Pretty Poisons Continue!

"Opium Poppy" -- Pretty Poisons #5

I decided it was time to finish up my Pretty Poisons ACEO Series. I hadn't intended for it to take almost a year to get the next one out. Sorry about that! I have 3 more to do after this one, for a total of 8 in the series. And... I have them all sketched already and just have to paint them. So I should get them done fairly quickly over the next week or so. So, here is the first of the last four! "Opium Poppy" I hope you like her as much as I do! I'm really excited to finish these last four pretty poisons! I like all the sketches! I can't wait to get them all painted and share them with you!

You can find the Original for auction HERE!

Prints are on my website.

Deadly Nightshade

"Deadly Nightshade"

Here she is! #3 in my Pretty Poisons series!
I hope you like her!

ACEO (2.5 x 3.5") watercolor and white gouache.

The original is now up on eBay! View the auction HERE


Prints are also available on my website. They can be found HERE

New ACEO and Giveaway Winner!

"Black Hellebore"

This is the first of a new ACEO series call "Pretty Poisons!" There will be 6-8 of these. I have them all planned already, I'm just not sure about one or two of them yet. So there will be at least 6. :)

This one features the black hellebore, as one of my pretty poisonous flowers. I believe that these flowers are naturally white or pink, but I saw a black variety and thought that they inspired a much more interesting painting.

The ORIGINAL ACEO is now for Auction HERE! 

Prints are also available on my website HERE


And without further ado, the winner of my custom ACEO giveaway is... Sao V!! Congratulations to you!  The winner has been contacted by email.

Thank you to all who entered my giveaway! I hope to have another one sometime! :)

New ACEO Auction!

"Stealth"

This is #10 in my ACEO Animals Series!! This time featuring a Cheetah!

Watercolor and white gouache, as usual.


The ORIGINAL is for auction for the next week on Ebay HERE

Limited edition prints available on my website.

I also have another bunch of hand-embellished ACEO canvas prints up for auction this week! HERE

New ACEO!

I have a new ACEO for auction!

"Feral" -- #9 in my continuous Animals series, this one featuring a Canadian Lynx.
I'm really happy with how this one turned out and I think this is one of my best animal paintings yet.  I hope you like her too!
She is for auction on Ebay for the next week. You can find the auction HERE
Limited Edition ACEO prints are available of her on my website HERE.

New ACEO Auction! Foxglove

"Foxglove" -- #8 in my Garden Series

Click the picture to view the auction

Original for Auction!!

My Original painting "Fairy Friend" is for auction on ebay! Starting at just $49.99! Auction HERE

Newest Art!!

"Mischief" -- My newest and favorite ACEO! I just love the cute raccoons!! This is the 8th in my ACEO animals series! This painting is for auction on ebay HERE

"The White Rose" -- A new painting of my character, Elekcis, standing by a stained glass window of a white rose. Every now and then I feel the urge to paint her! :)

"Waterfall Mist: -- A fairy standing in the mist of a waterfall. This one was a love of fun to paint. I love the monochromatic color scheme and am really happy with how the water drops on her turned out. Make sure to click on the detail view!!

Prints of all are available on my website!  :)

Regal -- New ACEO!

#7 in my ACEO animals series!  This was fun to do, using some different coloring than usual.  :)

2.5 x 3.5" Watercolor and white goauche.

ORIGINAL FOR AUCTION HERE

New ACEO Auction!

My mini-dragons in this series seem to be getting less and less mini. lol :)
Watercolor and white goauche. 2.5 x 3.5"

ORIGINAL AUCTION HERE!

Two Artbooks for Auction

I have two slightly cosmetically challenged copies of my artbook for auction on ebay! They each have minor flaws, that are described in detail in the auctions, and are starting at more than half their normal price! View the auctions HERE. They are the two under $40.

In other news, I got my new scanner today and it works wonderfully and is super fast! So I'm very happy with that. I got a Canon 8800F.

I also got a trial pair of contacts and one of my new pairs of glasses (the other wasn't in yet). I'm having a bit of trouble adjusting to my new prescriptions. I got a terrible headache yesterday from switching from my glasses to my contacts; the kind of headache that feels like a nail is being driven into your skull. Today has been a little better with the contacts. I think I may be starting to get used to them. I'm getting the hang of getting them in an out of my eyes too, which I only really had trouble with the first day. I have a follow up appointment on Saturday, so I hope that I've adjusted more by then. Otherwise, maybe the prescription isn't right.

More Painting Progress and Books!

Here are a couple more pics of my progress on this painting. I was originally just going to have the stone pathway that she's sitting on kind of fade around the edges in a circle around her, like in the sketch. But I didn't think that it looked right once I had it painted like that, so I extended it all the way to the edges.

In the next photo, I added the beginning wash of green for the grass along the sides of the path. I made it fade into fog in the distance. I still have to go in and detail the blades of grass, at least in the foreground.

At first, I was just thinking of creating a painting in the same vein as at Gothic Lament, but now that I'm further along it also reminds me of a couple of my other favorite paintings, Mourning Garden and Moonlight Apparition, and possibly a little Lady Death mixed in there too. :) I was going to name this "Gothic Lament II", but now with all these other influences, I'm now thinking it should have a separate title. Right now, I'm leaning toward "Benighted." For one, I was listening to Opeth while working on it yesterday and I heard the song, and also it fits the mood with its meaning: overtaken by darkness or night.

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Next up, is book news....

I have received my first shipment of my books! I'm not quite ready to ship them out yet. I have to get shipping envelopes, give the books a quick look over to make sure there aren't any obvious defects or problems, sign them, and print out the Dragon Angel prints that come with them. But I'll probably start shipping the pre-orders that I've gotten soon, maybe in the next couple weeks. I'll let those that ordered one know by email when they're shipped. :) It's so neat to see this big stack of my books!!

There's still about a month to pre-order! Pre-orders end July 10th! Dark Visions Artbook

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Finally, I have a framed print for auction on ebay!! It only has a couple of days left now. It is of the cropped version of "Thinking of You." It is really beautiful! Click the picture to check out the auction!

Shadow Dragon -- New ACEO!

I was originally planning on the dragon being green when I first started this, but it went in a completely different direction. I'm really happy with how it turned out though! I think this is my new favorite of my mini-dragon ACEOs! Before this one, I liked Dragon Angel the best. :)

Watercolor and white goauche. 2.5 x 3.5"

ORIGINAL AUCTION HERE!