Since we’re moving towards summer and its bright warm colors, I felt in the mood to do a post featuring a few of my paintings that use oranges and yellows primarily. Hope you enjoy them.
PAINTING WITH ORANGE AND YELLOW
Art By Ahyoka
DAILY PROMPT 2020 – LIST 30 THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY
Wow! 30 Things That Make Me Happy!
I could probably list 30 things and then make sub-categories under each one. But I’ll try to stay within the limits of the assignment. Okay, here goes:
- Knowing Jesus Christ
- Teaching God’s Word
- Praying with and for others and helping them receive from the Lord
- Writing – fiction, non-fiction, & poetry
- Creating Book Covers
- Drinking Coffee
- Visiting with friends — especially when we drink coffee at the same time. 🙂
- Eating chocolate
- Eating bacon
- Eating mashed potatoes
- Christmas — decorating, gift buying, family get-to-gethers — everything
- Sunrises
- Sunsets
- Spending time at the ocean
- Spending time in the Smoky Mountains
- Painting & Sketching — watercolor, acrylics, ink
- Painting birds in particular — my imaginative versions of birds
- The stars when they seem bright & close
- Playing music – mainly keyboard
- Teaching writing
- Teaching people how to use and be comfortable with computers & the Internet
- Reading Miss Read books
- Reading A Redbird Christmas — over and over
- Reading The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series
- Reading a Good Cozy Mystery
- Playing with dogs
- Singing — mostly privately as worship
- Dancing
- Autumn — especially the whole month of October
- Remembering all the blessed times I’ve had with loved ones
This exercise has been fun. It really refreshes the soul to sit and think about things that make us happy. I probably need to do this at least once a week.
WATERCOLOR FUN
July is World Watercolor Month, and I’ve been splashing around quite a bit during the last few weeks — mostly with the birds. 🙂 So I thought I’d share a few of the paintings I’ve done to celebrate watercolor this month.
MAGNOLIA BLOOMS PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
Just wanted to share a few of the products now available featuring one of my newest designs: “MAGNOLIA BLOOMS.” If you’re interested in seeing more or purchasing products, just follow this link and then scroll down the page to where it shows you more available items.
DAILY PROMPT # 1961 — if you had to change your name
If I had to change my name, I would choose a name from my Cherokee heritage: Ahyoka. The name means “Bringer of Happiness” or “She Brings Happiness.” Actually, I already use the name for my artwork, because I want all of my art to bring happiness, peace, and rest to the people who view it. I sign all my paintings and sketches as “Ahyoka/SC,” and I also use the name in the title of my poetry website: “Poetry By Ahyoka.”
tropical BLOOMS — acrylics
HAD YOUR BATH TODAY?
HAPPY SPRING CINQUAIN
It’s spring!
And time to mow.
Trees burst with buds and leaves.
And ground worms tease the young new birds.
Life’s fresh.
GREETINGS! HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A JOLLY GOOD DAY
‘THE PASSING’ — NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
As we near the close of Native American Heritage Month, I decided to share a poem I wrote last year that focuses on the heartache and loss that came to so many of the American Indian tribes at the hands of greedy people and government agencies. This particular poem emphasizes the history of the Cherokee people because they are part of my personal heritage. But we want to remember that every tribe was affected negatively — even in heart-breaking ways — and unfortunately, all the prejudice and ill-treatment has not completely disappeared yet.
THE PASSING
Today the old chief passed,
Enwreathed by potent memories
Of battles fierce, of freedoms lost,
Of smoking pipe with enemies
Who swore to keep the peace treaties
But quickly spurned such promises
When greed for lands gained upper hand.
Today the old chief passed
And hastened to his ancestors,
To mountains, valleys, fertile plains,
Sparkling rivers, fields of grain,
Miles and miles of vast domain
Where Cherokee live free again,
Never again to be betrayed.
The old chief passed today.
JUST A HAPPY LITTLE FLORAL IN ACRYLICS
PINK & RED — ENOUGH SAID
Samples of products from my art shop featuring some of my most recent artwork. Just enjoy the pictures — or get one of these fun products for yourself at this link:
Art-by-Ahyoka/Redbubble.
SMOKIES ART NOW AVAILABLE
All of my regular readers know how much I LOVE the Smoky Mountains. And recently I created a design using one of my watercolors of the Smokies. That design is available now on several different products from my art shop, so I thought you might enjoy seeing some samples. If you love the Smokies as much as I do, you can find these products and lots more — and make a purchase — at this link: Art-by-Ahyoka/Redubble.
MORE FROM MY ART SHOP
I’ve been a little too busy to post much this whole past week, and I just realized that I never did put up any more samples from my new art shop. So I thought I’d take the time today to at least put up some photos of a few more varieties of products available. I’ve added several more art pieces to the collection, and I will continue to add more. So periodically, I’ll post about the newest things out there. Most of the designs are available on scores of different products, but I’m just throwing out a sample.
Also, I’m sending out a great big THANK YOU! to all of you who have been so encouraging and supportive. If you haven’t visited my shop yet but would like to, here’s the link: Art-by-Ahyoka/Redbubble. Be sure and click the heart beside any designs you really like, and follow me to get quick updates about new products.
MY NEW ART SHOP
I am so excited!!!
I’ve been thinking about making more of my artwork available for purchase, so have been checking out various venues, both online and on the streets. At this point, I’ve decided to stick primarily with an online shop, because some of the people who have expressed interest in my work would not be in a position to visit any local stores or art shops. After researching several online sites that assist with making art available on multiple products, and also handle the shipping, I decided to open a shop on Redbubble.
Most of you have been so encouraging about my art over the past 3 years that I thought you might like to know the new shop is now open for business. There are scores of items available with my artwork on them — laptop and phone cases, caps, clothing items, clocks, throw pillows, tote bags, coasters, journals, shower curtains, greeting cards and art prints — just to name a few. I am including a few pictures in this post — a small sample of products. I’ll also be continuing to add more artwork over the next few weeks.
You can find the new shop at this link: Art-by-Ahyoka
Hope you come over and check it out. Also, if you click on the little heart at the top right corner of any designs you like, it makes me look good. 🙂
Hope you come over and check it out. Also, if you click on the little heart at the top right corner of any designs you like, it makes me look good. 🙂
The Happy Wordcrafter 