PaperSparrow

Cats in a Photobooth: Set One

I've started a mini series of Cats in a photobooth inspired by so many wonderful vintage photobooth photos.

I painted this in black, silver and white on kraft paper.  I love painting on kraft paper because the texture is different than regular watercolor paper.

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Here are a few of my favorites inspired by real photobooth portraits.

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I can't believe how fast this week has flow by, next week I'll show more new things and will tell you about the 4th anniversary special I'll be having in my shop.  Have a great weekend!

Cute Animal of the day: Sloth

Thanks so much for your lovely words on the cards and the 4-year anniversary coming up, it's an exciting time for Paper Sparrow and I've been using all my creative energy painting up a storm.

Two Sloths in trees, how cute are sloths?

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More paintings to follow tomorrow. 

New Things and Shop Updates

I've been working diligently on Paper Sparrow since the beginning of the new year and am really enjoying the new creative avenues I've been able to go down.  I've designed 6 new cards for the shop.

Two cards for Easter, two wedding congratulations cards and two birthday cards.

I'm really excited to share some new things I've been working on soon.  Plus, Paper Sparrow's 4th Anniversary is coming up on March 5th, so I'll be having something special for my shop too. Hope you're having a great week :)

Illustrations I Adore: Vintage Travel Posters

Every few weeks I add a new destination to my summer travel list, most years I only get to a few places, but it's fun to dream up places I would love to go.  Some of the more realistic ones for this summer include roadtrips to Maine, Montreal, Niagra Falls, and less seriously Colorado and California.

These TWA posters by David Kleins are particularly gorgeous.

Or these for the Boston Public Library collection to visit Utah.  (On my places to live someday list)

These next few aren't vintage, but in the vintage style.  There were so many amazing ones, it was hard to choose favorites. 

This collection of vintage UK Railways posters is lovely too.

 Not a travel poster, but I had to include this one that caught my eye. I tried to research this "Kirk" but didn't come up with anything.  Does anybody know or recognize this?

Have you started making summer travel plans?  Is anybody going anywhere exciting?  

Two French Foxes

I had a lot of fun painting these two and making her outfit chic with a cape :)   I'll have a few more new paintings over the coming days.  I hope you enjoyed the weekend, I'm already noticing the longer days and a spring feeling in the air, I can't wait for spring and summer :)

Threadless Tee Submission

I just uploaded the Noctua Owl to threadless and would love a vote of "5" from anybody that has time to head over and vote.

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Everett and Lillian - Reading Foxes

I've been enjoying the snowy weather staying inside and painting this.  My mum wrote a poem based on the sketch a few months ago and I'm finally getting around to painting it.

Hope you're enjoying the weekend. 

The Amazing Animal Alphabet Band

This is one of the longest poems we've worked on and I've been so excited to share it.

 

I'd love to hear which is your favorite animal and instrument.  I like the lion and the badger the best, but I also like the rhyme for the Noseflute.  Do you have a favorite? 

We plan to submit this and a few other poems to publishers.  If we don't get anywhere, we're researching how to best self-publish this book.  I hope you enjoy it.  There's one mis-spelled word at the end, but it's a work in progress.  If anybody has any advice on publishing submissions or self-publishing, we're all ears. 

 

Lepus Major, Ursa Major and Felis Major

These are the other three constellation paintings in this series.  I will likely finish out the series with another  few here and there.

Felis Major the Cat playing Piano, another one that's no longer recognized.

Ursa Major, the bear playing violin.  Don't mind his bad posture, he's fiddlin' away.

Lepus Major, a hare playing ukulele and tambourine. 

  The other two are Noctua - the owl and Vulpecula - the fox.   I've just listed these in the shop with a few other prints. 

I mentioned the other day I had plans to make this a really productive year.  In past years I always find myself with tonnes of ideas for paintings but little time to make them happen.  This year, I'm making time to paint and draw every day.   I've got a really long and exciting poem to share tomorrow, so check back to see that soon.

 

Be Mine

Another little Valentine poem today.

The other Valentine poems are:  Sweet Valentine, a Valentines Bouquet and My Bunny Valentine

A big thanks to my mum for writing these poems to go with my paintings.