Star Gazing

Illustration Friday

(theme:"star gazing")

The best kinds of stars to gaze at are the shooting kind, especially those with fancy stardust tail-trails! Happy gazing to you!

Don't miss out on the Go Green Garden Cat Giveaway going on now at my other blog!

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My Favorite Satellite

Illustration Friday
(theme: "Satellite")

satellite n. Astronomy: A celestial body that orbits a planet; a moon

Lizards are Lovely

Illustration Friday
(theme: "SLITHER")

I've always been fascinated by lizards, especially the part where they would lose their tails when said tail was grabbed by a cat. With lots of lizards and cats in the neighborhood while growing up in Southern California, there were always plenty of tailless lizards slithering around...!

This watercolor painting is from the files and is called "Twig Lizard"--he was quite certain that I couldn't see him as he held very still and blended in so beautifully with the surrounding twigs.

My fondness for lizards grew considerably when my then-16-year-old son acquired a Bearded Dragon lizard named Ziggy. I was surprised by how lovely it was to hold a lizard in ones hands.

Here is a favorite photo of a tiny baby alligator lizard that was found sunning itself on my car tire, just as sweet as he/she could be!

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Enjoy The View

Illustration Friday
(theme: "brave")


Having suffered from acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") for most of his young life, Rudy Raccoon felt very brave to have climbed to the highest branch possible to enjoy the view on this fine day.

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This tree-hugging raccoon is available on a variety of great camping t-shirts, note cards,mugs, totes, and more in my Cafepress shop:
ENJOY THE VIEW

Focused

Illustration Friday
(theme: "focused")

Hard to say who is more focused in this staring contest-- horse or human. This "battle of the brown eyes" is a watercolor portrait of a chance encounter between my "city boy" son and a barnyard buddy.


Be sure to visit my One World One Heart Giveaway at my 365 Cat Ladies blog. You'll have a chance to win this limited edition print of "Begonia Max" --just click on the link for details...

Wilderness

Illustration Friday (theme: "wilderness")

Another one from the files...This watercolor painting was inspired by the Grand Canyon Phantom Ranch mule train, heading up the Kaibab Trail as I was heading down a few years ago. The mule train is the only form of transportation down to the ranch (other than your own two feet), located at the bottom of the canyon near the Colorado River. These faithful and reliable beasts of burden carry everything that goes in and out of the ranch--linens, food, supplies, mail, and garbage. Thanks to them, hundreds of visitors get to enjoy a little taste of the wilderness each year with a warm meal and a soft bed waiting for them at the bottom, one mile straight down in world's most magnificent canyon!

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Renewal

Illustration Friday (theme: "renewal")

It's amazing the lengths that some plants will go to--creating the most amazing and alluring blossoms conceivable in order to seduce passing pollinators to ensure renewal... This seductive echiveria from Southern California was no exception...it certainly caugh MY eye!

This is an original watercolor painting from my archives, which is now in a private collection.

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The title of this painting is "Passion", and it is available as a limited edition giclee print, ready-to-frame in dusty blue matting, in my Etsy online shop

Frozen

Illustration Friday (theme: "frozen")

I came across this little cottontail early one morning on a five-mile hiking loop through the foothills . It wasn't cold at all, but the young bunny was frozen solid. Frozen as in "if I hold so still that not even a whisker twitches, certainly she will not see me and eat me."

It worked!

Illustration Friday: Cloud Drifting

Illustration
Friday
(theme:
"drifting" )














Summer is a lovely time to climb to a dreamy mountain lake filled with clouds--upside-down and drifting in tandem with those in the perfect blue sky above.

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"Drift With The Clouds" is an illustration from my Mother Nature Series. These designs are available on an assortment of Nature Lover clothing and gifts at my Cafepress Shop: www.cafepress.com/SusanFayeNature

Through the Cracks

Illustration Friday
(theme:"cracked" )

I'm always amazed at the tenacity of those things that grow and thrive in just the slightest of cracks in a rock or a sidewalk...

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This limited edition giclee print, called "Banded Gecko" is available as a matted print in my Etsy Shop

Farm Fresh

Illustration
Friday
(theme:
"parade" )

There's nothing this rooster likes better than to parade up and down the barnyard , strutting proudly before a throng of cheerfully waving sunflowers...

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Farm Fresh Rooster can be found on tote bags, tees, note cards and more at my Cafepress shop, with or without the caption "Farm Fresh":

Farm Fresh Rooster
or
Rooster (No Text)

Illustration Friday...Peaceable Kingdom

Illustration Friday
(theme:
"hierarchy" )




The Peaceable Kingdom:
A Kinder, Gentler Food Chain






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"The Peaceable Kingdom" is available as a matted print in my Etsy Shop

Illustration Friday...Bird Brain No. 6

Illustration Friday
(theme:
"impossibility" )



It seemed a complete impossibility to Ferguson, and yet, this was the second time in one day that a bird had landed on his head.




Bird Brain 6 can be found on tote bags, tees, note cards and more at my Cafepress Shop.

It is also available as a matted print and as an original ACEO at my Etsy Shop

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BIRD BRAIN

Illustration Friday
(theme:"subtract" )







Abercrombie is fairly certain that he saw FOUR birds on the wire just minutes ago...








This original ACEO pen/ink with watercolor illustration is currently for sale at my Etsy shop:
BIRD BRAIN ACEO


"Bird Brain" is also available on gifware and t-shirts at my CafePress Shop:
www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye

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Illustation Friday: Legendary

For at least 700 years, the legendary Havasupai Native Americans have lived along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Imagine generation after generation telling and re-telling their fireside legends about Raven and Bear.

The Havasupai call themselves the “people of the blue-green water”. This raven is halfway down the trail that goes to the canyon floor, and if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of the blue-green glint of the mighty and timeless river below...

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This Grand Canyon Raven image is available on clothing and gifts at my Cafepress Shop: www.cafepress.com/SusanFayeNature

Illustration Friday is a wonderful website that presents a different theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.