Hubby and I and I took a 4 day trip to the North Georgia mountain town of Ellijay. It's the “Apple Capital of Georgia” and a few made the trip back to the warm and sunny Florida. Although the town is charming and historic, the enjoyable aspect of the trip was being together with our family for a few days. The house decorated for the holidays is large with plenty of places to relax and even games to play. What I loved about our trip was getting to spend lots of time with our 7 year old granddaughter. We painted and sewed together and she's fun to play games with.
Before we left for our trip, I drew a few mini cottages on watercolor paper. These were inspired by the whimsical drawings of Tracey Talgen Art.
While in Georgia, I worked on two of these cottages experimenting with Prima watercolors, fine line markers and watercolor markers.
My granddaughter showed some interest in doing one too. First we had to change the house into a cat house with a bit of signage. Then this little 7 year old colored with her watercolor markers and blended, spreading the color with a damp brush. When the paint was dry she added the fine liner and drew a cat (using her own clay sculpture for a reference).
It's always fun to have my granddaughter join me in arting!
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4 comments:
Magical cottages, many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.
B x
Charming cottages, thanks for joining in at Allsorts challenge
Beautiful cottages. Your granddaughter’s cottage is amazing and I love the little cat. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week.
Liz xx
Your cottages are fabulous, Carla! I am sure I don't have to tell you this, but I think you have some strong competition in the art department! I love your granddaughter's clay cat!
Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
P.S. Ellija is quite lovely! We used to drive up there on weekends when my children were young.
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