Another royal character in my series today…I present you with The Duchess! I went for a less cute look on this one as I would like to portray different personalities in each character. She’s still a bit cute, but with some edge in my mind. I feel like I still want to tinker with her a bit…so perhaps this is not final. I do like to make prints however, so I can look at my ladies framed, up-close, from afar…all views! These gloomy days make it difficult to take photos, so I apologize for the bright flash that washes out the background texture of the paper.
I am also working on some ATCs – my first ones – for some mail/art exchanges. It’s exciting and yet again, scary as well. I hope the recipients will like them when I finish. I have been doodling these characters upside down and decided to create a series of ATCs. Amazingly coincidental is that I recently also heard a song by Paloma Faith titled Upside Down. You can watch the video of a live performance of Upside Down on YouTube. It says exactly what I want to express, so it’s perfect inspiration and musical accompaniment while working on these pieces. How cool is that? The world works in mysterious ways indeed! Go figure!
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Well, hello Ms.Duchess! So fun seeing your characters take shape and form.
Thanks! It’s definitely fun to work on a series…sort of variations on one idea, because I can’t decide otherwise!
i will give a million dollars to do watercolors the way you do: BEAUTIFUL!!!
Oh dear…don’t give a million dollars! ;P I’m still a beginner with watercolor – I’m not sure if I’ll ever understand it all…but I totally just give it a go and practice with a lot of doodles. I like watercolor because for me…it’s my free flowing, anything goes type of medium.
First I wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment–I appreciate it!!!
I absolutely love your art – your ATC cards are looking wonderful along with your paintings – I really am in awe of it all – thanks for sharing it!!
Thanks so much! I appreciate your feedback!
Oh, fun fun fun, I loooooooooooove your upside down girls!!!!! Aren’t ATCs addicting! I stopped doing mail trades for a while because I ended up on so many that I wasn’t make any other art buy ATCs.
So much fun seeing what everyone is doing for AEDM!
Miracles,
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Oh wow… I suppose it is true that it can get overwhelming! I’m just starting with mail art though…never done it before! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I love the upside down girls! Their hair is so beautiful and their faces so cute! I think you are brave to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone and I am confident the recipients of your ATCs will be charmed and delighted!
Thanks Jen! I really appreciate your thoughts and encouragement!
Nice to see your series of work. The characters are so cute!
Thanks Rachel…I am looking forward to posting more!