Andrea and Mary in Aya's: Breathing underwater

Breathing Under Water
collab Andrea and Mary
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I have not mailed Ballookey's mole to Mike yet, because I have spent several days trying to get decent and usable scans or photographs, which I need for the book I am working on.  But last night, I did my first piece in Aya's mole, a collab with Andrea.

Painting the envelope or should I say drawing?

front of envelope
drawing with faber-pitt artist pigment pens
by Mary Stebbins Taitt
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back of envelope
drawing with faber-pitt artist pigment pens
by Mary Stebbins Taitt
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I'm getting there.

Kissed Frankie goodnight/Mole arrove

"and then all the animals kissed Frankie goodnight"
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painting by me, Mary Taiit, watercolor

I just received Aya's Moleskine from Andrea and am ashamed to admit I have not sent Ballookey's to Mike.  I had out of town company and we were extremely busy going to the zoo etc.  Now they have left and I will try to make it a priority to get that mailed.  The above painting is in one of my own moles which I painted after I finished Ballookey's mole, but before I mailed her mole.  The thing that is holding me up is the card that I made for her and then gave away!  (My mother-in-law saw it and asked for it!)  That is the next thing I will do, hopefully, after breakfast!  I am running late with breakfast trying to catch up with things I didn't get done while company was here.  (I do painting a the dining room table after dinner, while Keith is having wine, but the card is a different kind project the requires a different location and tools.)

Mary in Ballookey: Frankie putting Noah away for the night.

Frankie putting Noah and the animals of the ark away for the night
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I've been working on this painting and also on cleaning up one of my earlier ones where the blue paint from the sky got on the yellow wings.