Garden on the Drive

 

This is a beautiful tropical garden at the street of a large home on Indian River Drive. I've been wanting to paint it since I snapped the photo several years ago. So I decided to do a little watercolor sketch of it in my tiny Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. 

This garden caught my eye with its perfect combo of pink Bougainville and periwinkle plumbago. I just love how these flowers play off each other. And the beautiful yellow greens of their foliage make the flower colors pop.

It's rare to see blue flowers in nature, so being the blue lover that I am, I'm especially fond of plumbagos. 

 

Antares - Watercolor Sketch by Marcy Brennan

Boats have never been my forte, but I've been wanting to paint my favorite sailboat in the marina out back for ages. We especially love this one because of where it's from - our old stomping grounds - NM. Corrales is a cool adobe-house-filled little community on the west side of Albuquerque in the Rio Grande valley. Once in a blue moon we see this one go out. We're a loooong trip from

NM! 

So my trick to keeping this loose so my ADD brain doesn't go haywire over all the crazy details of a sailboat was to run my photo through the app called Waterlogue. It turns the photo into a loose watercolor. Some day my watercolors will be as beautiful as a Waterlogued one! 😁

I did this in my tiny Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. I love having this little treasure of watercolors done while sitting outside of Uncle Carlo's while Mike has his espresso. Today with the nice breeze that passes through here, it's unbelievably comfortable for mid-August!!

 

 

One Summer Day T-Shirt Dress

I posted this painting earlier today. When I went onto red bubble.com this evening to upload it I saw that they are now offering T-shirt dresses. Just had to get this out there - it's really cool!

You can purchase it for just $45.

Use the link below:

Bit.ly/OneSummerDayTShirtDress
 

One Summer Day - Acrylic and Oil Pastel by Marcy Brennan

One Summer Day - 5"x7" Acrylic and

Oil Pastel on Mixed Media Paper - $50

This can be matted to fit an 8"x10" frame

 

 

"All Roads Lead to the Beach - Pink Tint" RedBubble Shop Items by Marcy Brennan

"All Roads Lead to the Beach - Pink Tint" RedBubble Shop Items by Marcy Brennan

I added PINK to my "All Roads Lead to the Beach" design I created for RedBubble.com!  I love the horizontal splashes of pink against the blues and greens.  I've ordered many of my own designs on things from zippered pouches to tote bags, and I've found their quality and timeliness to be excellent.  Give it a try!

Items in this collage include:  leggings, mini-skirt, scarf, Macbook skin, laptop sleeve, pillow,

coffee mug, travel mug, and matted & framed print

Other wall art not shown that you can order include an unframed print, a print on canvas, a print on metal, a photographic print, an art print and a poster

Items in this collage include:  a duvet cover, a Samsung phone case, a small zippered pouch, a greeting card, a journal, a women's chiffon top, a large zippered pouch, a men's t-shirt, a men's hoodie

Other clothing items not shown but that can be ordered include various styles of men's
and a drawstring bag.

Also, other items not shown but that can be ordered include an iPhone case, iPad case, hardcover journal and various t-shirt styles for both men and women.

Go to my RedBubble page to order.

"All Roads Lead to the Beach - Green Tint" RedBubble Shop Items by Marcy Brennan

"All Roads Lead to the Beach - Green Tint" RedBubble Shop Items by Marcy Brennan

If you love blues and greens as much as I do, you will LOVE this design that I've created for RedBubble.com!  I love the way it comes across as a little bit different looking, depending upon what item it's printed on.  I've ordered many of my own designs on things from zippered pouches to tote bags, and I've found their quality and timeliness to be excellent.  Give it a try!

 Items in this collage include:  leggings, mini-skirt, scarf, Macbook skin, laptop sleeve, pillow,

coffee mug, travel mug, and matted & framed print

Other wall art not shown that you can order include an unframed print, a print on canvas, a print on metal, a photographic print, an art print and a poster

Items in this collage include:  a duvet cover, a Samsung phone case, a small zippered pouch, a greeting card, a journal, a women's chiffon top, a large zippered pouch, a men's t-shirt and a men's hoodie

Other clothing items not shown but that can be ordered include various styles of men's
and women's t-shirts

Also, other items not shown but that can be ordered include an iPhone case, iPad case, hardcover journal and drawstring bag

Go to bit.ly/AllRoadsGreenbit.ly/AllRoadsGreen to order.

My next post will show this design with a pink tint - ladies stay tuned - you will LOVE it.

"Garden Song" - New Acrylic Abstract Series by Marcy Brennan

"Garden Song" Acrylic Abstract Series

8" x 8" x 1.5" gallery wrap canvas

Garden Song 4

Garden Song 3

Garden Song 2

Garden Song 1

This is an acrylic abstract series in all the colors of spring. It has lots of texture and lively brush strokes.  These would look great in a contemporary home or apartment where a nice pop of color is needed.

The edges are painted black and it is wired and ready to hang. However, they would look wonderful set in black floater frames.

There are a couple of different ways to hang these paintings:

four in a row horizontally

four in a row vertically

two by two

What sort of art do you like?  Representational (an artistic interpretation of something that exists) or abstract (something created that never existed before).  Most people think it's much harder to create a representational work of art and that an abstract is "something my kindergartener could do".  That's because they've never attempted to create an abstract painting!

There's nothing to look at when creating an abstract painting.  It comes totally from inside the artist - it's their thoughts and feelings that come out onto the canvas - not a copy of something they see.  The color harmonies and values (light and dark) must work, the composition must be pleasing and the brushwork or palette knife work and texture or lack thereof must all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle - only there's no picture to refer to while putting it all together.

Does this change your view of abstract art or not?  Let me know your thoughts.