i guess it's obvious. i've been bitten in the arse by a gouache bug. don't picture that in your mind. please!
who knew how much mileage i'd get out of these grafted cactus i picked up in palm springs? not me!
it's sunday. i'm dreaming about places that look like this:
look, a small inn by the sea! Villa Sjötorp in Ljungskile. i feel the pull of some midnight summer sun. what say you?
images from visitsweden.com
Do come and visit. I can take you to Villa Sjötorp, Run by a friend of my husband.
I am familiar with the west coast ,like fjallbacka and Lapland as you know.
Do come!
OMG, I thought they ll have to perform CPR on me after my seeing the yellow cactus in the red pot: it is stunning! Xo from Munich
Sweden: perfection! Did you know they have an entire aisle in their grocery stores dedicated to BULK CANDY?! And can we just adopt the fika tradition here–everyone needs a waffle with jam & tea at some point in the afternoon, right? Oh, wanderlust…
Oh, I DO want to hear much, much more about Sweden!! And gouache, and succulents.
I love how intense those colors are and the plants have so much character! Amazing!
I have kept my mouth shut for months now. Me good. RIGHT MS Moss. You will need lots of red and white paint. 🙂 🙂 🙂
go go go! love it!
I really admire how you got the cactus pot to look shiny! I’m having troubles working with gouache but still trying. Practice, practice, practice – I do need.
Thanks for sharing!
Grandma Nancy in central IL
Hi there!
Your reflections, on the plant pots, are wonderful! Great work! Love the post.
Susan?
Is Sweden the destination this summer? I’d love to visit ALL the Scandinavian countries and eat fish while sightseeing.
But I’m land locked here so will have to enjoy adventuring from my visits to your blog where you drag us along on your adventures.
I could move right into that darling little inn…right up my street, I tell you.
LOVE
I dream of going to the land of the midnight sun. I so want to see the night sky.
I’m looking forward to living vicariously though you this summer.
The gouache bug must be going around, I’ve caught it too! So juicy, so colorful, so opaque, what’s not to love!?
You don’t need to “practice on your cactus”: perfection abounds! I am giddy that you are thinking of going to this place in Sweden as I live vicariously through you and love to see the art and photos that come back to us as souvenirs! Happy trip planning….I hope!
Bonk … did you hear that? It was my jaw hitting the ground when I saw these recent gouache sketches. Seroiuosly, Mary Ann, these are absolutely magnificent!!!
Every time you say gouache bug, I read douche bag. Stopit or I’m telling mom.
I hope you had a lovely day. Mine was memorable, lol.
Two thumbs up for Sweden and that little inn (and an extra thumb up for those gouache-y cacti). 🙂
ooohhhhhh really, I’m all in for that…Sweden….from those pics, sounds delightful and entrancing.
oooh, are we getting a hint of what might be coming? looks like heaven to me, that porch is to die for. I want to be sitting there with a book.