Tiny autumn painting and giveaway winner

May 10, 201317 Comments

Here’s a closer look at the tiny autumn watercolor and pencil painting I finished recently… its going to replace my summer one for a little while. I’m not 100% happy with it, so may have a re-do this weekend… but Maia has some other fun crafts lined up which she has been wanting to do for a while now, so we shall see how much I get done.

These paintings are only tiny, just big enough to sit on a miniature easel on my kitchen shelves… its tough to get enough detail into something so small. Nope, my office hasn’t had a tidy up yet!

Thank you for all your amazing comments recently, I really cant say enough about how special they are and how lucky to feel to have such a supportive community of like minded people around me.

So without further ado…. the winner of the washcloth and soap set is: Claudia.

I wish I could give something to every single one of you! Claudia, Ill be in touch, so keep an eye on your email! Janette xox

Tiny birdhouse painting

October 5, 201213 Comments

A while back I found this tiny easel, and today I created a teeny little watercolor and crayon painting just the right size to display on it…

I think it will live in the kitchen… on the shelves:

Hope you are having a creative day! Jxx

Green Ghost Moth

January 12, 2012January 12, 201211 Comments

Of the more than 1500 different moths in New Zealand, the biggest and most spectacular is the puriri or ghost moth of the North Island. It has pale velvety green markings that give it a ghost-like appearance. The puriri moth (Anetus virescens) is New Zealand’s largest forest moth, with a wingspan of up to 15 centimetres. As its name indicates, the puriri moth caterpillar lives in puriri trees, but it also lives in beech trees, putaputaweta and wineberry. Puriri moth caterpillars dig burrows up to 30-centimetres long into a tree and feed on the wood… the caterpillar stage can last five years! When the adult moth finally emerges it lives for only a few nights, it cant eat so only survives long enough to breed… that’s if its lucky and not eaten by a hungry Morepork!

This is one of two watercolours Im working on right now. Here’s a pic of my desk this morning… seriously need to have an office clean up. Maybe this will make me get on to it!