I cannot say that I’ve been so productive today. Sundays are usually lazy, stay at home and snuggle on the couch times! However, I do have a deadline looming for a plushie show in December. I am making a plush monkey and have been working on the design digitally thus far. However, the actual … See the full post »
Weekends are family time for me and today was no exception. I have been out of the house since morning and just back after midnight. I was able to get some quick outlining done in the ATCs I’ve been working on, but didn’t have a chance to scan and post until now. Here in … See the full post »
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 … See the full post »
Wow. I just have to say again, thank you to everyone who stopped by and left me words of encouragement and feedback on yesterday’s post. Grazie mille…because I really couldn’t have done all of this and gotten to this point without the support of all of you. I’m so happy that the internet allows us … See the full post »
Okay…I think I can do this…
So, I have been working on my watercolor pieces that are now part collage and part digital illustration. Definitely some ups and downs in trying to get what is in my mind out into reality and today I had a great breakthrough. Let me go back and say that … See the full post »
Today is one of those cold inside and outside days. You know that in the wintertime it can certainly get cold outside…but it doesn’t always seep into you as a person. Today I feel cold inside as well because things just aren’t going the way I want and I know many of us participating … See the full post »
I wonder how many of you know that I actually have a lot of blogs, in attempts to satisfy my varying interests in all things arts and crafts? One of these days, I have to figure out a way to connect them all, perhaps footer banners…hmm. If you haven’t seen my digital card designs, … See the full post »
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! It’s cold and rainy here in Italy, so it’s one of those stay at home Sundays with lots of comfort food giving me an all day food coma. Cold weather always makes me want to hibernate a bit. So here’s another quick post for me as I doodled … See the full post »
For today, I have a super quick post of some watercolor backgrounds I am playing with. Weekends are usually filled with family events and snuggling with my hubby, so not much studio time! ;P Until next time…
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My acrylic painting experiments are still going, but I realized with my sleepy moon piece that too much water is a really bad thing! The paint did not bind well or perhaps I tried painting over before the previous layers were dry. A giant pimple formed on the painting and now I have to … See the full post »
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