Winter Magic! A new Painting

"Winter Magic"

This is my newest painting that I finished last night!  A magical goddess of winter whipping up some snowy weather.  :)

I love how she turned out!  She's definitely a favorite that I've done in a while.  The tree actually took the longest to do, but in the end it was worth it to add the snow on the branches.  I'd contemplated just leaving them bare, but it really gave it some extra depth.

It's 11 x 14" Watercolor and white gouache.  Prints and the original painting are available on my website HERE

And also an update on my kittens! They are 9 weeks old now and crazy and adorable!!  We've decided to keep all of them.  We've gotten way too attached to them to give them away!  :)  Here are a few more recent pics:

Storm hiding in my hoodie

Bear, named for her large polydactyl paws

Loki

And a very content Mama!

Garden Series Finished!!

I have finally finished my ACEO Garden Series!!  Here are the final 2 paintings:

 "Rose" and "Lotus"

These are available as both ACEO prints (limited editions) and 5 x 7" prints on my website!

I have an auction listed now for an ACEO print set of all 12 Garden Series painting! Click the picture below to visit the auction!

 

I also just finished a second all antique copper, Autumn-themed bracelet!  This is just like one that I made last year around this time.  That one sold, and it was always one of my favorites, so I made another and it is now for sale in my Etsy shop!!

"Fairy Friend"

I actually drew this one a couple years ago, but I never got around to painting it. I recently found it and decided to finish it. :)

"Fairy Friend"
Watercolor and white goauche. 8.5 x 5"


Details:


Prints and the original painting are available on my website: www.elvenstarart.com

Commissioned Painting and New Bracelet

I just finished a commission I've been working on for a few weeks! The tiger is supposed to symbolize strength and the crystal ball looking to the future. I'm particularly happy with how her dress turned out. :)






"Strength and Hope"

Watercolor, white goauche and colored pencil. 9 x 12"

Now I'm going to get back to a couple other things I started before this. One being the Georgian vampire painting and an ACEO.


I also made another bracelet. This one is not art-related though. I really love this one! It is more me, being black tones. :) These are a lot of fun to make! I just may make some to sell eventually. With and without my art involved. ;)

Rose Garden Charm Bracelet

I've been trying out some beading lately, and this is something that I made. I really like it! I'm not going to sell this one. My mom liked it so much, I'm going to give it to her. But maybe I can consider it a prototype for some that I might make in the future.

These would be a little more special than my necklaces because the whole thing is hand-beaded. So I'd probably only be able to do one every now and then. :)

The beading became surprisingly quick once I got the hang of it. I made a keychain too yesterday. Maybe I'll post a picture of that later. It was actually intended to be a bracelet too, sort of like above, but I thought it was a little too clunky for that (I like my jewelry a little more delicate), so I turned it into a keychain. ;)

So I'm having some fun with some beading! I hope to have some new artwork soon! I have to finish a commission first, but I'm working on a couple things in between.

Sea Dragon Painting WIP

I got started on painting this. I did the sketch transferring and painting preparation on Thursday. I got most of the background done. I have a feeling that this painting won't take very long to finish. I like how it's coming along so far! :)

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!

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.

Almost Ready....

I got my first copy of my art book and it is gorgeous!! But there were some things that printed a little too dark, so I had to lighten them up and resubmit it. Now I just have to see how the changes turn out. Other than that it looks perfect, and if the dark pages print like I hope this time, I will be sooo happy! I'm excited for when I get to show everyone, because I'm really proud of this collection! :)

I'm working on an ACEO now. I haven't done one of those little paintings in a while. But I'm going to do some now, continuing both my animal and dragon series. So look out for some ebay ACEO auctions and the pre-orders for my book! :)

The Sun Prince *finished* and new toy :)

I finished him! I'm really happy with how he turned out for the most part, though I do wish I'd noticed before I started painting that he's leaning slightly to the left. Oh well. :)




He is a new version of an older painting done in 2004. You can see in the side by side view how much I've improved since then.



