New Embellished ACEO Prints!!

I have some new One-of-a-kind hand-embellished ACEOs for auction on ebay for the next week!! All of these will only be available once, so they are truly one-of-a kind! Click the picture to visit the auctions.

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

Some sketches and Rings!

I have some cameo ring available!  So far I only have 5 available but I may make more in the future.  They are available in my etsy shop HERE

I also have a couple sketches that I need to get started painting.

This first one I sketched a few months ago, but haven't gotten around to painting it yet.  I've made a few subtle changes to it since this scan of it though.

The next one I just finished sketching tonight, and it is of my character Elekcis again.  I love to paint her!  I don't know what I'm going to call it yet.

Extended Sale!!

Painting...

I've actually started painting a couple of things.  I started on the paintings of these sketches.  It seems like I haven't painted anything in a while.  I think it's been like 3 weeks.  I have done some sketching in that time though.  ;)  Anyway, I started on the first one of this set.  She's "Serenity" and the second one is "Chaos."

I'm painting them on these small 5 x 7" panels of Ampersands Aquabord (or claybord textured).  It is the same thing I did my painting "Ocean of Sorrow" on.  I had these two extra panels left and I wanted to use them for something, though I now realize that I had forgotten how much I really didn't like painting on it.  I think the last time I used it, that since I ended up liking the end result, I sort of convinced myself that I liked working on it.  lol  Now I'm not really enjoying the experience so much.  With the way I use watercolors, it is really hard to get the shading smooth. When I look at Ocean of Sorrow now, I wonder how I managed to get it so smooth.  I'm not having nearly such luck this time.

When I paint with watercolors, I used a lot of layers to build up the colors to how dark I want them.  And I sometimes scrub in some texture with a dry brush and I blend with a damp brush, and this surface just doesn't work well for all that.  The color lifts off way too easily and ends up streaking like crazy!  I just don't have the patience for this, so I think I'm going to finish up what I've started with acrylics.  That should solve the problem.  :)  Then, so that the two paintings still seem a pair as I intended, I'll have to do "Chaos" in the same half watercolor/half acrylic method.  It should be interesting since it isn't something I've tried before.  :)

One-Of-A-Kind Prints!!

All new One-of-a-kind hand-embellished prints now for auction on ebay for the next week!! All of these will only be available once, so they are truly one-of-a kind! Click the picture to visit the auctions.