Tag Archives: my art

Today’s Watercolor: Cherry Blossoms

Posted on January 28, 2014 by superhappyawesome

It’s not quite cherry blossom season yet, but my old blog post for the Sakura Frappuccino has been getting crazy attention recently. Today was so warm that it was easy to dream of cherry blossoms, so I thought I’d post … Continue reading →

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Today’s watercolor: Kusatsu Onsen Mascot Yumomi-chan

Posted on January 21, 2014 by superhappyawesome

We went to Kusatsu Onsen last weekend, so I decided to do a little painting of the local mascot Yumomi-chan. The water in Kusatsu is super hot, so it’s traditionally cooled by women with large wooden planks. You can read … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Daruma

Posted on January 14, 2014 by superhappyawesome

The Maebashi Daruma Festival was last week! We had lots of fun as always 🙂 This picture  doesn’t quite capture my new sparkly gold paint, but I really like how it looks in person!  

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On the last day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

Posted on January 6, 2014 by superhappyawesome

Christmas penguins! It’s the end of winter break, and the first chance I had to pick up my brushes in about two weeks. I actually started this one before the holiday vaguely based on this article on Slate and the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by superhappyawesome

I actually sent out traditional Japanese 年賀所 or nengajo this year! I always love receiving a big stack of of cards on New Year’s day, but I’ve always been daunted by the process of making them. I finally buckled down … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Buon Natale! Merry Christmas! メリークリスマス!

Posted on December 25, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Merry Christmas! A coworker brought me some homemade panettone recently, so I painted this as a little thank you. She also loves all things Italian, so I’ve been dusting off my very out of practice Italian to chat with her. … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Christmas Puppies

Posted on December 3, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Happy December! I’m starting to get some lovely holiday season feelings, so today’s watercolor is just the thing. Also, today’s painting is actually a request from Sean’s mom–puppies playing with ribbons on a Christmas present. Yay, requests! As always, if … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor is so silly!

Posted on November 13, 2013 by superhappyawesome

Combined a request for Darkwing Duck with a request for Farfetch’d, the silly duck Pokemon that always carries a leek around. The story is that he’s based on the Japanese proverb “鴨が葱を背負って来” or “A duck comes bearing green onions.” It can be … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by superhappyawesome

  Pretty happy with how this came out! It was inspired by a make up tutorial a friend posted a while ago. Check out my other Halloween painting! Painted that one a few weeks ago, and I think my skills … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watercolor: Witchy Pumpkin Love

Posted on October 31, 2013 by superhappyawesome

I love Halloween! I posted this a few weeks ago dreaming of Pumpkin Spice Lattes. (We may not have them in Japan, but the Roasted Almond Latte was pretty fabulous, and I’m excited for the Chestnut latte coming out on … Continue reading →

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