Crows!

My last fayre at Aldham on Saturday went well. There was a good range of stalls and it was nice to get to talk to customers and other stall holders rather than only selling online :D

Now that the fayres are over I am getting back to painting. Yay! I'm working my way up to Hexley again, but have started with some crow paintings. There are two new ACEO crows, painted in Quink and watercolours. I also have a larger Quink crow painting, which I will be selling 5x7 prints of and making into bookmarks. So keep an eye out for those in my Etsy shop very soon!

Clockwork Robin...

I have a new Hexley illustration for Christmas! :D It's a Clockwork Robin - what else would you expect to see on a Hexley Christmas painting?!

I was really pleased with how this turned out - it's now my new favourite Hexley piece :) I enjoyed doing the border too - all the holly and cogs took quite a while to do but it was worth it. It reminded me of a few years ago when I spent hours drawing a William Morris style border - time consuming but actually quite fun! I'll have to do some more things like this again soon.

When Edwin Cracknell was asked to make a clockwork animal for Christmas his first thought was a robin. His clockwork birds were held in such high regard that the Clockwork Robin soon became a much sought after item in Hexley.This illustration was drawn in dip pen and ink then painted in watercolours. A print of this illustration will soon be available in my Etsy shop.

Dreams and Treasuries

Last night I dreamt that I made 23 sales in my Etsy shop... it would have been amazing to get that many sales in one night but it was only a dream...

I did discover that I've had some new shop/ item hearts and my giraffe ACEO print has been featured in a treasury though which is great!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=74794

'Giraffe'

This is a high quality giclee print on glossy HP premium plus photo paper taken from my original illustration which was drawn in artist pen and painted in watercolours. ACEO prints of this giraffe and other animals are available in my shop - only $3.50 USD (that's approximately £2).