Some New Colored Pencil ACEO's...

I am learning some new colored pencil techniques from a book I recently purchased titled "Colored Pencil Painting Bible" by Alyona Nickelsen.   Ms. Nickelsen brings the dynamics of colored pencils to a wonderful new level.  I know I will never be able to accomplish work like hers ... but I am certainly learning to improve!

"Cherries"

"Indian Corn"

"Bubble Wrapped"

I guess I was in a silly mood today when I drew this sketch ... I was remembering when the kids were little and I would let them have a bubble bath and they would sink down below the bubbles and pop up! I guess a good title for this sketch could be .... "Bubble Wrapped"...

Creating Careers with Confidence: LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF...The Greatest LOVE of ALL

Creating Careers with Confidence: LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF...The Greatest LOVE of ALL

Unicorn ACEO

I'm participating in Ayala Art's "29 Faces in February" challenge.
This is the face I painted for Day 7 =)

"Luna", Unicorn ACEO For Sale

Cute Art World's Wooden Shelf Sitter Blocks!

I have been busy creating my new found love!

I am creating these lovely little blocks!

They are so cute!

If you have a special request

 of one of my designs just let me know!

So far here are the ones I have listed at the moment.

On Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop/anitrabear

Quarter Horse Portrait

Today's Painting...

Click Here for the Listing Details

"Cosmic Kitty"

Today's listing is a whimsical piece.
A winged cat leaps over the stars!

See the Details at Etsy

29 faces in February

 Hello! For all the people that like to paint or draw portraits, faces, I have a challenge for you!

 http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/2012/01/29-faces-challenge.html

For those that like facebook, there's an event page to visit:

https://www.facebook.com/events/337032286318115/

Are you ready? See you there! (or visit to see the art of others!)

Monarch Butterfly

A Little Fun

Little Fox

It snowed here

We rarely get snow

and it didn't last 

through the whole day

but I caught a few 

little ones 

out frolicking

in the little bit we got.

:^)

"My Girl" Day Twenty Ink Sketch

Years ago two very special dogs came into our lifes, Suzie aka Yellow Fawn and Dexter aka Moose.  They were anonymously given to my parents who eventually gave them to us and they became dear and precious members of our little family.  As far as we could discern they were in the Rhodesian Ridgeback family.

Thumbing through my albums today, I came across a photo of Suzie and it just called out to me as the subject of my Day Twenty Sketch.  Now, mind you, drawing animals is not something that comes easily to me.  I finally decided to challenge myself further in Brenda Swenson's 75 Day Sketch Challenge and at least attempt this drawing.  So here is

"My Girl"

 

Happy New Year!

Karen Anne

"Soldier Boy"

 I am so enjoying going through my old albums!  Today I found a photo from 10/4/1993 and decided to sketch what I call "Soldier Boy"....

This "75 Day Sketch Challenge" is fun!

Try it you'll like it too!

Karen Anne

PS  This sketch is available in my IrelandBrady.etsy.com Store in ACEO format.

The bond between brother and sister.....

Recently I decided to take on "Brenda Swenson's 75 Day Sketch Challenge" in which a participant draws one sketch per day for 75 days using only ink ... NO pencils or erasers allowed! Today was my eighteenth day and I chose a photo of two of my grandchildren (when they were much younger). I have never sketched two figures together on one page without first making pre-drawings in pencils with lots of erasures to be sure that proportions are close to what they should be. Never the less, I decided I would try ... the result is this sketch that I really like! The lesson I learned? You never truly know what you are capable of doing until you really try.....

I have this print available as an Open Edition ACEO in my Etsy Shop.

My Third and Final Entry to the December ACEO Challenge ...

Outside of our kitchen garden window we have an arborvitae that stands at the east end of the window.  We also have a family of squirrels that nest in the tall blue spruce in our front yard.  The squirrels gather and bury nuts all over our yard, later they will dig up their little treasures and many a time I have been working in the kitchen and a motion will capture my attention outside of the window, I look up and I'll see a little squirrel happily munching on a tender nut morsel. 

This happened again today and inspired my third and final entry in The ACEO Challenge which I have titled "Garden Window Visitor"....

 Happy day all!

Karen Anne

Two New ACEO Challenge ACEO's....

Have you visited The ACEO Challenge Blog lately?  This month's challenge is ".....Out Your Window" ....  here are two views from two of my windows!

Merry Christmas ... and if you have a chance ... enter your view in this month's ACEO Challenge!

Karen Anne

new ACEOs available

Hello!

I have new ACEOs available in my Etsy shop! Click here to take a look.

Spooky?

Spectre Visit

Wandering the graveyard

2 little ghosts with a bluish glow

visitors or residents? 

Visit my ETSY shop

"Sticks" - Heartful Art ACEO by Raphaella Vaisseau

I like the effect of a stick fence, similar to those we often see here on the beaches of the Gulf Coast of Florida.
This little darling is a little different from my most commonly created ACEOs - original painting of watercolor on paper. "Sticks" is an abstract mixed media piece using scraps I cut up of one of my abstract prints. I then painted the background with silver metallic ink.

I hope you like it! Click here to view all of my ACEOs on Etsy.
-Raphaella Vaisseau

3 ACEO's - Autumn Leaf Portraits

This cute little leaf fell on my deck the other day... It's Autumn!! I couldn't resist painting it's portrait... three times. Click on each one to see it in my Etsy shop, or visit my shop TheCreatorsPalette to see all of my ACEO's.

"Dance Of The Gecko's"

I have had numerous requests to illustrate a gecko design and this past week I finally did just that!  Here is my latest piece of art titled "Dance Of The Gecko's", hope you like it!