A little magic.

Hi there. 

Just wanted to share a fun photo of a little birthday ballerina.

Look at that cute face.

I think she LOVED her birthday watercolor=0)

YAY.

Hope you have a great day.

To commission a custom illustration contact me at   cieloazulstudio@icloud.com

Strike a pose...

Happy Monday.

Hope you had a fun and warm weekend=0)

I was able to sketch a little over the weekend. We had gone to see a butterfly exhibit(weekend before) and I was thrilled when they take your photo. ALL of us in one picture...COME ON. So exciting and I was trying my best to look natural and not smile too much....or look like a pirate. When we picked up the photo my husband said he wasn't sure if he wanted to get it. I was like...it's got ALL of us in it. We grabbed it and paid WAY too much for everything, but I was pretty jazzed. 

O....KAAYYY.

I finally thought I'd LOOK at it and when I saw it...LOL...LOL...LOL...

The kids faces. Bunny ears. Just craziness. Attitude.

At that moment my husband and I looked at each other and said it was worth EVERY penny for that "family photo" that I just HAD to buy.

LOL...LOL...LOL.

So last night I did a quick sketch of my little one and of course her brother stuck his fingers in the mix=0) I ended up making a little bookmark. 

Isn't that just too funny? 

Hope you have a silly week.

XOXO, 

Carol

My other job....

Me-All you have to do is come in the car with me.

X-I don't want to get out.

Me-You don't have to. I'm just picking up avocados and they are on their front porch.

X-I can just wait in the car.

Me-Yes.

X-I might die without air in the car.

Me-I'm just going to walk up to the door and turn around and come back. I'm not going inside, otherwise you'd HAVE to come with me.

X-UGh...whose house.

Me-The McP's.

X-OMG...I want to get out and see T. Can we make time to just play a little bit and maybe play his Wii? Can we? Mama...CAN WE?

That's how I roll....

WITH ROSE PEDALS IN MY HAIR.

It's FrIdAy and I finished my little lady.

I really love her rose pedals the most. What do you think?

I wet the pedal FIRST, then dropped in the color. Yes, one by one. You don't want to try and do them all at once and I would let it dry completely before doing the one right next to it. That's really if you don't want them to all run together. Although, it would probably look pretty too. I really like that about art...nothing is really wrong.  RIGHT? At least that's what I tell myself. 

LOL.

Pinky Tuscadero is on cold press paper 9x12 140LB

If you are at all interested in her please email me at

cieloazulstudio@icloud.com

Or if you just wanna say HOLA=0)

Have a great weekend.

Carol

OH OOOHHH

Hola.

 Hope you had a great weekend. We went to see a butterfly jungle exhibit at the San Diego Safari Zoo. Let me tell you that there were SO many gorgeous ones flying around. One landed on my head for a moment and I think it was one of my happiest moments in my life. I have a few pictures that I posted on my instagram @cieloazuljewel account. It was a large blue morpho...MY FAVORITE. 

You can only imagine how many flowers were everywhere.

LOVE.

I had to start a new watercolor.

Just for the record....I LOVE P!NK.

She's in the works...I saw her in a magazine and had to paint her=0)
Don't you wish you could wear a rose pedal wig?
Okay...maybe JUST me=0P
I was just listening to her latest song the whole time I was working on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQFFLBMEPI

On a journey

Sometimes we float around in life.

Just go with the flow, but we feel that something is missing. 

People often ask me how I discovered my love for watercolor.

Most artists will tell you that they have been painting since they were children. That is not the case with me. I started painting about ten years ago. Did I draw much as a kid? I colored with crayons, but that's about it. It was something fun to do, but I didn't do it every day. 

I started my journey in my 20's. I decided that I wanted to sew. I went to Barnes and Noble and got the biggest book on sewing. It had a ton of pictures and so that made things easier. I'm very visual, so I need to see LOTS of pictures=0) I then saw a friend knitting during our lunch break. I had to know how that worked. It looked so interesting. BACK to Barnes and Noble....

These two hobbies I REALLY enjoyed, but one day I decided to finally take a watercolor class.

Hmmmm...just thought it would be interesting. After my first class I needed to know more. This time I went to the library. I think I checked out every watercolor book they had. I couldn't stop looking at all those pictures and reading about it. My next class my teacher was so shocked. She encouraged me to keep working and keep going to the library. That was TEN years ago. I still go to the library every week. More and more books. So, if you find yourself on a journey to find something you love, I'd suggest to try many things. Go to the library and look around and just grab anything that interests you. You just never know what may turn into your greatest love.

XOXO

My other job....

Me-How was your visit?

X-Awesome.

Me-What did you do?

X-Uhhhh...I played some video games.

Me-Great, what else?

X-Uhhh....more video games.

Me-Did you play with your yo-yos I packed?

X-A little bit.

Me-How about your books?

X-How about more video GAMES AND MORE VIDEO GAMES AND MORE VIDEO GAMES.

Dancing in pink

Hola.

This morning I heard a song that made me want to dance. Not like the running man or anything like that. LOL. Something slower and with meaning...contemporary. 

So, I quickly made a sketch to remember the moment...the feeling. 

Then I thought that the girl looked more like a ballerina. 

So, I had a FLASH(and I was making something special for a little dancer).

I started a new watercolor.

I'm about half done. 

She's dancing with her pink shadow.

And the song plays on in my head...all day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mPd_SDAryQ

Check IT

HOLA.

I just added ten new pieces of jewelry to my shop.

These are all calm pastel colors.

 Usually, I love a good POP of color.

 Lately... I thought maybe others would like me to calm down a little. LOL.

So, these ten are for everyone who would like something lighter.

 Maybe help you keep your inner CHI calm=0)

You can check it  HERE

Please let me know what you think.

Kiss your peeps.