Hello Friends! Welcome to Day 2. OMG you all are making me giddy with your coloring, inspiration and participation. THANK YOU!! Many of you have said you have been on the side lines and decided to jump in this time. I can’t tell you how happy that makes me to hear this! A big woo hoo from this gal!
You might notice that some beautiful ladies were added to the logo thanks to Sandy Boone from Three Room Studio. She has a digital download of the ladies in a different configuration for FREE!
Boy oh boy this frog sure has a little bit of a story!! About a month ago I painted the background and part of the frog. I packed it in my car and it disappeared and I was like how did that happen. Ended up finding it in the corner of my back seat with some rotten apples I forgot about … yeah gross! The paper absorbed the smell and I had to put dryer sheets on the painting pressed into a book to get the smell out!
Just so you know I copied this from from Rachel Kozlowski with her permission. She has an awesome Etsy shop here and I highly recommend her checking out Rachel’s Instagram. West Elm sells her plates and I collect them when I can get my hands on some of them.
The frog on the right is how I left it a month ago. The frog on the left is Miss Frog all finished! Whew! So happy to complete her & I am happy how she turned out especially since Rachel’s illustrations make me so happy.
No enhancements with pencil this time but, I did add some eyelash lines with a black marker. To create the background I traced a plate with a pencil to draw the circle. The paints I used were Daniel Smith but, instead of purchasing lots of tubes of paint I bought one of Lydia’s paint splits. The orange part of the background Karin markers were used.
See you tomorrow and thank YOU for your visit. Hugs, Kathy
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I’ve had a few real frog close ups this Sumer Kathy and can say 100% this illustration is spot on , beautiful work !
Thanks Tracy!
What a great portrait of Rachel’s frog, Kathy!! Just love the diamond background you created too!! Just getting ready to start my Day 2 coloring – thanks for the inspiration!!
You are welcome and thank you for stopping by.
So glad you rescued Ms. Frog amongst the rotten apples! She’s a jewel of a frog with her sweet attire! Love the background too!
Thank you
Miss Frog is very intriguing… love your color palette. I can’t believe you got the smell of rotten apples out!!!
Surprising right? Thanks for stopping by.
so great!
Thank you very much
I love that fun frog! So glad Rachel gave you permission to copy this image!
Adorable and thank goodness she survived in your back seat…the frog that is!
Yes, she did! Ha
Such beautiful coloring on the Ms. Frog, you made her look so like a lady.
Thanks so much
Fantastic to have you back brightening my days again, meant to say hi yesterday but day flew by & it was today before I knew it. Thank you to Sandy, these ladies will most most definetly be downloaded, excellent. Your frog & Rachel’s plate frogs are awesome, they have such a personality & fab colours to both. Fancy leaving your beautiful colouring to smell like rotten apples lol but great tip on removing the smells. Stay safe, healthy and happy colouring xxx
Thanks Andrea
Funny how thing just randomly dissappear! Yesterday I got a towel from the closet and it disappeared on me! Anyways, amazing coloring! Love your creativity and inspiration!
Thanks so much
Love-love-love the little frog! Soooo pretty.
I have a question about the paint splits. Where do you go to purchase the sets you showed? Would really like expand my watercolors this way. Thanks
I buy splits from Lydia Fiedler who creates and sells the splits. There is a Facebook group called Daniel Smith Watercolor split group. You can join that and see what options there are.
Love this frog Kathy … glad you were able to rescue him!!
Me too! Ha Thanks for stopping by.
Lovely frog and wonderful background! Love the colors!
Thanks so much
Love the frog! Such a beautiful background!
Thank you
Love Sandy’s ladies added to the log! Love the frog! Love the coloring challenge!
So glad you are part of it!
What a cool frog. You just don’t see them much in card making. He/She is a very special frog.
Yes he is! Ha
ANOTHER WONDERFUL creation!
… glad you found it and got rid of the smell too 😉