Good smells, tasty tea, and sea life

I’m keeping up with TAD this year! And it’s already day 20! I don’ t think I’ve ever been on such an art stretch before. It’s pretty cool.

 

This drawing is of my little red betta Pineapple. He was watching me while I was drawing him, and then when I finished he moved to a better position to draw where you can see his beautiful fins. Go figure :)

 

 

 

I watched a national geographic show about ‘Migrations’ and they had a crab migration on there. I was inspired to draw crabs. They are such cute, yet creepy little characters.

 

 

We had an art therapy session at work. Luckily I had some slow time and I was able to participate. I made an orange pomander. I’ve never made one before, but I love love love the smell of citrus and cinnamon. I can’t wait til it dries a bit more, then the smell will be a bit stronger.

 

 

 

Yesterday I had some ‘Wild Strawberry Tea’. The packet was so pretty I decided to draw it. This was some tea I had gotten in a tea swap a while back. When brewed it has this beautiful deep red color. It did not need any sweetener, and it was rather fresh tasting. Unfortunately, my tummy hurt afterward. I think I would still try it again, just to be sure. It is very good. I don’t think I’ve ever tried tea from Heath & Heather before. I really like their marketing (the illustrations on their tea packets).

 

Plus I read that drinking white or herbal tea is the same as drinking water, so it counts towards my 8 glasses of water a day! Bonus.

 

 

 

What will she do next!!!

Tea Time

My idea for the day was to draw different tea bags and tea items randomly on the page. Then I was going to list all the teas I wanted to try. (I got this idea at work when I was lusting over our tea selection). Instead I drew my favorite mug. I didn’t realize how long it would take to outline and then fill in the lion. I like how he came out though.

Tonight I drank Sandman P.M. tea; chamomile based, and now I am sleepy. It was kind of bland, but a good tea for before bed.

Little background on the drawing: the mug is from Holland (of course), specifically a little town called Eden close to Amsterdam. I loved that little town. We rented bikes and just enjoyed the scenery, stopped in little shops, talked with the towns folk. It was my birthday and it was wonderful.

The little dragonflies randomly on the page are from my tea tin I got in Japan. It holds green tea from Kyoto that literally tastes like you’re drinking fresh cut grass (I don’t drink that often unless I’m feeling super healthy).

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