new etsy store open

Hurray, exiting news today, my new Etsy store is now open.

I have listed my first set of original ACEOs as well as some gift cards and

my original painting "Space melt", all  now for sale in my etsy store.

http://www.styx2stars.etsy.com/

 

Space melt original painting by styx2stars on Etsy 

http://www.etsy.com/ 

A beautiful original acrylic painting featuring a little space traveller and a melting stary sky. Something has apparently upset the laws of the

new show at BSG

I sent of my painting for the "painting 12A" show at Brunswick st gallery (BSG) today. Its always hard for me to part with them. If your in Melbourne go check it out for me, I wont be able to go see it  myself. The show runs 2nd - 15th March.

another work in progress

A work in progress. I'm about half way through this one. I have painted in all the undercoat colours now I need to add detail and definition. I usually paint the first half of a painting very fast and freely then at about this stage I become more careful and lose momentum. That's why I have so many paintings half done, 5 at the moment I think. I know a lot of artists have this problem. You get the initial creative spark that takes you so fare and then you get stuck or daunted.  I'll see if I can get back in the flow tomorrow avo after work.

 

more ACEOs

I had an extra day of work today and finished of some more ACEOs for my etsy store (the opening of which has been slightly delayed). These are all done in a similar way to the first one I posted about, with watercolour and pen on watercolour paper. On the one with the two little witches I also used some coloured pencils on their hair and on the plants. The photo of the bird one is crap, its actually not blurry, sorry. All in all I'm quite happy with them for tiny pictures.

ACEOs

Ive been working on my new etsy store, it should be open next week end. very very exiting. As well as my original paintings and giftcard sets I am going to list my first ever ACEOs. There they are all ready to be created, some are canvas and some are watercolour paper. This should be lots of fun, and its raining too, so nice.

And here is the first one done already. I drew this in pencil then went over it in a very fine pen, rubbed out the pencil and coloured it with watercolour. I find water colour so quick and rewarding to use. The only negative is that you cant cover mistakes easily because its so transparent.

Oh I wish I had tomorrow of as well so I could do more arty stuff.

I often spend my nights searching the Internet for pictures I like and save them to look at over and over.
Today I thought I'd share some of the treasures from my inspiration folder. Ive also been watching a lot of Scandinavian electro art project "iamamiwhoami" videos on you tube and that has reintensified my ongoing love of creepy forest magick imagery. So enjoy these wonderful pictures, sorry artists unknown.

Black bunny

I wasn't going to post this picture until I found out whether it will be featured in a competition I entered but what the hell I suppose it doesn't really matter if a few people see him on my blog. So this is "black bunny" the newest in my bunny and cloud series. I don't know why I started painting bunny's, I think I like there minimalistic jellybean shape and cute noses. I'm really pleased with how this painting turned out, I think it looks very well composed somehow.