a tree and deer. watercolor work

I have almost finished my first watercolor work this year.
A tree and deer.

 Close-up of the deer

Coloured leaves and fairy

Autumn is here.  Even the fallen leaves on the ground are so beautiful.
Here is my old watercolor painting which I finished almost ten years ago.

and lemon and fairy.

I hope you enjoy the beautiful autumn days!

King of the forest

I haven't had time to post anything for a long time!
Summer is almost gone and I can feel the autumn breath here and there especially after dark.

Here is my new watercolor painting.  Title is 'King of the forest'.
I wanted to draw a deer standing quietly in front of the forest just like a king of the forest.

I have had no time to draw for a while as my father-in-law passed away and pretty hectic having funeral and ceremonies and so many things to do and finish. After everything has been done, I was just exhausted and it took a while to start it again.
Sorry I think my English is not good for I have no time to check it, but  I wanted to post anyway. I hope you do not mind.

close-up of the deer 

Day lily and fairy in the garden, watercolor work

It is so hot here in Japan I try to stay in the house during the day because it is exhausting to be in the summer heat!

Let me introduce one of my watercolor works; yes, it is a midsummer plants.
'Stars shining in my midsummer garden ' is the title.
Day lilies are so cheerful and beautiful I think they look like stars on the ground everytime I see them.
And of course a fairy is there for me, looking up, smiling, enjoying summer light.

Seeking for the sunlight-watercolor. A gerbera.

Bathing in the sunlight.

Small things :)

It is so fun to sew small things such as shoes, tote bags, socks and so on.
I made some for the new dolls.
Here are tote bags. I used  bright cute prints for the inside of these bags.

 
Dolls carrying one of the bags. 

 I also made some shoes out of felt.

 

 

They fitted perfectly.

  

new dolls!

I am now thinking of making new dolls for children who want quiet friends at their sides-if there are any.
And I made two dolls last week.

This time I slightly improved the dolls which I made for my daughters years ago; made their limbs a bit longer and have joint parts like elbows and knees so that they are easily changed their clothes.
I painted their faces with acrylic paint for cloth products.
And sewing their clothes is another challenging part for me because I am not usually doing dressmaking, and especially smaller dresses for dolls are hard to sew; however, it is fun to choose the fabrics, ribbons, and laces and put the finally finished dresses on them!

I sewed their gathered smock blouses and tiny pants to go with them.

Another outfit-this time traditional doll dress.

I hope you like them and I would be happy if I have your comments.
Thank you for watching!

my daughters' dollies

These are my two grownup daughters' dollies; well, they are almost 20years old and have been with my daughters and spent good and bad times together.  They used to sleep them, and they went shopping and traveling with them.
They are old and worn for the dolls, but they surely look proud and happy to have precious memories with them.
Even now they are decorated on their owners shelves just as they used to be though it has been long since they stopped playing with them as they grew.

my first daughters doll

 

 and she is my second girl's doll.

I sewed the bodies and drew their faces with acrylic paint.  For eyes they chose their favorite color. For hair I used curly woolen doll hair.
And each doll has a painted heart on the left side of the body with the name and the description who it belongs to.
 I made their dresses, socks, scarves and little bags, even  doll-sized comforters for each of them so that they could play with them. 

Thank you for watching!

Watercolor -Winchester Castle -

This is the watercolor I drew from the photo which I took while I was in the UK:  The door of Winchester Castle Great Hall.

The title is 'Door to where?'

I really liked the old houses, churches, castles of the England including  ruins. They are so harmonized with the plants around them that they almost look alive to me.
Some day I would like to travel Scotland, Ireland, and other European countries searching for the beautiful old little buildings.

Favorite seat near the window-angel-

Hello. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas & a very happy New Years Day.

Today I am showing  one of my favorite watercolor works. I drew this about four years ago or so. The title is 'Favorite seat near the window'.  Watercolor.

 picture close-up

my favorite thing

When my children were small, it was very hard to draw anything just as I am enjoying my time right now; well, although we all know the time with our kids is priceless and more precious than anything, we cannot have enough time to spend to ourselves;  it is almost impossible to concentrate to any kind of thing with small children beside you, isn't it?!
Good times and bad times. It sometimes gave me a lot of frustration.
So, I used to do some patchwork quilting and many small crafts to satisfy my desire for creation while spending time together with my children.
You know, when they really needed me,  of course I had no time to take up neither needles nor brushes at all, but I managed to keep my creation going on while they were having good time playing although it did not last long.

