A Monday Moodboard from my favorite European Street Team Designs at Etsy inspired by birds.

Clockwise from left:

“Little Bird with Simple Embroidery” by Appleandeve (Germany)
“The Warbler no. 2. embroidered collage pillow” by Lapomme (France)
“Hand Printed Recycled Map Paper Envelopes – Mixed Prints – Pack of 10″ by Annarubyking (Greece and Australia)
“Freedom” by Paperflowergirl (Belgium)
“Journal of an Aviary Keeper (Moleskine Pocket Journal)” by LilyMoon (Cyprus)
“Textile Bird Brooch – Black and Cream Floral” by BlueTerracotta (France)

More Monday Moodboards at Fleurfatale’s blog.

Alessandro will be home tonight, so part of the “good girl” attitude could be the lack of excuses for buying more fabric (I could explain the canvases somehow, but not the fabric, I’m sure).

I’m trying to set up an online store to sell my drawings and paintings, that leads to the necessity to have something to sell.

I did some research about birds, because I like naturalistic drawings and I would like to make some drawings of birds.
Flowers and plants would be a great subject to study too, I think I will do some research on that later.
Internet is really a wonderful place to resarch!

I also have a collection of pictures of rusty surfaces, chipped paint and cracked walls, to use as inspiration for asbstract paintings.

A lot of inspiration sources – maybe too many! – I guess I need a good action plan on that.

Today I had to work too – I’m starting to dread the switching on sound of my laptop – and I walked the dogs like a million times and went to the vet twice. Paco is sick, so it is like having a sick child in constant need for love and attention.

I had to move my laptop in the kitchen, because the studio is terribly hot, and the chairs here are uncomfortable and the table is not high enough, and the laptop has a micro 12” screen – do you think that is enough to declare the office closed at 8 pm?
I think yes.

I’m going to mess with my Project Notebook and research flowers. And have a well earned glass of wine!

Here some inspiration for bird drawing.
(You can research and buy those images at www.allposters.it if you like them).

From left/Da sinistra: Ando Hiroshige, John Gould, John James Audubon, George Edwards.