Nebula Christmas Cards

My Christmas cards for this year. Each is 3"x4" in watercolor. This wasn’t all of them, but most.

Manzanita II

My favorite manzanita tree from my last trip. I didn’t work up the nerve to draw it when I was there, and the photograph unfortunately turn out to be difficult to draw from. I’d love to keep drawing manzanita trees, though, until I can finally do them justice. Pigma micron pen again, with actual watercolors this time.

Blue Owl

Another one that showed up in meditation.

Oil Lamp

Watercolor from an image that came to me in meditation.

Lighthouse

Copied from an example picture in Watercolor: Painting Smart, by Al Stine.

Manzanita

Sketch of the manzanita tree behind my cabin at the Ananda Meditation Retreat. Done with a pigma micron pen and Albrecht-Durer watercolor pencils.

Purple Rose

A watercolor from one of Chidambar’s many glorious rose photos.