Here are some of my works I did when my daughters were small today.
This is one of my patchwork quilting which I made long long years ago.
The pattern is called crazy heart quilt, or something like that which I got when we lived in the U.S(we lived there three and a half years due to my husband' s transfer from Japan.)

It is old and colors are fading, but shines with full of fun memories with my daughters.

This is 'star of Bethlehem' tapestry, which I made by machine quilting.
To finish it, I added the decoration of lace around the star pattern.

This is miniature quilt, very Christmasy, isn't it? And it is small-about15x10cm.
I embroidered some small white beads as snow.
Stars, trees, and a small log cabin with fireplace on the snow. Triangles are flying wild geese.
It is fun to collage many kinds of cut cloths to make one big totally new thing-it is just like mixing colors.  I really liked it.

 

 Maybe I am going to show you some  of my crafts -maybe the dolls which I made for my daughter when they were small and have been their precious.

Hellebore and Lemon Fairies 2

Another hellebore and the fairy.
Hellebore grow in the shady places like under trees; to me, it seems that they  admire the sunlight. Not the bright, but just a little bit of sunshine is enough for them.

 Lemon fairy. The title is 'Cherish'. 

I am sorry the photos are not very good focused and clear.

Hellebore and lemon fairies

Today I am showing you two of my watercolor drawings, Hellebore and Lemon fairies.

This is my Hellebore, the favorite pale pink and really subtle color.

And here comes Lemon. This is postcard size and not a big work, but I really liked it.

 I drew both of them years ago.
I hope these fairies bring  love and peace onto your mind!

memory of this summer

As I live near the seashore,  this summer I often went there to spend some time walking along the shore with my husband.
There I found very cute small pink seashells.  In our country, they are called cherry blossom shells 'cause they just look like cherry blossom petals.
I picked up many of them on the quiet seashore- as I used to do as a child.

Aren't they beautiful?  They shine like a gem on the shore.
This year I wanted to make use of them. They are too pretty to leave them in the corner of the house!
So I made a very small accessories by putting some uv resin in it with small beads and pieces of  pretty pebbles.

 a pair of earrings
I put pearl and watermelon tourmaline.

the other side of the earrings. pure natural color. beautiful, aren't they?

 

and I made a big pendant head using pink shells as flower petals of cherry blossom.  I put small golden beads at the center of the flower as stamens. The green pebble is Aventurine. The white shell I also picked up at the sea. It is white but looks rusty and I like the antique-look.

The UV resin is transparent so it looks like clear water and really nice, I think. It also helps the fragile shells strong enough for using as  accessories when hardened by UV.

This one I painted  'night sky with crescent  moon' on the inside of one seashell  which I picked up at the shore with acrylic paint; and put some resin and added small beads, a pink seashell, and small crystal points . I also put small amount of very fine sand of the seashore because the color is such a beauty it just looks like gold dust. As you may see in the photo, it just looks like misty cloud around my crescent moon, and I like it :)

Thank you for watching!

Colored Leaves on the ground

Beautifully colored leaves on the ground. watercolor.
I drew this fairy in the colored leaves years ago(also sold); these leaves are from my country, which is Japan.

Thank you for watching!

Fairy dancing under the tree

Today I am showing Fairy dancing under the tree in a autumn day. This is the one I painted while I was still in the UK.  Watercolor.
I  enjoyed painting sparkling beauty of the autumn tree playing with the light which is getting weaker day by day.

Hope you like it!

Autumn butterfly

Autumn butterfly bathing and dozing in the warming sunlight. watercolor.
This one I drew years ago, but it is still one of my favorite (already sold).
I hope you like it, too!

It is getting colder here in Japan.
Take care, and thank you for watching!

Gate-the memory of Glastonbury Abbey

Gate- the memory of Glastonbury Abbey
Watercolor.

We visited Glastonbury Abbey several times during our 1-year stay in the UK.
The ruin just stood still -and it was very impressive. The opening which used to be an entrance of the building remains as the opening- just to nothing.

In progress

and finished!

Singing tree

Singing tree. watercolor.

coloured leaves

Colored leaves and fairies.
I drew this watercolor years ago for the gift to my friend.