My 'Asylum Senses' are tingling...

After finding a few pieces of wood and cleaning them up, I decided to paint on them. The result was two beautiful and creepy girls in straitjackets, the pair was named 'Asylum Senses'.

There is Voice, the one without a mouth. And there is Sight, the one with three eyes.

This is Sight. Plagued by visions at a young age, she was sent to the asylum when she could no longer control them.

This is Voice. She is a young girl who couldn't find her voice, so she was sent to the asylum after a series of events. She just wants to speak up, but can't.

My Asylum Senses paintings, Sight & Voice.

Sight is for sale here! 

Voice is for sale here!

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet...

I was inspired by the old nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffet, and decided to paint my version of the girl. She became rather Tim Burton-esque, which meant, to me, that her spider needed to be a creepy black widow-like spider. And somehow, Little Miss Muffet ended up being mad and glaring at the spider, instead of running away. 

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider, who sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away...

Nymphs... They are magical.

Yeah, sorry about the weird title, but I couldn't really think of anything... ^^; As the title says, I've painted some nymphs, an Anthousai and a Dryad. These were both new experiences for me, but I think I did pretty well!

Exciting News!!!

I have finally taken the big jump into being a painter! I have signed up for a local craft show! It's held by the Virginia Beach Farmers Market (which is open year round), and I've gotten a spot! While I realize that this isn't a particularly exciting thing for many artists, it's my first show, so I'm super happy! So, if you live in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, or will be in the area on Saturday, feel free to stop by and check my work out! 

I'm a unicorn!

There is little that inspires me more than mythology and fantasy... And another thing that would always inspire me to paint was a little music 'box' with a elaborately decorated carousel horse on top. I can't even remember what song it plays, but it plays music, thus, I'm calling it a music box despite the missing box part. So, I decided to paint that horse... again. My first try was rather unsuccessful... But my second go was very cute! I took the horse and transformed it into a unicorn on a magical carousel!

I hope you enjoy:

Ruby & Pearls...

What started out as a simple portrait of one of the characters from one of my stories, quickly turned into a beautiful woman, adorned with pearls... Basically, she went from being an albino girl, to an exotic and gorgeous woman with tan skin.

She is... Ruby.

My family said that she looked angry, and suggested that I name her 'Miffed Rose' or something like that... But then, my dad suggested that I name her 'Ruby', and something clicked in my head. 'Ruby & Pearls' she became!

Forever Missed... my angel sis

Recently, I drew a statue that sits in our backyard. My parents bought the statue to represent my dead sister, Emily. It's a little angel. 

I didn't even exist back when my sister was born, I wasn't there when she died three days later either, but I still love her and wanted to show my love for her. So, I decided to paint her as well.

Thus, the painting 'Forever Missed' was created!

This was painted using an underpainting and glazes.

My (dead) sister was the only child in my family with red hair, so I wanted to make sure to include that. I also dressed her in a rich blue dress as that is the religious color dating back to a long time ago (when blue was really expensive). I don't know why I made her wings lilac, I just thought that it would fit well.

Little Update: What have I been doing?

I have been trying a new technique for painting, which forces me to add more depth, because without it, after the first step, it would be all one color. Figure it out yet? My new technique is to do a gray/black&white underpainting, then glaze the colors over, letting the shadows and highlights show through. And, so far, it has been working brilliantly. I've only used this technique a few times so far, but every time I do, the paintings have more depth than those without the underpainting.

Here's my first time doing underpainting and glazes in acrylics:

This was my first step: the underpainting in black and white

This was my first layer of glazes, and I added the wings 

Many glazes later...

The finished product: Blessed Nature

Welcome! (Again!)

I have changed over to a new email, and as a result, I needed to make a new blog for my art! So, please, enjoy all posts from here on out!