People of the Garden Art Cards

Three People of the Garden
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ pen and marker

1. The elusive cow snail, a tiny gentle creature rumored to appear during the summer solstice.
2. Roger, a Beetle Liaison. It’s a posh appointment – he spends a lot of time in fancy drawing rooms eating finger foods.
3. And a mushroom sprite. Her name is Angela.

Hello, Paint Party Friday! (a wee bit late) These cards were made for a People of the Garden Swap at illustratedatcs.com. Thanks for stopping in!

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Bright Blue Maiden and Poster Progress

Brigid the Acolyte
5″ x 7″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen

I’ve been getting up to something larger than 2.5″ x 3.5″ (ATC size) lately. With this I couldn’t decide what to do with the background so I doodled. It’s a bit sparse but I didn’t want it to compete with the figure. Submitted for the topic “Mask” at Illustration Friday.

ALSO! I have ordered test prints of a Dogs poster (finally) and one with animals in fancy clothes.

Art Card Dogs poster, Version I.
16″ x 20″ and including twenty individual art card dogs

Fancy Clothes Animals Poster Version I
Aesop’s Stables Theatre Company, 12″ x 18″

People seem to prefer the black background but I may do both. All opinions welcome! Sorry for so much stuff in one post!

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Stop the Fancy Presses. A Countess Cat.

Very. Fancy. Cat.
5″ x 7″ pen and ink, Copic markers

Very. Fancy. Cat. Oh yes. But I am up far too late to explain further, except to say I believe she is a Countess who lives on a remote estate and takes in lost kittens.

I listened to Slipping Away while doing art recently. You should try it! Or not. (I even bought a proper copy on iTunes.)

Hello to Paint Party Friday! Lots of progress pics as this one developed over many days.

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Whole Lotta Fancy, Ink and Pencil

Emily the Munitions Expert and Mara with Veil
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

A couple ATCs for the week. Work has been busier than ever. Ugh! But as long as I can get a few pieces done in the evenings, I can muddle through.

Very Fancy Antelope
5″ x 7″ Staedtler Mars 2H pencil

This is more pencil than I usually do. Can’t decide whether to ink it. Or maybe get colored pencils? But I don’t think I like colored pencils. So I can’t decide!

Thanks for stopping in! Progress pics!

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Hat Fairy With Fish and a Cephalopod Wrangler.

Hat Fairy with Fish, 5″ x 7″
Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

The second and final secret package has landed. Including this hat fairy. I almost kept it! I really like the design of this. And the hat. Might have to put her on a greeting card or something.

Below you’ll find the Cephalopod Wranger. Also part of the secret pack. For someone who likes Catrina girl style and octopuses. (I just looked it up and this is the correct plural!)

Cephalopod Wrangler
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

Hello Paint Party Friday! Progress pics below. Thanks for stopping in!

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Three Themes Diverged in a Wood and I Took Them All

A very odd mix of inked art cards, for various purposes, all came together this weekend:

Ruby Meadowlark, The Shih Tzu Envoy, and Twisted Circus Twins
Each 2.5″ x 2.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

Ruby is spirit sister to Zoe Meadowlark, seen here in a gallery of Spirit Mask art cards.

The Shih Tzu Envoy arrived in Lhasa with Lord Stinkeye, the manic Chihuahua.

And the circus twins, well. Only the fourth addition to the My Dark Side Gallery! People seem to like these dark ones. I do not quite grasp the allure. Perhaps because I tend toward anxiety about the world and I don’t need to add a bunch of creepy characters to the repertoire of my nightmare-making mind?

I think that’s it, actually. Thanks for dropping in! Progress pics below.

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The Secret is Out! Ganesha in Purple and Two Portraits

Well, half the secret is out. There is another secret solstice gift pack in the mail which I hope shall land this weekend. And then I’ll show you what was in it! (For a Secret Solstice Swap over at illustratedatcs.com. Woooo!)

Ganesha in Purple, 5″ x 7″
Copics, fine liners, white gel pen on cotton vellum

And here are the two art cards that traveled with Ganesha to their new home. The recipient seems very pleased. Hooray!

Flapper Portrait and Cat with Pink Quilt
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics on smooth Bristol

Hello Paint Party Friday! I am so sorry for being so terribly behind on commenting. But I have set aside time this weekend for COMMENTPALOOZA, and I sincerely hope to catch up. Or maybe get ahead! Ok, maybe just catch up. ;)

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Art Production for a Holiday Weekend

No progress pics today because I was out of town without my scanner. BUT, I did tons of new art cards, such as three more gnome dwellings to go with the first:

Three Gnome Dwellings
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

Lilah’s Lil’ Shroom, Delilah’s Abode and Graham’s Fancy Tree (with a red foxcat). Before that came the sea creatures:

Three From the Sea
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

The Mistress of Eels,  Nessie (with Gar), and the partly finished Cthedrick (younger brother of Cthulu). Cthedrick tends toward oddness rather than malevolence and therefore the family keeps him out of the spotlight, mostly out of embarrassment (theirs).

And one more! Gaston Culpepper, Lord of the Treetops.

Gaston Culpepper
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

Thanks for dropping in! More progress pics next time.

Two in Brown and Blue, Inked Art Cards

Two things are preventing more posting:

1. I am making secret things for a secret swap. They are cool! But just in case the intended recipients happen by here, I cannot post them yet. Also,

2. I have a regular full-time office job and things are rather hectic and stressful at the moment. Arrrgh!

However, I would like to post to Paint Party Friday with these  two pen and ink art cards. I like to think they both have a touch of zen to them. Hello, PPF peeps!

Gnome House and Sebastian the Messenger
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

A Gnome Called Figgum lives in this tree in the Spring when his wife goes to stay with her sister. The rest of the year he rents it to small-statured tourists including the occasional exotic-location-wedding guest.

The beaked fellow is Sebastian, who belongs to the Messenger Guild. Most reliable small package delivery on the planet!

Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope everyone has a restful weekend. Unless you’d prefer the more active sort of weekend. If so, good luck and I shall watch from my lawn chair*, sipping tea. ;)

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*I don’t actually have a lawn chair.

Muriel’s Patented Pet Perch and a Motorcycle, Pen & Ink

Muriel’s Patented Pet Perch
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen

Endive the Beaked Tamarin was just a wee tomato of a pet when Muriel designed the hat contraption for him. Now that he’s grown, he is a bit more of a (literal) pain in the neck.

And here is a purple motorbike. With a couple of goofy beasts. Made for a silent auction for the Miracle Ride Foundation.

Jethro, Tully and Gertrude
5″ x 7″ Copics, fine liners white gel pen (matted)

Thanks for stopping in! Apologies for erratic posting. I suspect most of you know what that’s like!

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