Paint September ~ Day 30 ~ Drenched Salty

Dip me gently in the ocean
Bathe me in blue,
Absorbing energy, I float…
Drenched salty ~

End of the month means that Painting September comes to an end…loved it. Was great for me, for my creative soul and spirit. Though admittedly, I am ready to take a little break:) Love to all for kind support all month long. A painting a day is no easy feat..I did my best as time, life and energy allowed.  I’ll be formally adding all the available watercolors to my blog or website soon…give me a little time to get organized;) My deepest gratitude to all who have already inquired or purchased works… ~ Shell

 

 

Original Ink & Watercolor Michelle Rummel

Paint September ~ Day 29 ~ She Wore Flowers In Her Hair

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Inspired by…Hands ~

Of curious interest to me…the way the hand moves, fingers touch…reach, grasp, hold, hide. I study them…love to paint them. Sometimes get the lines right and sometimes…not so much;)

My Pinterest Board often provides a starting point for a sketch…here, I share with you a few of the images that inspire.

Original Watercolor ©Michelle Rummel

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time, I dreamt of becoming a fashion designer. I would sketch for hours, the margins of my school notebooks filled with studies of make believe gowns. I was good at imagining the finishes, the details, the lines… and isn’t there just something so marvelously wonderful about a woman in a fancy dress? :)

In quiet moments, when I let myself daydream with pen in hand, glimpses of my girlhood dreams seem to come forward… the lines just flow. Brings a smile, actually…to know that some dreams stay with us, no matter our life path.

Original Ink & Watercolor ©Michelle Rummel

An Intricate Energy

This, perhaps my personal favorite of all my Hosta inspired paintings…just something about the way the lines came together, the swirl of the leaf…gentle, the motion of it. And yet it’s quite intricate… the energy, the ink work, the layers…~

 

Original Ink and Watercolor ©Michelle Rummel

Paint September ~ Day 26 ~ A Quiet Shell

My mind was elsewhere…

A gentle afternoon, just me and my paintbrush and a blank watercolor page that whispered to me the direction I needed to go in today.

Missing deeply, the ocean. So I painted a seashell…the kind I only dream of finding as my beach usually has little else but stones and slivers.

Like pigment on wet paper, my thoughts flowed and merged as they wished. I let them drift, happy in the moment… Quietly content ~

Original Ink and Watercolor ©Michelle Rummel

Paint September ~ Day 25 ~ Where She Belongs

Somewhere out beyond the blue where salty sea meets sky…

And… a late addition to the post;)

A Twitter Haiku, that floated  my way by my twitter friend, Robert Moore, @medialabrat. Ok, truth is I put him on the spot but I think he liked it;)

Fifty shades of grey

deflect attention from my

color filled center :)

 

Original Watercolor and Ink ~ ©Michelle Rummel