Sweet Things Series

I've completed a new series!! I loved working on these so much! I just love how colorful they are! These started out being painted on Claybord, but I soon found out that I despise working on it. I had to stop and try something else. I already knew that I wanted these to be displayed on little easels. They're only 4 x 4"

So I decided to try mounting my normal watercolor paper to the Claybord and then paint on that. After some research, I used some acrylic medium as and adhesive and mounted my paper to the board. It worked out perfectly and the rest of the painting experience worked like a dream! :)

So I have Cupcake, Ice Cream and Candy to present to you! Three tattooed, "Sweet" beauties.

Cupcake

Ice Cream

Candy

 Here are the three originals, which are now available in my Etsy shop, displayed on their little easels!

You can also find prints of them in all of my online shops... Ebay, Etsy and my website!

Postcard Set and Print GIVEAWAY!!

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One lucky winner will win a set of 25 of my fantasy/gothic art postcards and an 8.5 x 11" print of my newest painting, "A Glimmer of Hope!"

Postcards included in this set art:
Toxic, Dead Sea, Opium Poppy, Broken Halo, Witching Hour, Candy Hearts, Pine, Spellbook, Midnight Minions, Black Hellebore, Midnight Travelers, Adrift, Nevermore, Wither, Holly, Wisdom, Despair, Hope, Submerged, Winter, From the Dark Depths, Absinthe, False Hellebore, Christmas Kitties, and Windswept

Good luck everyone!!

Let me know asap if you have any trouble entering.

The "tweet about the giveaway" and "easy entry for all" options can be done once a day to increase your chances of winning! In the easy entry for all option, if you have to type something in the box to enter, you can put whatever you want, even just your name.

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

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Pretty Poisons Series Complete!

#8 Aconium

Here are the final two pretty Poisons in the series!! "Oleander" and "Aconitum" which is also known as wolfsbane, monkshood and the queen of poisons. I hope you all have enjoyed this series!! Prints off all of these can be found on my website, ebay store, etsy... the usual. :)

New Art and New Shop!

"Wither"

This is my newest painting, finished last week! I originally started this painting in gouache on rose colored paper, but it just wasn't going well at all! I'm not so sure about using gouache all alone. I couldn't get it to blend without it becoming a streaky mess. I may try it again sometime. I haven't decided if I want to yet. So I started it over and did it in my usual media of watercolor and white gouache... ahh, much better! :) I'm glad I started over because I'm thrilled with how she turned out! I managed to get the background the dusky rose color that I'd wanted and I'm happy with all the wilting plants and flowers.

I hope you like her too! Prints and the original of her can be purchased on my website HERE

"Rhiannon"

This is the ACEO I did for the winner of my free ACEO commission giveaway! She was fun to work on, and a little different from what I normally do. :)

Limited Edition prints are available on my website HERE

New ElvenstarArt Tube Shop!

I'm also excited to announce that I now have my own psp tube shop! In case you haven't heard, Dreamscape Imaging has closed, so I had to make a decision as to how I wanted to offer my tubes. I've decided to try going independent this time and sell them myself. You may now find all my tubes in the new ElvenstarArt Tube Shop! I hope you enjoy my new store. :)

My main website has also been reorganized slightly to make room for the new tube shop, so if you have trouble finding anything, just let me know and I'll direct you to it. :)

And finally, for the next week you can get 20% off at my Etsy Shop with the coupon code: TAKE20

This include prints, originals and jewelry... Visit my shop HERE!

Time for another Giveaway!

I recently passed 2000 Likes on my Facebook Fan Page! I'd like to have another Giveaway as a thanks to all my fans!! Thank you very much for all the support everyone!
If you don't already follow me on Facebook, you can find me HERE!

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One lucky winner will win Free Custom ACEO Painting!!
Two Additional winners will win an 8.5 x 11" print of their choice!!

There will be only one winner chosen for each of the 3 prizes in this giveaway after one week. The winners will notified and given 48 hours to claim their prize.

