Okay, I’ve lost track of which day I am on. (6-10-23: it’s days 28, 29, 30 and 31.)
What I can say is that Bill has given me about a half dozen photos of dragonflies.
Here are five:





While I have an idea for making a wall hanging; quilted, embroidered, and with painted dragonflies; for now I’m painting postcards. The purpose is to warm-up and to break my funky creative block.
In the process I’ve discovered that painting these beauties is like eating potato chips. It’s hard to stop once you get started.




I’ve tried to keep the dragonflies light and loose. They are so jewel-like in real life, the painted versions are but a poor imitation.
Made on Fabriano Studio cold press using watercolors, a micron pen for linework and Dr Ph Martin’s bleed-proof white for some highlights. I experimented with a silver pen on no. 3, but the shiny bits never show up in a photograph.

They are beautiful creatures.
Did it work? Are your creative juices flowing? It certainly looks like it.
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Yes it did! Yesterday I started painting background fabric for the art quilt version.
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Beautiful paintings! And they are such lovely creatures for sure 🙂
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I am amazed by the quantity and beauty found in the insect world. Dragonfly species display every color in the rainbow.
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