SUMMER FLOWERS...CELEBRATING SUMMER!

 SUMMER FLOWERS IN DECORATIVE WATERING CAN

    Summer is speeding by.

Still celebrating summer by playing with creating a new version of mixed flowers in a decorative watering can.

Have a Beautiful Day!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!

 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!

Latest update on an older illustration with a beautiful message. 

It is a good way to start the New Year!

Wonder Begins Wisdom

Wonder Begins Wisdom

Inspired by a quote from Socrates, this is my latest illustration I created to escape my quarantine blues.

It is also available as a quarantine mask on Fine Art America as you can see below.

And on a cheerier note it is available for prints and as well as other products as well. Check out this pillow!

Again check it out by clicking on this link

https://valerie-drake-lesiak.pixels.com/featured/wonder-begins-wisdom-valerie-drake-lesiak.html

Hope my illustrations brighten your day. 

The Letter S for Swan

S is for Swan

It has become apparent that I needed to add an additional S to my alphabet collection.

So here is Sweet Sally the Swan Swimming Silently. 

Tis' the Season!

O Come Let us Adore Him!

Okay, okay, I am listening to Christmas music and I got inspired. Here is hoping the spirit of Christmas comes your way and fills your heart during the holidays!

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S !

Yikes! Christmas is Around the Corner!

Joyful Snowman

I have been asked to speak to the Lakewood Art League this Monday and offer a design for raffle. 

My brain went dead. If I offered a letter that would only appeal to those with a connection to that letter.

As I started to work on some ideas I was also slowly panicking at the idea that Christmas is making its approach quickly. So I figured since Christmas around the corner, maybe a snowman would be good for raffle. So I dug up a design a did years back and updated it to give it new life and cut me some slack in the lack of time department. So here he is.

Just 39 days till Christmas!

 

Tea Pot Glory

Tea Pot Glory

I have had artist block. 

I am blaming it on day light savings time. 

I hate the shorter days and the gray skies we have been having lately. My body has not acclimated to the cooler weather. I have just gotten over a miserable cold. Norman, my husband, keeps quoting "Game of Thrones" saying "Winter is Coming". This does not help my mood.

So I needed to do something bright and cheery. Maybe this is dedicated to all the herbal teas I have been drinking for my cold and sinus, but I do love the fall flowers, the oranges, reds, and yellows of the leaves, and the heavenly scents of herbal teas.

Stay well my friends.

The Letter G Makes a Great Goose!

G is for Goose

Must be October that is inspiring this palette. 

I am back to creating more illustrated letters, as in this case the letter G to add to my Alphabet Soup collection. 

George makes a great goose with his grasshopper pal Greg.

The Letter L for Lion as Well as for Leos

L is for Lion 

I have discovered that to many letters are personal. As I have started to sell prints of my illustrated letters, I get a lot of welcome feedback as well as ideas. 

However, in this case, this one is a bit more personal for I am a Leo as well as having my last name start with an L. 

So here is another letter L for the Alphabet Soup Collection.

animals posters

alphabet posters 

Keeping it Positive

Promise

I am always amazed what a difference a day can make. 

 Here is hoping for a beautiful September!

floral posters

The Letter D as in Dolphin

A Darling Dolphin for the Letter D

Yes I am still doing more letters. I am getting ready for the Lakewood Art Festival this August 3rd in downtown Lakewood, Ohio.

Thought it would be nice to do a dolphin. I fell in love with dolphins down on the Emerald Isle coast in North Carolina. One jumped out of the water in front of me about ten feet away. I clapped. For a moment it felt like sea world, but it was only me as its adoring audience. It is a memory I will always treasure.

The Letter F for a French Fox

The Letter F

A French Fox holding a flower  finally came to mind for another illustration for the letter F.

B  O   N   J  O   U   R   !

Sunday Thoughts

Count Your Blessings

This was my start on the other letter C idea which evolved into something else. 

This was going nowhere until today. 

I had a hard time getting to church this morning. I made it which is blessing in itself. I often underestimate the power of going to church. It is like taking vitamins for the spirit. We often overlook the many blessings that are poured into our lives. Large and small they come even in some of our darkest times. Some our subtle till you look back and see their magnificence. The blessing we seem to forget the most is God's unending love for us. It is a blessing we should remember at the beginning and end of each day.

So in my thoughts of blessings, my C for cup evolved into a cup that runs over with heavenly blessings to count and remember. And to remember this:

G O D   L O V E S   Y O U !

Rainy Days In April

Another Rainy Day

This is my 3rd version of this umbrella. Maybe because April is so full of rainy days. I first created this umbrella a couple of years ago in April with a yellow bird and no a flower, and revised it for a blustery autumn rainy day with lots of leaves, so here it returns with hopes of May flowers and sunny days to follow.