UK artist blogging about her artistic journey
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Here are two new paintings I've finished but only Santa Claus is for sale at Miss Ann Art.
They are both ACEO size and done in pencil and watercolour.
watercolour, watercolor, etsy, Miss Ann Art, ACEO, african american, ethnic in Watercolour Paintings, Art and Creativity, Etsy, Illustration, ACEO Sunday, November 16, 2008 Hi everyone,
I'm extending the sale in my shop Miss Ann Art until the end of the month so all of my original watercolour paintings are still on offer at 20% off. Many other VAST member shops will be extending their sales also, some even into December.
To keep track of all the VAST members who are participating in our team sale, then check our blog regularly and when I get the Etsy promotional forum thread address, I'll post that too.
Here are some treasuries to get you started. Can you spot one of my paintings in one of the treasuries? Bet you can't!
Enjoy all the fine art available at great sale prices on Etsy!
Stacey-Ann
As promised, here is the promotional thread being used by all the artists who are extending their sales:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5910972&page=9
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 I've been busy the last few days getting back onto my creativity bandwagon. I had two weeks recently when I didn't paint anything and didn't feel like it either. So I decided to forget about perfection and selling and focus on trying new methods and techniques and of course having fun!
I cleared my desk area and that helped to motivate me and then I revisited some ideas I had about trying different creative projects. I even ordered some books on collage and mixed media to further motivate me. So I took the plunge and decided to play with some ideas just for creativity's sake.
Here are two bookmarks I made by glueing watercolour paper onto brown Kraft card and then painting on the watercolour side. I glued the watercolour paper because the brown card is quite thin on its own and also because I wanted a familiar surface to paint on.
For the black and white bookmark, I glued some decorative paper onto each end of the brown Kraft card and then drew the illustration onto the watercolour paper in the middle using black watersoluble ink. For the skin of her face and neck I used a wet brush and pushed the ink around gently to colour it in.
The tree bookmark is completely in watercolour paint.
They could both be used on their own or in their plastic pouches like the one shown. The plastic pouch is actually quite a bit longer than the bookmarks but I distorted the image when I tried to get it to fit on the page! I added the red ribbon.
I also tried experimenting with negative painting in watercolour and this is what I came up with. It turned into a mixed media piece as well when I decided to cut out the shape of a butterfly (well I hope it looks like one!) on green card and stick it in the middle.
All of these projects were fun and I'll try and keep up with experimenting like this so I don't get into a slump again.
Monday, November 10, 2008 Here is my submission for the TMTA this week. The theme is purple and I immediately thought 'Purple Moon' but of course the moon in my painting is not purple but everything else is!
Thanks for stopping by and here it is:
Thursday, November 6, 2008 Hi everyone,
I am having a wonderful sale running at my shop Miss Ann Art where everything is 20% off and you can grab a bargain on any of my paintings like this one which has been reduced from $20 to $16 (at the current exchange rate at time of posting that would be a sale price of £9.91 or 12.31Euro):
I am taking part in the Etsy Visual Arts Street Team Holiday Sale event which runs from 7th November to 15th November and if you would like to check out the other extra talented artists who are also taking part just click here. Even though the sale officially starts tomorrow, my paintings are already available at the sale prices today if you want to start early.
Depending on how well the sale goes, I may extend it all the way to the end of November. We'll see!
Have fun browsing and shopping.
