Picture Diary

Sunday, November 20, 2016

The Happy Snowman

Christmas is coming! Time to start on Christmas cards. Here is my latest.

The Happy Snowman comes as a pillow too!

If you are interested in purchasing this design as a pillow, click on the image above.

As a card click on this link:

http://fineartamerica.com/products/happy-snowman-valerie-drake-lesiak-greeting-card.html

Butterfly Promise

I saw this quote about miracles taking a little time as quoted by the Fairy Godmother.

It inspired me to come up with this illustration using a butterfly.

I always thought of the butterfly as a bit of a miracle.

I wonder if the caterpillar knows that in time he will become a beautiful and magnificent butterfly.

B is for Bumble Bee

Here is a new letter B!

B is for Bumble Bee holding a Blossoming Branch.

I must confess designing these letters keeps me quite busy...like, well you know!

On the Bright Side - Flowers of Faith

With the onset of Fall, I sometimes take a second look at a piece of art that I have done and decide to make some changes.

As you can see, I decided to add a bit more richness and drama to make the flowers pop!

I think it is due to the change of seasons.

This one could change yet again in the spring!

B is for Beaver with a Blossoming Branch

Here is a new letter B that came to mind while doing a show at the Hale Farm and Village in Bath, Ohio this past weekend.

B is for beaver holding a blossoming branch, but is that a blue berry bush by him perchance? Butterflies too, please add to the B list.

Hope you enjoy this cute fellow, he is not to be missed!

T is for Two Tulips with Tea

I wanted to illustrate some kind of still life with flowers, yet design another illustrated letter.

So I compromised.

Beside the obvious T words such as Two Tulips, Tea cup and Teapot, there is Turquoise as well as Tartan.

S is for Seahorse

Here is a new letter S!

His name is Sydney and he is a special seahorse as he makes the shape of the letter S.

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