Watercolor
Inspirational GIANT Leap Cosmos Art – 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
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This week marks the 50th anniversary since America landed the first humans on the moon! Ages of dreaming, imagination and the end of the space race came to fruition as Neil Armstrong set the very first human footprint on the lunar surface. He famously remarks “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap…
READ MORETop Design: Valentine Pattern Design Challenge with Robert Kaufman
It is an honor to share with you that my “Heart-Full” watercolor pattern design was selected by Robert Kaufman to be in the Top 6 Designs for the Art Licensing Show Valentine’s Day Art Challenge! This print was inspired by some of my favorite winged insects and birds as they carry a message of love to their Valentine.…
READ MOREPainting My Christmas Sweet Tooth
Christmas chocolates. Yum!
READ MOREWatercolor Markers
Love the look and feel of watercolor, but lack expertise? Try watercolor markers! This month’s blog hop theme is “Favorite Craft Techniques.” While I have many craft techniques that I enjoy, lately I have been experiencing the joy of Koi watercolor markers. They come to a lovely tip and you can do all sorts of traditional…
READ MOREAloha Mixed Media Canvas
For today’s Designer Connection Blog Hop, I bring you a lovely vacation themed mixed media canvas collage painting of a beautiful beach somewhere off the shore of Kauai.
READ MORELovey Dovey – In Studio Process
After sketching the desired image for Lovey Dovey in my sketchbook, I re-drew my line work onto the watercolor paper. This picture shows the watercolor/embroidery process at stage 2. You can see the sketch lines on the Arches paper and the palette is mixed and ready to go. The color is washed on to the paper in steps until the desired depths and forms are developed. Stage 3 is embroidering the art and the final step is to scan and edit the finished piece so it is ready in a digital format for reproduction.
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Watercolor Embroidery Painting by Cherish Flieder
READ MORELove Letters Are Key
Here is a charming vignette I created with watercolor paper, embroidery and Sizzix ScoreBoard Pro Frame & Frame Back w/Stand Die by Eileen Hull. I accented the design with a lovely little key and my brand new Love Letter Embroidered Ribbon by Renaissance Ribbons.
READ MOREEasy Embroidery Printable Christmas Tags Craft Download
Embroidered Name Christmas Gift Tag & Keepsake Ornament. These darling little gift tags ornaments couldn’t be easier to use! Print, cut, and add your choice of ribbon. Lastly, embroider the named of your loved ones on the tag to make it into a cherished keepsake ornament.
READ MOREAloha Baby Turtle
Something to Cherish Watercolor & Embroidery for Art Licensing See more at: www.SomethingToCherish.com
READ MOREEmbroidery & Watercolor
By my artistic nature, I am an experimentalist. I am always looking for a new way to combine colors, textures, mediums. In college, I was thrilled when I learned how to combine watercolor and oil and maintain the archival quality. I also pushed the boundaries of combining digital and traditional mediums to the point where…
READ MORELead Heads at the Lounge
Cherish Flieder exhibited two of her recent pieces of “Something to Cherish” watercolor/embroidered art in the 18th Annual Colorado Alliance of Illustrators Members Show. As VP of the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators, she had the honor to help organize and promote this event to artists and art lovers alike. As a result CAI ended up…
READ MORESomething to Cherish this Valentine’s Day
For media inquiries contact: Cherish Flieder 720-298-9069 PO Box 49 Golden, CO 80402 Press@SomethingToCherish.com www.SomethingToCherish.com There is “Something to Cherish™” this Valentine’s Day Cherish Flieder launches & licenses watercolor/embroidery art style PDF RELEASE Anaheim, CA (Feb. 10-13, 2008) – Artist/Licensor Cherish Flieder invites viewers to be her valentine with a new style of art called Something…
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