Saturday, March 12, 2011

Peaceful Japanese Gardens


With Japan on my mind, I wound up searching for everything Japanese from interior design, furniture, graphics, landscaping and more. I came across some lovely (real) gardens will perhaps post a few pics next time. I liked the graphics of these two pictures which are actually paint-by-number paintings. Remember those? I loved painting them as a child... I hope the pretty gardens bring thoughts of calm for Japan and the other places affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Perhaps the pictures will inspire you to paint a pretty picture or plant some pretty flowers in a garden too.

3 comments:

Ellie said...

This might sound completely random, but I'm currently in the process of painting the second picture (the bridge one).
I got it as a gift a year ago, but due to school I wasn't able to really spend time on the picture. Unfortunately, I've since lost the instructions.
By any chance, do you still have yours? I'm partially done my, but was purposely leaving all the mixed colours last (aka, the letter ones), which now, I realize, wasn't such a wise decision.

Bonnie said...

Hi Ellie,
I'm so sorry I don't have the instructions. I found the two pictures on the internet and didn't actually paint them. They both look like they would be nice pictures to paint. I found some kits on ebay a while back. If I ever decide to get them, I will share the info with you! There are two listings for the bridge one now, which would have the instructions...
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=japanese+paint+by+number&_sacat=See-All-Categories.

Anonymous said...

Do you have any clue who painted these?