Solaris Nebula Speed Painting Video

Hey all! Another little video update! :)

I hope you're having a lovely Friday!

Art Updates, Shopping, and a Video!

I've been busily working away on my 'Secret' themed paintings. The next one should be finished very soon, and I am SO excited for you guys to see her. I also made a little video preview of my artwork in progress that you can find at the bottom of this post.

Lately I've been experimenting with painting on Creative Paper Clay. I roll a hunk of it into a ball, then flatten it out into a coin shape, let it dry a bit, and paint directly on it with watercolours. I think acrylics would look better though, as the watercolours seem to just soak into the clay and lose their pigment. I then applied a layer of matte medium to seal the painting, and added sparkles for some extra pizzazz. Once that was dry, I glued on a pin back, and now she's ready to wear!

I've also purchased a lot of neat things over the past few months (either online, through thriftstores, and via craigslist) and have some posts planned to share those shopping hauls. :) But to start us off, here are two things I recently got in the mail:

1. Fabric tapes - for decorating the gift boxes and envelopes that get sent to my lovely customers.

2. Krylon Metal Leafing Pens (in 18kt Gold, Silver, and Copper)
(I can't wait to use these in my artwork, and jewelry!)
I plan on doing a video review of the Krylon pens, so look forward to that! :)

I experimented with the metal leafing pens, and drew on some black Onyx pendants. I really love the effect! What do you think?

And last but not least, my foxxy purse! I kind of want to get the light brown, and light pink ones too.

Lastly, here's the art preview video!

Hope you're all having a fabulous Friday! :)

The Secret Life of Butterflies - and a painting video!

Happy Valentine's Day to all of my friends, fans, followers... much love goes out to all of you! :)

Do you have any special plans for the day? Or are you going to be plopped on the couch in PJ's with a kitty in your lap like me? Either way, I hope you get loads of 'happy valentines', hugs, kisses, and pig out on copious amounts of chocolate. YES. :>

I finished this new illustration and just thought I'd share! She's part of my 'secret' series of paintings.

Her secret is not as obvious as my other illustrations in the series. This piece is about how we each individually perceive the world in different ways. And in her case, the mundane is magical. 

For example, when I walk along a forest path, my eyes aren't just seeing green leaves, and brown bark... I'm looking at the details in the bark; the little knoles and mossy patches where tiny birds (or even Faeries) might call home. Or, when I traveled to Pompeii, and walked around the ancient city... I wondered, who commissioned these wall murals so long ago? What were the lives of these people like? To some people, little things like that might be nothing particularly interesting, but to me, it's fascinating. To the girl in the painting, she sees the world in her own magical way, which is her secret. 

Hope you're having a lovely day, and if not, I'm sending loads of e-hugs to you all now! :)

The Secret Life of Butterflies illustration

Watch me painting this piece in the video below! :)

She Speaks! New painting video up!

Hey guys!

I just made a new video... and I actually talk for nearly a minute. I'm sticking my toes in the youtube waters, lol. Anyway, hope you enjoy watching the paint slip and slide! Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions! :)

I hope you're having an awesome Friday! 

Theme: Secrets!

A few little announcements today!

Firstly, my website has been re-vamped! Check it out here, and let me know what you think! Forgive the little welcome/owl sign, as it's only a placeholder for future things.

Secondly, I'm super excited about this new project I'm working on. It will be a series of up to five paintings (depending on time), that will be inspired with the theme "secret". This theme really appeals to me, and I think applies to a lot of my own artwork already. In every piece, I try to express mysteriousness in my characters, as well as eerie enchantment in their surroundings... so this theme kind of feels natural to me.

I've made a bunch of sketches, quite a few of them based off of ideas from you guys, that you supplied me with on facebook (thank you so much!!), and have three that I definitely want to use. The titles of these pieces, as of now, are Secret Garden, Mystery Behind the Masque, and The Trees are Watching.

If I'm able to get a larger memory card soon enough, I will record the painting process of these pieces and share them with you on youtube. :)

On jewelry news, the leaves from my previous post have finished baking, and look all glittery and fantastic. Tomorrow I will get started on making them into new ear cuffs, and hopefully soon they'll be in the shop!

Now, for your viewing pleasure, may I present...... Scarlet!

You can watch a little video of her creation, here:

Well, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you follow along with me and see how the new paintings turn out! :)

My first painting video!

Okay, so it's not too intense, all you see is the painting and my hand, but it's still pretty awesome! Let me know in the comments if you check it out! :)

Video: "An Unusual Perch" by Sasha Fitzgerald

My Moleskine Sketchbook

Today I made a little video!
Take a journey through an old moleskine sketchbook of mine, where you find oodles of doodles, and notes I scribbled during class. This sketchbook is almost three years old now.

I hope you take a moment to watch the video and let me know what you think! :) Enjoy!