Thrive: Bright New Tulip Painting

Thrive, by Clare Walker.
Available on Redbubble.Com

Hello there, and as ever, I hope life is treating you well.

This week, it felt like time to offer you something *really* bright and cheerful. We first saw these tulips in Holland Park, west London, last weekend.

And in a spring that's still to get going full-time (I'm wearing a winter jumper and two layers as I type this) their brightness was *such* a huge beacon, as they danced by their yew hedging...

Tulips in Holland Park. Photo Jim Fernbank.

There's something about them that's so cheering and full of "get up and go," isn't there?

So, I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise when those there tulips almost began to draw themselves, (and in a wilder, freer way than I'm used to) as soon as we got home.

Once the art was done...

Once the art was done, something still felt undone. And there seemed no better word to add as a finishing touch, given all that, "get up and go," than, "Thrive".

I hope you like this design too, and can get any and all the energy you need from it, whether life itself is revving you up or not.

Should it float your boat, it turns out, not surprisingly, that this design also shines rather scrumptiously elsewhere too.

Such as on magnets and stickers...

Thrive magnet, available on Redbubble

Postcards and greeting cards...

Thrive Postcard, available on Redbubble

Or framed on the wall...

Thrive Framed Print by Clare Walker.
Available on Redbubble.

Above all, thank you for being here, and for reading down this far.

Have a good week.

More soon.
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Among the Bluebells

Hello there, and hope all's well with you.

I confess immediately that this post will be mostly photographs, as we've been out enjoying the spring (yes, it arrived, at last). And so I wanted to share some pics with you (mostly taken by The Computer Man, to whom many thanks, and so much love,  as always), as I was too delightedly busy going, "Ooh," and "Wow!" and , "Isn't it lovely to be able to feel the sun again?," to be much use with a camera at the time :-) .

Bluebells in Highgate Wood, by Jim Fernbank

Though we live in London, we're really lucky to live just a  short drive from a really magnificent ancient woodland. And, for just a few short weeks each year, before the tree canopy comes fully back into leaf, part of it is carpeted with the not-quite mauve-not-quite blue and gently-fragrant magic that is a glade of spring bluebells.

No photo can fully capture their colour (which is no slight at all against Jim's excellent skills behind a camera). However, (and especially if you live outside the UK, as I know many of you reading this do), maybe this photo can give you some idea of their colours, as they shift with the light and dance in the wind...

Photo by Jim Fernbank

Yes, they are colours which are exquisitely difficult to pin down and paint or draw (though I once had a go here, and doubtless will do so again).

And close-up, they are things of beauty, too...

Photo by Jim Fernbank

So, no new designs in this post, but some very much-needed spring sunshine, relaxation and inspiration.

And if you enjoy cardmaking, do check by my shop on Craftsuprint, as am hoping that and my new "Rambling Rose," design [update April 16th 2024] will be up by the time you read this,  now ready in good time for summer birthdays and occasions.

That's all for now, but thank you so much for being here.

More soon. 

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Simple Wild Garlic Sketch: Changing This Post and My Mind (Again)

Hello there

Yes, technically am not blogging this week. But wanted to see how you are. And so, came here yesterday, first of all thinking that I was going to be telling you about one thing (social media), and then, in a complete turnaround on waking up this morning, had an enormous vibe just to present you with the simplicity of a pretty sketch.

So, without further ado, here's some wild garlic in digital watercolour:

"Wild Garlic" by Clare Walker, BoundingSquirrel.Com

And then I noticed how nice it looked in the shop:

As a transparent sticker that you can use to jazz up cards, laptops, and even water bottles:

And on everything else from phone cases:

To coasters...

Tune in for the next, proper post, for the background on this and (hopefully) more spring art.

In the meantime, I hope these bring a breath of spring to you, wherever and whenever you're reading this.

Thanks so much for being here, and have a lovely week.

More soon.
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