to it's new owner. I have Lily of the Valley in my garden, and it hasn't bloomed yet this year.  That is a good thing because we are to get frost tonight.  Here we have a frost free date in May, we could still get snow!!
     I remember Lily of the Valley being the name of a "dime store" perfume that I liked. I am sure the perfume industry still uses Lily of the Valley in their top of the line smells.

Here is one of my hats that went to another artist.  This one reminds me of a "Sunday Go To Meetin'" hat from back in the mid 1800's.  I made lots of hat ATCs because I love hats and have a collection of hats.  Some I wear and some I just look at.

You decide

    I am not sure what to call this painting, is it supposed to be a type of duck.  I tried out some new things with this.   I used watersoluble oil pastels, a new box I have had for awhile.  I used them two ways, one to put the color on as I would regular OPs and then "painted" with water over them.  The second was to put a blob of color in a spot then to use water to spread it.  After both of those methods, I used some opaque watercolors to define details.  I had trouble making details with the water/oil pastels.
    I like trying new things and ideas for the WDE on Wet Canvas.  It is easy to do a trial run using a reference and only 2 hrs.  If it fails no big deal, if it turns out good then it is nice. This used parts of 3 references.  The duck from one, the wall another and the swirly background the 3rd. 
    You decide is it a fail or pass?   I will post it and see what the people on WC think.  Either way I will own up to it.  LOL