Today

I went out walking with the kiddies today. It was unusually warm and put me in an oil painting mood. Unfortunately I did not get any painting done however the walk was nice. They were relieved to get out of the house to say the very least. I took a few pictures to use for reference later on. I also did another gouache relief, an elephant this time. They seemed to do well on ebay and I really enjoyed doing them. I have two graphite ACEO kitties I need to complete. I'm probably going to draw the pretty daffodil I took a picture of today with one of them. A butterfly friend with the other...or maybe a ladybug. I caught a few pictures of the tabby up the street however they didn't come out very well. A photographer, I am not, lol.

Gouache relief elephant

Graphite Kitty ACEOs

Daffodil photo I took today

Great News!!

I have finally opened an EBAY STORE!!! I have prints, key chains and I will have some blank watercolor ACEO cards for sale within the next week. I'm really excited about it. I get to offer some old favorites to those who may have missed out on the auction of the originals.

Here's a digital drawing I did of Barack Obama that I am offering for sale on ebay. It is not a reworked photograph...it is a real drawing that I did with my wacom tablet and pen directly into photoshop using the pencil and airbrush tools. It's a limited edition in the ACEO size. I will offer it larger in the future.


These are some gift tags for a baby boy/girl/both that I am working on to put for sale on etsy in the next week.


Pandamus, paper birds. I may offer a variety of these neat little birds for sale on etsy in the future, maybe even the template to make them. I made really small white ones that are just too cute and could be used for a variety of projects from card-making to scrapbooking as well as for wedding favors. The pink and red one I made for my four year old and the goldish one has been a hanging fixture in my kitchen forever.




I have been feeling particularly crafty lately however now it is back to the drawing board (literally). I am working on a few pieces that I am sure will please ;-). Thanks for stopping by and any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Happy New Year + New ACEOs

Happy New Year 2009 to all!!!!

I have two new ACEOs and one new bookmark (I took advantage of my day off). I brightened the original bird drawing from before so I rescanned it here. I did a tiger...I rather like how that one turned out. There's an Ace of Diamonds on the back of that one. I did the graphite kitties I entitled, "Hugs and Kisses."

Bird


Tiger


"Hugs and Kisses"



The Barack Obama bookmark I did as part of the Classical Painters group challenge on Ebay, which was to draw/paint Barack Obama. I was on this kick with the gouache relief so naturally that's what I did. I tied a red ribbon to it. I painted the flag with color (everything else including the face in white) before adding the ink. I like the final version for it's almost primitive graphic look. That appeals to me very much and reminds me how much I like linocuts and wood cuts. Click on them to see them bigger.

Barack sketch


Barack finish