"Five Flavors Of Nik.L.Nip"

By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     Do you remember those days when there were many packages of  Nik.LNip were on the candy racks at many dime stores around the 1960's and 1970's?  I do!  Those tiny bottles of sweet, flavored,

sugar water were such a neat idea at that time. However, that fluid in each bottle tasted so sweet and funky at the same time, but I enjoyed them anyway. Plus, those wax bottles were also meant to be chewed as though they were gum.  Sometimes, I chewed those wax bottles, and other times, I saved them after I washed out the juice residue from them for times when I played with my dolls. There were other ideas that I heard from what various people said that they used those tiny wax bottles for other things such as candle-making, to put on orthodontic braces, and etc...

   

      It was around New Years Day of 2016 when I saw this posting on FaceBook about Nik.L.Nip and wondered if anybody remembered these tiny juice-filled bottles during their childhood.  Yes, I certainly remembered them, re-posted that particular post, and was inspired to paint a picture of these tiny juice-filled bottles. Within a few days later, I painted the first and original painting on this subject is called "Nik.L.Nip" with those Nik.LNip "juices". (Please see that original painting at the bottom of this page.)  Needless to say, I was not really pleased with the results of  that "tested-and-tried" type of painting because the colors started to fade during its drying stage.  On the next day, I started on the second painting that I painted in watercolor called "Five Flavors Of  Nik.L.Nip" impressed me very much because of the stronger and more durable colors over the original one. Now, I realize the importance of sticking with traditional art materials when it comes to paint a painting for the most part considering with some exceptions at times.

Title: "Nik.L.Nip"

Artist: Mary C. Aikens

Measurements: 9 7/8" W X 7 7/8" H

Media: Watercolor on Matte Board

Price (Painting Only): $75.00 (USD)

S/H: $15.00 (USD - Including Insurance & Tracking)

"Bootiful Leg Winter Leg Wear"

"Bootiful Winter Leg Wear"

For the most part of my life, I have had quite a real fascination with boots of many kinds - especially knee-high boots.  I enjoy wearing boots because it they give me that certain feeling of warmth and comfort on a cold Winter day.  In this painting, I put in five different styles of boots with people and their preferences such as the first one on the left has the "Granny-Style"; the second one has the dressy and traditional knee-high-style; the one in the middle has the faux fur in a Viking style; the next to the right has the Khardashian style with the extremely high heels; and the last one on the right is, yes, the cowboy boot in patriotic colors.   This painting was done all in left hand which is a part of the "Non-Dominant" Challenge" by using the other hand that an artist will not usually paint with while painting and other activities.

Title: "Bootiful Winter Leg Wear"

Size: 6" W X 6" H 

Media: Watercolor

Note:  Please see this painting in the Daily Paintworks Challenges, and then go to the "Non-Dominant 

           Challenge" and look for my name, Mary Aikens, and press onto this particular painting.

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