The grand prize is for a free commissioned ACEO painting, which means that I will paint what you tell me. Please try to choose a subject that goes along the lines of what I paint and will suit my style. I won't paint anything pornographic or offensive.

ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals." These paintings are 2.5 x 3.5" This is a small space and best fits portrait style artwork. For examples of ACEO's that I have done, please visit my ACEO Gallery

This painting will be done in my free time, in between paid work.

The second two prizes are for a free 8.5 x 11" print of the winners' choice!

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Candy Hearts -- New Art!

"Candy Hearts"

I have a new painting to share! Here is a simple and sweet little Valentine's Day fairy! I hope that you like her!  This is my second Valentine's-themed painting. The other is my "Thinking of You" angel that I did a few years ago. Maybe next year I'll do an anti-valentine painting. :) I did give this fairy a little edge though with dark tattoos and make up. I couldn't resist or risk having her turn out too sweet.  lol ;)

7 x 9" watercolor and white gouache.

Prints and the original painting are available on my website HERE

The other day, I splurged on a large art supplies order from Dick Blick. I got some stuff that I needed, such as some erasers, watercolor paper, and an extra gatorfoam board from stretching my paintings on. I figured that I should have a spare for the occasions I have more than one painting going at once. I really could have used one for this fairy painting since I have a larger painting stretched on my foam board waiting to be painted. So in order to paint this I had to tape it to an old panel I have in my old way of painting. It works, but the paper doesn't stay quite as flat as when stretching. Annnyway... I got an extra so this shouldn't be a problem in the future.

I also finally got some more gouache paints! I think I've mentioned before that I'd really like to try an all gouache painting. Some years ago, I tried to get used to using acrylics. I have 4 or 5 painting that I made using them, but I just never really enjoyed working with them. I liked how some of the painting turned out, but I didn't really like the process. I'm thinking that gouache might work out for me, since they're opaque like acrylic, but handle somewhat like the watercolor that I love. Obviously there will be different techniques to use when working with an opaque paint than with transparent watercolor, but I think that it will be similar enough that I'll enjoy it more than acrylics.

Another neat thing is that since they're opaque, I'll be able to try out some paintings on different color papers (which I also bought). I did some colored pencil drawings on colored paper in the past, and it can create a nice atmosphere. I'm excited for my new supplies to arrive so that I can try them out! :)

And last of all, I'd like to share what will probably come next, the painting of this sketch which I completed back in November:

More Holiday Sale Updates!!

TODAY ONLY! For orders from my Ebay Store, get a free open edition ACEO print for every $5 spent!! Just let me know after you make your purchase which prints you want either as a note in the checkout or contact me afterwards. Limited edition ACEO prints do not count for the free ones. You must choose from my open edition prints that have a normal price of $5 when not on sale. Limited to 20 free ACEOs per customer. Visit my store HERE!

For orders from my Etsy Shop today, take 20% off your order with the code: SMALLBIZ

My Etsy shop includes many of my prints, jewelry and original paintings!!

Visit my shop HERE!

Holiday Sales!!

It's time for my annual Holiday Sale, my largest sale of the year!! This year, I'm have sales going on at both my Ebay store and Etsy shop! At my Ebay store, EVERYTHING is on sale!! From today until the end of the month, take 25% off all prints and 15% off everything else!! This includes all original paintings listed and my jewelry, including my new cameos!

At Etsy, I'm going to have various discounts going on through the end of the month! You can check my website or the my Etsy shop to see what the latest deal is.
Starting right away is 15% off of your order with the coupon code: BLACKFRI

Did you know that if you either don't have a Paypal account or don't like using Paypal, that you can pay with a credit card on Etsy using their direct checkout? This is a newer feature of theirs so I'm sure some aren't aware of it yet. And I'm happy to say that my shop currently accepts payments using their direct checkout! They also recently started selling gift cards!

