"Stay Whimsical"-An Illustration *And* A Story

"Stay Whimsical," watercolour line and
 wash and mixed media whimsical art.
by Clare Walker.

Hello there

Hope all is well in your corner of the world. This week's tale is of the whimsical mushroom you see above, and how it was a case of sticking with it, and listening to intuition.

It all started with thinking about all things Halloween. And then realising/more like remembering, I really, really, don't like spooky things. And that over the last few years, I've stuck (mostly) to being truer to that than the considerable commercial pressures of the season.

And so the first, hand painted version of this mushroom was born...

A  work-in-progress
shot of 
"Stay Whimsical"

Being me of course, I seriously thought that might be the end of it. Luckily, the image was having none of it, and I was able to ink in the words, the fairy window, deeper colours  more golden light for the mushroom, still stroke by stroke, but digitally (in Krita, if you're into that sort of thing too).

Which just goes to show, it's often the art that dictates when things are finished, not the person making it. (Around these parts, anyway).

"Stay Whimsical" Fridge Magnet
Available at Redbubble.

So now, there's a cute reminder to, "Stay Whimsical" at any time, *and* (if so inclined) to be able to buy/and/or gift the idea to others on some scrummy things, like the magnet you're seeing just above this.

Thanks for reading down this far. Have a great week...Staying as whimsical as you can, obviously. ;-).

More soon.

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