I also got a cute little netbook computer a couple days ago. I still have to use my main computer for my prints and website stuff... basically anything requiring big programs like Photoshop or Dreamweaver. But this is great for the internet and I can take it anywhere. I love it! I got the Asus Eee 1000HE and it's a really great price. The touchpad and the compact keyboard take some getting used to though. :)

I'm waiting to see a copy of my artbook, and if everything looks right, I'm going to start taking pre-orders for them very soon!! Also, I finished the commissioned painting I was working on too. It was of a gothic sphinx. You can view it on my website HERE. I warn that there is some mild nudity in case you're offended by that.

What I'm working on...

Here's a preview of what I'm working on now. I'm going to have to take a break to finish up a commission, but I'll get right back to it once that's done. :)

The Storms Poster!!

I've made a poster of my storms series! It is available in my Zazzle shop!

The Storms Series Poster by elvenstarart
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I bought one myself to see how they look, and it looks great. Below is a picture. Sorry for it being a bit dark.

I'm still working on my "Rose Garden" painting, but I should be done soon. I'm at least half way done! :)

The Storms: Tornado

Here is the last in the series. I hope that everyone has enjoyed them. This is my favorite of the three, I think. I was going for that unstable green color, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. :)

I feel very productive since I got each in this series done one after the other. I'm usually kind of bad at series since I get distracted by other ideas. It really helped to sketch all these out first before painting them!

Watercolor and white goauche. 9 x 12"

Detail view below:


Here's all three of them together:

The Storms: Lightning

*Edit* I went back and fixed some things the best I could, so ignore the paragraph below. :)

I finished the next one! This lightning one gave me trouble right from the beginning with the sketch. I like how it turned out, and it looks a LOT better in person than on the computer, but I think that I like the rain one better. There are still some issues with this one that bother me. I'm tempted to go back and tweak a couple of things. I may do that still...

Anyway, she's done in Watercolor and white goauche. 9 x 12"

Detail view below:

The Storms: Rain

The first painting in my series of storm goddess is complete!! I contemplated not posting it until they were all done, but I couldn't resist. lol :)

I'm pretty happy with how she turned out. I like the blue tone to it, even though I'd originally thought of it as being more grayish. It just sort of went in a more blue direction. It is funny how things like that can just happen when you paint.

It's Watercolor and white goauche. 9 x 12"

Prints are available on my website.

Detail view below. :)

Ready To Paint...

I have all three Storm sketches transferred and now I am ready to start painting them!! :)

The Storms #3: Tornado Sketch

I finished the third sketch for my storms series. Now I can start painting them!! I think there will only be the three, but I can always continue it if I feel inspired later. I like how this one turned!

#1: Rain

#2: Lightning

Wild Vines

This one came together pretty quickly. I really like how it turned out. I knew when I started it that it was going to be green, but I didn't really plan to make it entirely monochromatic. That just sort of happened and I'm really glad that it did. It gives it a sort of soft, dreamy look. :)

Watercolor and a little white goauche. 5 x 7"

Original for Auction HERE!!

The Storms #2: Lightning Sketch

Here is the next sketch for my storms series. Lightning! I had so many problems with this one!! It gave me such a hard time. I just couldn't seem to get everything to work together. First I couldn't draw her face and then her arm was too long! I almost gave up on it altogether! I finally decided to transfer the parts of the sketch that I did like and begin on a new sheet of paper since the other had so many eraser marks. lol. Well, I finally got something that I can work with out of it. :) I'm pretty happy with it. She has the intensity that I wanted. I may fix a thing or two before I paint it, but I'm going to move on to the next one.

I have to sketch one more and I'm going to start painting them. I thought I'd be more likely to keep up with the series, if I had them all sketched out first. :)

Here's Rain if you haven't seen it: RAIN

Oh, and I almost forgot... I'm having a special offer on both my website and ebay store through February 9th. Buy one print get one free!! Visit either my website or ebay store for details.

New ACEO Auction!

"Coming Storm"

I started this ACEO about a month ago, but I stopped to work on my Valentine's Day painting and a Commission. Now I finally got back to it. It's funny because it only took another day to finish it. :) It's another one of my mini dragon series!

Watercolor and white goauche. 2.5 x 3.5"

EBAY Auction Here!!

Limited Edition prints are available on my website HERE