Here is a link to a page where I was featured as artist of the month! Alice Rooslien, who runs the site, contacted me about featuring my art on her page. The name of the site is Hot Cake Fashion, so she thought my painting of a piece of cake would be great for it! The site is based on fashion and design. It gives tips on what to wear, budgets, how to get yourself out there and more. It's a nice site and now she is getting involved in all different types of art and how to succeed at what you love. So thank you to Alice and please check out my feature and the rest of her site!
fashion forum
On the right hand side click on how to make a living with your art, and then scroll down to recent blog posts and click on artist of the month, December.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
last of the silverware
I just found this last silverware image that never got posted. I really like this one so I wanted to get it on here. When I took all of the silverware out of the store in December I ended up hanging them in my kitchen and it looks pretty awesome!
Two more clocks
These were two more Christmas presents and of course with the holidays I didn't manage to get a finished picture with the clock hands. The birds just had black hands to compliment the painting but I used bright orange/red hands on the cookie clock which looked really cool! Funky and bright!
finch clock
This was a Christmas present for my boyfriend's parents. His dad made me a ton of great wood panels like this and I couldn't be more thankful! They look great with the paintings finished onto the sides and eliminate the need to frame. They also create a hollow space in the back that make it easy to drill a hole in the wood and make an awesome clock! This was fun and I hope to make a whole bunch of different clocks later this year.
Eric's Bike
This one was also a fun one. It's nice to get commissions because they make you paint things that you normally wouldn't. This is my best friend's brother's bike. He had been wanting one of my paintings forever so she decided to have me do one for him for Christmas. He loves to bike and has a really nice one so we thought that would be a good subject. It was really fun to paint, challenging with all the lines and lettering but in a good way.
Paper Crane
This was also a commission from November. When I got the job I was really excited about painting origami. I thought, what a fun and different thing for me! Once I got started it completely brought me back to my very first drawing class in high school! I had completely forgotten, but that was our first assignment! It really is a great assignment for a drawing class because it makes you look to see where lines are coming and going without getting to confusing. I have to say it was quite a bit harder than I expected. Getting the paint to do what I wanted with this one was difficult, but in the end I think it came out pretty cool.
Rondo
A commission I did back in November. I'm not really a fan of crows, in fact I kinda hate them...long story...anyways going into this painting I was a little worried about my feelings towards crows getting in the way but I have to say I LOVED painting this! There was something really fun about getting all of the different colors in the black feathers, which is probably hard to see in the digital image. I also liked the simplicity of the composition and background (which is what the client wanted). It is a one foot square and really holds it's own when displayed.
Birds in 2009!
So let's see, maybe a couple of months since I last posted! Ugh! sorry! Today, I'm catching up!
After many requests, there will be another bird show this winter. Now that the holidays are finally over I can get to work! I am aiming at February 19th as the opening date, but there will be more information as the date draws closer. Here are a few to preview.
Last years show consisted of only winter bird scenes, but this year will be a mix. Most likely I will end up with more winter birds anyways because I do like my birds fat! haha, but the goal is to have a little bit of everything. If you would like to be added to my mailing list to receive a postcard please email me your contact info. awatters9@yahoo.com
thanks!
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