High-5 magazine job finished

here's is most of the finish for the high-5 job.
i really enjoyed playing with the fabrics and textures.
it was a lot of fun!

sneak peek

a peek at a new piece for january's issue of High-5 magazine...

it's hard to believe that cold weather is on it's way -

we're having such a glorious extended summer here in seattle! xo

High-5 magazine job finished

sneak peak of the finish - it will be in the march issue.
painted traditionally on a new water color paper (for me) -
fabriano artistico.
mixed media with a bit of fabric collage.
scanned in and touched up in photoshop.
it was fun!

High Five magazine, June issue

i received my complimentary copies of the June issue of High Five magazine, which i have a piece in. it printed a little on the dark side even tho i thought i had overcompensated by over-lightening the digital scan i sent them (it was painted traditionally).
but still i am really happy with it. it was such a fun project for me--hard to go wrong with a little girl and a garden/flower maze as subject matter!
the last time i did a spread for them i was not super happy with it, so it's nice to feel good about something.
now if only that warm sunny weather would come to seattle! it's very confusing here for me with the chilly climate. i still feel we're in winter, so i don't realize so much time is passing...this caused me to miss a sketch deadline today (okay, can't totally blame it on the weather) because for a northeasterner, it feels like, maybe March, but def not the end of May (which i had in mind as the due date)...