Watercolor Illustrations — LAURA MICHAEL

Watercolor Illustrations

let's talk about watercolor illustrations

Florals, leaves, wreathes, baby bunnies, lambs, squirrels...if it lives or grows outside, I'm up for the job. And occasionally, I will even paint things that don't live or grow outside, such as cellos and toaster ovens. But nature will always be my favorite.

Decided to use this New Years Eve post as a temporary goodbye to social media 🧡 These last few months have left me wearier than ever and craving deep rest in my body and soul. Going to use the month of January to try and foster that. I do want to sa

Merry Christmas everyone!
Today I’m finishing my last custom order for 2020! I have something that’s been on my heart and mind that I feel passionate about that I’d like to talk about for a moment - if I sound passionate in this pos

Alright people! I’ve come to a decision! (read: I finally got overwhelmed enough to make this post 🤪) My shop will be open for ONE more week, and all orders placed after 12/13 will be shipped AFTER Christmas!!! Use code MERRYMERRY for 15% off

Final painting of the 2021 calendar is DONE!!!! Praise God that Ruby napped for 2 hrs today so I could speed ahead on this painting. I used to not like hydrangeas - but I really love them now. I love the variation that one bloom/ball of flowers can h

Y’all get to see a lot of things from me that look like the 1st picture (including the nice posts of my watercolors) where I’m all pulled together, but my life really truly looks like the 2nd photo 90% of the time. Much less polished...mu

Today I’m grateful for: little trinkets like those birds and that honey spoon that I love so much that I end up putting them in all my photos for better or worse. Every time I walk by those tiny wood birds in my house they make me smile. The su

It’s #smallbusinesssaturday! That means you can get 30% off in my shop on ANY order (excluding custom orders) Thank you for shopping small and for supporting THIS SMALL BUSINESS! 🥰 Use code LBMSHOPSMALL at checkout 😘

Worked on this piece for @solomonbuilders for their holiday card - dedicated to Ty Osman. So grateful he was part of my life in a small way and the lives of so many in very impactful ways. He strengthened my family and loved on my family just by bein

It hasn’t been the easiest week for me emotionally, but listing off things I’m grateful for has definitely helped me get through. Today I’m grateful for:
1. Coffee with heavy cream (cliche but don’t you look forward to it ever

Know what these pictures mean?!? They mean that these products and TONS of others are now LIVE ON MY SITE 🙌🏻 I promise you it’s an early Christmas miracle. Y’all get yourselves over to LauraBethMichael.com and have some Christmas (thank

Tulips complete! I was at the point in this painting where I had been putting finishing touches on it for so long that I felt like I was going to bust out of my skin (maybe I just sat still for too long). These tulips took many forms before I landed

Didn’t initially plan on treating this bouquet of tulips so tenderly, but sometimes painting is more therapy than art, and that’s what these tulips have been for me. Today’s tulip update ✨

For the next 2 days I’ve been given the gift of a work space outside of my home. It sounds small - but it’s one of the biggest gifts I could be given in this season. Never underestimate the power of giving someone the gift of time and sp

These @boydbuchanan commissions were the first set of identical paintings I’ve done! They were gifted to 2 retiring teachers. Always sweet to be part of someone saying goodbye to a career at a certain place 🧡 To all the teachers - y’all

Yesterday I was pretty sad after an upsetting conversation. I had forgotten that there was a woman that was about to come pick up a chair she bought from us on Facebook. Anyways, as I realized this, I went to wipe the mascara running off my face and

What are the things you’re saying to yourself? Are you blessing yourself and declaring life or are you criticizing yourself? Something I’ve thought of a great deal lately is often how we respond to other people is how we are responding to

Finished painting from the other day’s post! My daughter is currently holding a book beside me asking me to read to her, so I’m going to read to the child and get my priorities straight 😘 Y’all have a sweet night!

I didn’t realize until this year that one of my favorite flowers, good ole Black Eyed Susan, could have so much variety! I based this piece off a few different flowers that popped up in my garden from my basic Black eyed Susan seed packet! Swip

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