Garden Flower Bouquet + Tips

I made a flower bouquet from my Aunt Anna's gardens!  Just thought I'd share the turnout with you.  It's quite a crowded bouquet, but I just loved all the flowers and I was simply too excited that my aunt was encouraging me to pick them.
Some tips she gave me:

• Change the water daily to help extend the freshness of the flowers (ice cubes are nice too)
• Put the vase in a sink filled with water overnight so that any bugs in the flowers (like earwigs) will crawl out and (unfortunately) drown - rather than seeing them roam your home
• Pick some leaves/foliage to help fill up the bouquet - very nice for bouquets consisting of only one or two types of flowers

Watercolor Wednesday

For this summer, I've been trying to use watercolor pencils daily!  I've just been doing perky, optimistic, and minimalist subjects.  I'm not a super-skilled artist, but I think I have a pretty steady hand!  I already see improvement in my watercolor pencil technique.  So while I haven't been completing each page daily, I am trying my best to stick to it!  So I think I will make weekly posts of my watercolor starting today.  I hope you enjoy!

June 6 - Cup of Coffee

June 7 - Ginger Kittie

June 8 - Sea Turtle

June 9 - Rainbow Hot Air Balloon

June 10 - Seahorse

June 11 - Red Icing Cupcake

June 21 - Summer Solstice

June 22 - Wishing on Dandelions

June 23 - Seattle Skyline

I've been doing my best to use all of my colored pencils from day to day.  You will also see how I have been including masking fluid in there too!

(Belated) Junior Year Wrap-Up

Here is a quick photo dump of my junior year wrap-up at Whitworth University!  It's more like new harem pants and a few photos of the trip back to western Washington.