I’m getting addicted to painting these mini watercolor paintings :)! They are super small, can fit in the palm of your hand.
Hope Sandoval wrote the lyrics, https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16192/. “Fade Into You” performed live is my favorite version of this song. I love how genuine she is, you can see her shyness, she’s not costumed or seeking fan worship, she’s just singing her song. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o4m5jQy5A2U&ra=m
I’m painting with reference images vs just using my imagination now. The problem is that I’m using my phone to view the images and it’s causing major eye strain. I wish magazines still existed, do they still exist? The portraits have a bit more realism but still retain a drawing/colored pencils look.
Watercolor pencils are my new favorite medium. Unfortunately my hands have arthritis and my vision is blurry but I’m going to figure out ways around the obstacles, might try to print out the images, but I don’t have a color printer :(! Don’t wait to create art until when you’re old!
The tiny portraits close up:
There’s something mysterious about painting. As the portrait comes together, I often sense that the image has its own personality. It’s hard to explain, but I think it’s somehow connected to imagination and perhaps memory.
“Mandinka” performed live. I’ve always admired Sinead’s passionate self-confidence. She was brave, nonconformist and made crew cuts and bald heads beautiful. https://youtu.be/ce2l-U0ES-M?si=vvLLH2Xq79FMnUOP
Serene Grace 
I love those mini watercolour images.
It reminds me of the pictures they used to put in lockets during the 19th Century.
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Thank you, Christopher. Yes, I thought of that too, when I was making them. Those little necklace lockets were their form of photography in a way. Tiny things feel precious to me.
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They do to me as well.
There was a locket of photos of a pair of my distant ancestors from the 19th Century that used to be in my parents’ house.
They were ancestors of my maternal Scottish grandmother.
They were both Scottish and were concert singers.
The male in the picture was a very distinguished looking bearded gentleman and the female was a very strikingly beautiful young woman.
They sang at concert halls and courts throughout Europe (including the court of Napoleon III and the court of the Russian Czars).
Sadly the locket pictures were lost when my dad’s house had to be sold after he died.
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That’s fascinating. I’m sorry that those treasured lockets were lost. I think you should write down your family’s history, whether or not you publish it.
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Yes, I think you’re right, Judy.
I should really write down my family history.
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