I hope that everyone has a great holiday season!! Also, if you'd like to have a little sneak peek at what I'm currently working on, click this link to see my sketch! Some people I asked on Facebook wanted to be surprised, so that's why I'm not posting a thumbnail. :)

Sea Swept Series

I knew I wanted to paint another mermaid. I wanted to do another one in a similar scene/color scheme as my painting, From the Dark Depths. So I was trying to come up with the right pose that I wanted for her. I wanted her sitting up more, not lying down like in "FTDD." So often for paintings when I'm trying to figure out a layout for them, I'll do rough little sketches just to get an idea of how I want it before I do a final sketch. I sketched several poses (pictured right) and I still couldn't decide. I even posted this on Facebook and asked for opinions, but ultimately I was fond of several of these. So I decided that I had to do the few I liked best and make a series of them.

I've always felt that I needed more mermaids in my gallery anyway! I think that I have about enough to give them their own gallery on my website soon! :)

Here are the finished paintings! I painted them all using the exact same coloring but done in different ways. It was fun to see all the different combinations that could be done. All are 5 x 7" watercolor and white gouache. The prints and originals are available on my website HERE.

"ADRIFT"

SEA MIST

WINDSWEPT

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Store Sale!!

Hi everyone! I'm having a sale in my ebay store this week! Get up to 20% off of EVERYTHING in my store. This includes all prints, jewelry, original art and more! Click the banner below to visit my store and get these great deals!

The "Bleeding Hearts" auction also has a few days left! Visit and bid on that HERE!

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

Big Holiday Sale!!

I have an Ebay Sale going this week!! This is my biggest sale of the year with 25% off all Prints and 15% off Everything else! This includes ORIGINALS, bookmarks, canvases, and Jewelry!! Visit my store for these great deals by clicking the banner above!

Happy Holidays, everyone!!

The Secret Door - ACEO

This is an ACEO trade I did with ScarletGothica. You can see the beautiful one she did for me HERE.

Watercolor and white goauche. 2.5 x 3.5"

Limited Edition ACEO prints available on my website HERE.

Predatory -- New ACEO!!

This is my newest ACEO, "Predatory." lol I've been misspelling that word all day. Anyway, I've got it straight now. ;) This is the 5th in my animals series, of which the limited edition prints are nearly sold out. I still have some of "Fierce" which features a tiger, but the other three are sold out. So for this one, I made the edition larger, out of 27.

The Original is for auction on ebay! You can view that HERE!!

Prints available on my website here.

Store sale and more!!

I'm having a sale in my ebay store this week! 20% off all prints and jewelry! Check it out HERE

I currently have a few things in the works. I'm working on two paintings, one of which you got a peak of in my last post. The other is a commission. Hopefully, I will have those finished paintings to share very soon. I'm also working on... an art book!! It is really coming along well and I'm nearly finished with it. I have the entire main part of the book done. I just have to do the beginning intro pages and the index and the cover and it will be ready. I'll have more information about that coming up! :)

Store Sale!!

I'm having a sale in my Ebay store for the next week!!

Get 20% off all prints and 10% off jewelry! And if you spend at least $20 you'll get a free 5 x 7" "Thinking of You" print! Which is my newest Valentine's Day painting.

Visit my Store HERE!

"Thinking Of You" Valentine's Day Art

This is my new Valentine's Day painting. "Thinking Of You"

She isn't how I'd originally planned for her to be, but I like her a lot better! :) I had intended for her to be more sweet and innocent but she just got more gothy as I worked on her! lol

Prints and the original painting are for sale on my website, HERE.


I hope you like her!! :) Check out the detail's below!

Some One-Of-A-Kind Auctions!!

There is one last chance to own a print of the sold out ACEO, "Black Rose Immortal!" I have created a special, One-of-A-Kind hand-embellished 5 x 7" print of it. It comes matted too and will fit into any standard 8 x 10" frame! It is really beautiful and the only way to own a print of that image. Click the picture below to view the auction.

Also, I have some One-Of-A-Kind hand-Embellished ACEO prints of some of my art!! There will only be one of each of these, and I will be doing some more of other work soon. See those auctions HERE!