Earth and Sea and Sky - lineart mostly done
I'll be spending the next few days cleaning up and hunting down tangents, I suppose...!
And being afraid of colouring. ;)
2016-11-16 12:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Jenny Dolfen posts
Working on "The Awen"
I need new glasses. Until then, a magnifying glass will do (and I wish I'd thought of that much sooner!)
2016-11-15 10:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostBlodeuwedd - finished
Welcome the May-queen
Sing for her now
For as the year turns to Samhain
She'll return as an owl
(Damh the Bard)
Not a good day today. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing as ...
2016-11-13 19:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting owly
Last wip for tonight - especially as it's almost morning!
I love what that paint in the inside of the owl eye does. It looks like a vibrant reflection but it's only Daniel Smith doing what Dan...
2016-11-13 00:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostRefining the face
Again, with some lifting off and smoothing. I just love this technique.
I'm doing a video of this again, yay :) And this time, I have a spare battery.
2016-11-12 22:19:29 +0000 UTC View PostBlodeuwedd wip
Hey my friends! It's been a weird week for all of us, and mostly for those of you who live in the United States. I haven't felt like art all week, but I'm back at painting. There's so much ugliness in...
2016-11-12 18:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostBy *very* popular request...
... new pendants. Particularly of certain redheads. XD
Now showing on Etsy...
2016-11-08 13:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostRaffle Draw November
Hey my dears! As promised, the raffle has been expanded - and I'm throwing in a calendar as well! :) The next raffle, in January, will also encompass fridge magnets. =D
Ten (yes!) goodie bags go to:...
2016-11-07 19:36:34 +0000 UTC View PostOak, Broom and Meadowsweet
Yassss. I've tried to draw this piece since 2013, and now I finally can pull it off! Rebecca had some useful pointers on this last Tuesday, and when I did the lineart just now, I actually went from "s...
2016-11-06 14:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostEarth and Sea and Sky
Okay, I owe Rebecca and SmArt School BIG TIME for how this one came together. I had all those animals all over the place in the first version of this until she gave me incredibly helpful pointers for ...
2016-11-06 10:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostNew pendants!
I survived my class trip (barely, for lack of sleep as my seventh-graders were driving each other - and themselves - up the walls with horror clown scaremongering) and managed to send out about twenty...
2016-10-29 18:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostTutorial: Painting Plaid
I've loved painting plaid ever since I realised how it worked, back in the mid-nineties (I'm not sure, but I think I was sitting in a very boring lecture at Uni and was staring at the plaid backpack o...
2016-10-21 19:34:57 +0000 UTC View PostA radiant brow shining bright
Okay, I seriously, seriously can't believe I painted this. God! When I told people I was going to take an art class, a lot tapped their foreheads. I had a feeling that an art class might be an idea, b...
2016-10-21 18:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostTaliesin - new brushes paint better
Pro tip: When your detail work starts to inexplicably get muddy - throw out those frazzled brushes and get new ones. Seriously! I must have painted with these for two years or longer. Not even the bes...
2016-10-21 17:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostTaliesin - next wip
Having a definite Pygmalion moment there. *o*
*pats him*
2016-10-21 13:16:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Taliesin - lineart
I had to put in a few hours of "proper" drawing - I've got about ten sketch copies done now, but if I don't get another piece or two done until Sunday, I will again feel cheated by the holidays! But I...
2016-10-19 13:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostF I N A L L Y .
My artbook is finally available - but trust Oloris to make their biggest blunder yet. They managed to plant a big, fat letter G in the middle of the cover, and I managed to miss it before I had 120...
2016-10-15 12:43:09 +0000 UTC View PostBlodeuwedd
This is a piece I've wanted to draw for years, even started it twice and scrapped it all - and now I'm finding that locating the right ref photos and incorporating them makes for such a natural and ea...
2016-10-14 10:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostFrames frames frames <3
Considering that I'm totally not a framer, I think these look gorgeous!
Both Freya and Isis are looking for new homes on 2016-10-13 09:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Taliesin
"A radiant brow, shining bright for all to plainly see
Taliesin is your name, the greatest Bard that this land will ever see..."
I mistakenly ordered a bunch of too-big round cut mats, t...
2016-10-13 06:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostIsis needs more gold.
SmArt School class last night was exhilarating. Rebecca was happy with my progress and with how I'd implemented all she'd given me on my way. I told her I wasn't quite as happy with Isis as I was with...
2016-10-12 09:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostFreya, finished
Oh DANG, I could not be any happier with this. ^________^ For this one, it all just came together!
2016-10-11 14:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostFreya - wip
I'm not done yet!
... okay, I am now. For tonight. More on Freya tomorrow!
2016-10-10 21:54:37 +0000 UTC View PostGold leaf
Adding gold leaf. (The gold looks really bold here in the full light - I'm going to try some photography/scan tricks on this tomorrow.)Now, she's waiting for her frame and matting! (Postman waylaying ...
2016-10-10 17:53:24 +0000 UTC View Post"The Sky her Tears of Gladness" - painting timelapse
This was the first attempt that I scrapped - but it's the only one my camera was up to documenting.
It's really annoying - my new camera only lasts for about 60 minutes of filming before its batteri...
2016-10-10 14:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostIsis, second go
This paper worked much better, but it was still a fight with paper and technique - and skin tone.
I'll be adding tears in gold leaf, and then on to matting and framing this - I actually found ...
2016-10-10 10:54:52 +0000 UTC View PostIsis - second wip
I'm having such an indecent amount of fun with these.
2016-10-09 12:38:05 +0000 UTC View Post