I forget tea exists until the weather gets cool again

The other day, I made myself a cup of tea at work. I was out of coffee, feeling run down and coughing, and really needed something warm to soothe my throat. While still August and technically summer, there’s a crisp-ness in the air that always lets me know fall is on the way, and a cup of tea sounded suddenly like the most enticing thing in the world.

Anyway, I tried some acrylic paint in this cheap Rae Dunn branded sketchbook I picked up on clearance at TJMaxx. I greatly dislike the Rae Dunn style/brand and find the single word style emblazoned on every damn piece insufferable, but I couldn’t pass up a $3 mixed media sketchbook. Also, this is why God created stickers so we can cover up aforementioned insufferable design.

After spending far too long trying to think of an idea to practice painting, I found a cute teapot illustration on Pinterest that I used as reference/inspiration but made the painting practice my own with some shading depth of the background, and some leaves and a yellow rose, because there’s a large part of me that really loves vintage cottagecore-esque things.

Now I want another cup of tea.