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NewsletterArt Every Day Month 13
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!
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 5:10 pm | art every day month, designs, watercolor, work in progress
Hello fellow explorers and creative minds! My name is Linda, aka tortagialla - a nickname my adorable husband dubbed me meaning "yellow cake" in Italian. I'm your not-so-typical Californian girl who took the plunge and moved to the Tuscan hills of Italy. Now I'm living my dream designing, illustrating and crafting full-time. You can contact me via email linda [!at] tortagialla [!dot] com
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,
k-
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!