Bunny tea digital stamp

One more digital stamp is available in my Etsy shop this week. Available as an instant download. This bunny Tea digital stamp was hand drawn and inked, scanned, and then cleaned in Photoshop.

300 DPI
Jpg and PNG files
Around 7 in in height

Could be used for Easter cards, spring themed art projects, or and extremely cute tea party invitation.

The bunny was drawn last year and was just sitting around in my SketchBook. He was part of a drawing spree of ideas for art licensing that wasn't used.

When purchasing from my shop, please read the user policy at the bottom of the listing. Copyright is not transferred with sale. Copyright stays with me the artist, Valarie Wade. For use on personal items, not for Mass commercial use.

New digital stamp sets

It's been awhile since I've posted anything. I have a brand new digital stamp set in my Etsy shop.
The link to the shop is hid over on the right side of the blog.
There are three bears in the set.
I will be working on new sets in the following weeks to come. I will post them on the blog when they are finished, or just check out my Etsy shop to see if anything new has been uploaded.

Thanks. Valarie

penguin wooden christmas ornament folk art kitsch acrylic painting

Mixed Media Painting Faces number 6 folk art angel

Last weekends fun face painting. As you can see, I just start out with a rough sketch and let the colors or theme come as I paint. I wasn't sure where this was going, but I do believe she is my favorite painting up to this point in the project.

Watercolor Faces #5 Mixed Media Collage Painting

I have kept up so far on my painting project but I am already feeling tied down to keeping them just the face or only girls. So, I have revised my project to be 52 weekends of paintings. This way I can create whatever I feel I need to create and I will share them here on the blog and try to make youtube videos of each one. I am running behind a little bit on getting them posted for sale on etsy. Only one of the five has been listed.

halloween recycled wreath decorated with dollar tree items 2017

52 Faces watercolor series (Revised) - 52 weekends of paintings

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately.
What goals do I want to achieve?
Why do I beat myself up mentally over what I make or what I believe I should be making?
Why don't I do what I want to do?
You know, the hard questions about art.


I do believe that for myself, I get caught up in too much planning or the researching of something and have lost the freedom of just creating something fun and whimsical.

A daily painting or weekly painting project seems like something I should probably start at the beginning of the year, but I don't want to wait that long.

I started this new project for myself!
They are loose paintings. (Sizes will vary, but the majority will be from 9x12 inches to 5x7 inches.)



Each one is made on roughly 6"x9" cold press watercolor paper. It's an odd size, I know this.
I have become greatly out of practice drawing faces. I have spent the past 3 to 4 years trying to create what I believed would be best for licensing and stopped creating the girls that started my art journey in 2005.
Practice makes perfect, so this is one way to build up my skills.

52 faces! - I should now just say paintings. 52 weekends in one year, for 52 paintings. Each original painting will be listed in my etsy shop for purchase. We shall see how many I can accomplish during this next 12 month cycle. It's only one new face a week? Right...

Well, here are the first four.