Wonder of wonders, on Thursday the 4th of October I finally sat down and got out my oil paints for the first time since moving to Las Vegas.
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My parents are preparing to publish their very first novel, and I am creating the cover art for them. The title of the novel is Mermaid Drowning. The cover art depicts the main character, Evelyn, watching the sunset at the beach with a storm looming on the horizon.
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Work in Progress, 6″x9″ colored pencil on black paper drawing of a butterfly, for the July COLORED PENCIL Magazine challenge.
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These are two pairs of miniature paintings, commissioned at Clockwork Alchemy, which I will be putting in lockets as soon as they are approved by my customers. All four are slightly more than 1″ tall, drawn with a dip pen nib and then painted in an ink wash of the same color.
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The machine-washable corded Regency corset is now fully assembled and grommeted.
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Over the past two days I’ve been working on a batch of eight textured acrylic mini canvas board minimalist paintings (For being minimalist, the description sure is a mouth-full!). They are mostly on 3″x5″ canvas board, with one 4″x5″ and one 5″x7″. This entry shows the WIP photos I took along the way as I created layers.
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This entry on the Regency Corset shows how to create looped buttonhole eyelets, and how to attach the busk pocket to the front of the corset.
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I worked on the corded regency corset some more yesterday. The shoulder straps are padded, the lining is attached, the busk pocket is sewn (if not yet attached), and the bottom edge has been bound.
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I made a lot of progress on the new corded regency corset Sunday. The body is now fully assembled, and all the cording has been inserted.
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8.5″x11″ ink on watercolor paper. The actual drawing is in dark brown ink, but I scanned it in black and white. Overall I like this rendition a lot more than the previous attempt.
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