Willodel

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Happy Spring to all! I have been painting early Spring flowers and have great anticipation of bringing my Fairy Garden out of the green house :-)

This shows my original study done in gouache, on the board

and below is my oil painting of my botanical study, and also

on the little easel above.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

With Spring comes Botanical Studies!

I am spending my indoor Winter days at the drawing table with my paints! I am working on Botanical studies with gouache paint.

I will be doing a series of these.

And this the view out my studio window to the front gate!

Friday, November 23, 2018

November is upon us!

The cheery Month of November brings shows &

Holidays!

The enjoyment of little local shows!

I have made posters and plaques of my paintings on wood and also cards from many photos :-)

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Arrival of Autumn !

Always an exciting and wonderful time of year!

Warm and golden beauty everywhere and Pinecones, Acorns, seedpods galore!

Many lovely dried grasses and plants and the last flowers of the season

A walk in the gentle rain to meadow brought many beautiful things to decorate the house

Nature shelf is getting full!

A wreath for the door and a last bouquet from the cutting garden

beautiful rose hips for tea and for wreaths

Beautiful Birch Boletes !

A time of the gathering~ gathering abundance in nature and gathering with ones near and dear~ Lots of hot tea from the woodlands and gardens 🧡

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Willodel Elfin Wardrobe and Bed

This is a Custom order I have worked on a long while and is getting ready to go to its new home!
But before it "flies away" I had to take pictures in the Willodel Fairy Garden!

Early morning Dandelion tea to get the day off to a good start :-)

Wake up , Wake up~ my dear little Elf :-)

Some who are lucky get breakfast in bed !

And all elves make their beds :-)

This set is 1/12 scale. The bed is about 7.5" long . Its the first time I have made furniture such as this and it has been a lot of fun.

First rains and colored leaves!

Mother Nature is turning the page to Autumn

It is the time of gathering and collecting

I have gathered a basket of herbs from my garden to make into bouquet garnis for Winter soup.

My little bunches will dry nicely now that the wood stove is going each morning with colder nights. I keep as many herbs as I can in my little green house, but

they do not really grow much, so these dried ones will be wonderful in the depth of Winter!

The light changes with Autumn as the sun angle changes. The Autumn light is preferred by artists most of all because of the warm golden light that is found. First leaves to turn in my yard are the Dogwood and Virginia creeper and Sumac

And Sumac is one of the most beautiful for color

It is nice to use the bountiful things found on walks and make a wreath to celebrate. This wreath is made from Virginia creeper vine, it takes about 10 minutes to wind around and around and then twist some vine around that to hold the shape. Let it dry and then add leaves and seed pods. I do not use any glue with these.

Happy gathering and crafting through out this wonderful season. There are several projects in the my tutorials that are fun to do with family during this time.

Thursday, August 9, 2018

WILLODEL LITTLE NUTHATCH GATHERING WAGON

The Excitement in the air is making meadow grasses bow down and wild dock is turning oranges colds an reds in the fields! The oak trees are very loaded with fresh green acorns fast in their caps~

Here are a series of pictures of the finished set. The roof is painted with a Willow leaf design. The Wagon is 10" long., 8.75" high and 6.5" wide.

Leif helps Little Nuthatch gather baskets of Winter sustenance in the Fairy Garden!

Baskets for gathering and a little stove and sink and tables for camping out:-)

This is the complete set

Helpers!

Ready to go!

From above

Front view with moveable buggy seat

The rear view, lids on side boxes come off for keeping supplies in !

Interested in this set ? Please email me at :

lucindamacy@gmail.com

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This was at the unpainted stage :-)
It is also just in time for end of Summer camp outs and will have a wee kitchen and chairs and tables for that as well as lots of room for baskets of harvest treasure!

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Completion of large pre-order set

WILLODEL CARAVAN SUMMER CAMP SET

I This is has been a month long project, woven into the garden projects, making soap and kvass and other summer time activities! It is good to have it done :-)