Flowers, rabbits, a mouse

And a cactus in a teacup

Sourdough pancakes by

J. L. Sullens

were the breakfast yumminess this week. The flowers given to us by our Fairy Goddaughter inspired this ink and gouache sketchbook page.

Here's a photo of the gifted flowers so you can see that I took inspiration from real life and then I, to quote a 5 year old, “imaginated" the flowers.

Another morning our sourdough pancake breakfasts had blueberries in the batter. Which of course brought out the rabbits and their sketching pens.

When I wasn't at breakfast (or at physical therapy for my ankle) I was working on a painting for upcoming exhibits via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. I finished and titled my 8 x 10 inch artwork “Not My Cup Of Tea". My painting is also a combination of things (“imaginated"! 🤣) from my real life stirred into the pancake batter of my imagination. Full details are in my blog post here.

Of course I also did a design for a real life tea mug which is available here. You'll have to add your own cactus if that's your cup of tea. 😉🤣

Another morning during breakfast it felt like a mouse drinking tea and reading sort of day. So I did a small roughly 2 inch size quick drawing, using ink and gouache.

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I hope your weekend contains your favorite breakfast!