Red, Gold, and Green
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
![Red, Gold, and Green, watercolor still life by Amy Crook Red, Gold, and Green, watercolor still life by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/red-gold-green-m.jpg)
Red, Gold, and Green, watercolor still life by Amy Crook
That’s right, I painted a still life. On purpose.
I wanted something for my personal holiday cards this year that was in the colors of the season but without too much of the seasonal hype, so I pulled out a few of my Pilot Petit fountain pens and then painted a quick still life. The original was for sale in November’s Floating Gallery, but I won’t be putting the cards for sale. You have to be on my holiday card list to get one.
Red, Gold, and Green, 6″x4″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.
![Red, Gold, and Green, detail, by Amy Crook Red, Gold, and Green, detail, by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/red-gold-green-d.jpg)
Red, Gold, and Green, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a little close-up of the green and orange (only the pen body is really gold) pens. They have a plastic support behind each nib that’s colored to match the ink, and you can see the green one here, and a little sliver of the orange one in the background. Below, I’ve put it in a frame, with my phone and the not-gold pen in question (the color is called “apricot”).
![Red, Gold, and Green, framed art by Amy Crook Red, Gold, and Green, framed art by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/red-gold-green-f.jpg)
Red, Gold, and Green, framed art by Amy Crook
If you don’t know what song this piece puts in my head, I can’t really help you.
And yes, I used Oxford commas in the title just for you.
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Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: christmas, holiday, nfs, watercolor
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