Illustration Friday: Run

Running Late...

Medium: Watercolor, Water soluble pencils, ink
Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

I am trying to do IF every week, like I used to...but am having a hard time keeping up with the themes. I hope you enjoy this one... :D

Poor White Rabbit... :D

HUGE Charity Auction

I am a member of "Art 4 Critters", a group of artists who donate a portion of their art sales to animal charities. Some members of our group have donated paintings for a big charity auction on eBay & hopefully raise a minimum of $1,000 (which is a steal!) for Happy Paws Haven Inc., - HPHI, a 501 (C)(3) Nonprofit corporation in Arab, Alabama. This is a "no kill" shelter, they do not euthanize their animals. The artists involved with this project have created small ACEO size (2.5" x 3.5") paintings of 'big cats' for this event.

This is the painting I donated for this charity event:

"The Peaceful Ocelot"
Medium: Watercolor, Ink CLICK HERE To View The Charity Auction Thanks for looking!:)

Illustration Friday: Opposites

There are 18 hidden images in this painting....

An Easter bunny in a Halloween costume celebrates Christmas by hiding presents instead of Easter eggs...ok I guess this isn't literally an "opposite" themed painting, but it does loosely fit the theme...and I haven't updated my blog or done IF in 3 months so please forgive me :) There are 5 ornaments, 5 presents, and 8 candy canes hidden in this painting - some are hidden in plain sight, some blend in with the scenery....go ahead, try & find them:D

Medium: Watercolor & Ink

Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

Weekly Photoshop Challenge: Silhouette

I've recently taken an interest in Photoshop so I was excited to see the "Weekly Photoshop Challenge" hosted by Txartcgal. This week's challenge is to make an interesting silhouette out of a picture. I used this tutorial to make this silhouette:

Here's the original photo...it's a girl standing against the wall like a wierdo. This girl may or may not be me....OKAY it's me..but it's a bad pic. This is what I look like when I'm trying not to smile & look serious. LOL.

Illustration Friday: "Under the Sea"

Title: Miss October
Medium: Prismacolor Colored pencils & ink
Support: 100 lb Smooth Bristol
Size: 2" x 3.5" (business card size)

 An exotic mermaid does her best pin-up pose under the sea. This is a self portrait....kidding!

Thanks for lookin' :)

Illustration Friday: "Robot"

Title: Miss Adventure
Medium: Prismacolor colored pencils & ink
Support: 100 lb smooth bristol
Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

  I love old tin robots but have always been disappointed with the lack of female robots out there...so here is "Miss Adventure", a girlybot with a delicate face and heavy duty pink body.  She's out for a stroll with her toy kitty on the moon. On Miss Adventure's chest is a Girl-O-Meter, and on a scale of 1-13 of girliness, she's a 13 of course! This little drawing won 1st place in eBay's "Nibblefest Art Contest" in November 2005.

Thanks for lookin' :)

ACEO #40 - "Watching"

Title: Watching
Medium: Caran D'Ache Water Soluble pencils & ink
Paper: 130 lb Fabriano Medioevalis Watercolor Paper
Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

This little birdy is waiting for her first egg to hatch.

Click here to view auction Thanks for stoppin' by. :)

ATC2 #19 - "Enigma"

Title: Enigma
Medium: Caran D'Ache Water Soluble pencils & ink
Paper: 130 lb Fabriano Medioevalis Watercolor Paper
Size: 2" x 2"

Is this a kitty? Or two butterflies resting on a flower, above a flying duck?

Click here to view auction

Artists' Choice Awards on eBay

The Artists'  Choice Awards acknowledges eBay artists based on the artistic merits of their work.  After a month-long nomination process, over 7,000 votes were cast for eBay's favorite artists in 44 categories.  Many thanks to those who nominated & voted for me!  I was honored with the following awards: 

1st Place - Most Creative Art

1st Place - Most Imaginative small format Art

3rd Place - Favorite Miniature Art

Honorable Mention: Favorite ACEO

Honorable Mention: Favorite Drawings

Honorable Mention: Favorite Fantasy/Faeries small format Art

(thanks!) :)