Monday Mix: Other Art

♥ My amazingly talented bff Chris McAlister did this mural... in 21 hours! He'll have a video of the process up soon too, so if you like to see gigantic amazing artwork being made, keep an eye out for that on his blog.

♥ Rebecca N. McKinnon writes about depression, motivation, and being an artist, as part of her new Wicked Wednesday/Sacred Sunday series. I love the idea and am really looking forward to this!

♥ And I just got my beautiful print from Amanda of Earth Angels Art today, of her piece "Track Ways". Do take a look at her art - it's so dreamy and magical, I love it to bits. Can't wait to frame this on my art room wall! 

Monday Mix: Inspiring Videos

Neat things of note... 


♥ Wild Children: This was produced for the most part at one of our now monthly Arty weekends - my friends are so talented! This is an amazing story written (in about an hour, if you can believe it) and narrated by Rebecca McKinnon, with stop-motion animation and voice help by Sian Lewis, and sound design and voice help by Daniel Diaz Brauch. And one voice by me, hehe  (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ

♥ Amazing cut-out art by Mikito Ozeki. 






♥ Some music: Secrets by Bryson Andres. Ahhh, violin makes my heart feel crazy. 






♥ And Dicken Schraeder, with Milah & Korben, Everything Counts. These kids! This song. What a cool dad. 

Monday Mix: Post-It Art, WIWT Blog Feature, and Zelda Music

♥ The Post-It War: Window art made with Post-Its! This reminds me of being in college, when I worked at a newspaper with another artist friend of mine, Chris McAlister (check out his portfolio... I promise you won't be disappointed, he's incredibly talented!) We decorated our shared cubicle with tons of Post-It scribbles, although nothing like this. Makes me want to give some window art a try. 

postitwar.com

♥ My last WIWT drawing was featured on the What I Wore Today blog! I love this group <3 I'm still excited for the book, 2012 please! 


♥ And some music... since David's been playing Ocarina of Time lately, I've been listening to this piano/violin medley of Zelda songs while I work. Give it a listen even if you're not familiar with Zelda, it's absolutely beautiful:  

Look for another Wednesday WIWT this week, and possibly a final on Friday! 

FEST Treasure Hunt, blog feature, new Etsy items

a few quick updates...  


1. I donated a set of greeting cards for the FEST: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasure Hunt, starting May 1! You don't have to be a member of the team or even Etsy to play. Take a look at some of the prizes here: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasure Hunt Challenge!

Paisley Butterfly Greeting Cards (Set of 5)

2. Artist Elaine Alonzo featured my painting Lucky in a recent blog post - be sure to check out the rest of her blog, she's a talented lady.  

Whimsical Embroidered Victorian Necklace by Venusian Voyage

3. While these aren't new paintings, they are two new listings in my Etsy shop: 

    

Goldfish Queen - Original Painting / Butterfly Queen - Original Painting

I've been going through all of my originals and deciding which ones to list that haven't been yet; hopefully I will have a few more listed in the next week or so, along with new prints! (The printers I use are a little slow; thus begins the excited but impatient wait for the mail...)

a mini-interview, and a work in progress

goodness: The lovely Allison Weeks Thomas, illustrator and fellow SCAD grad, has a little mini-interview with me up today for her Artist du Jour series! Be sure to check out her blog, she does awesome work. 

(and here's a sneak peek of something i've been working on lately:)