Today I am excited to share with you one of my latest watercolor painting having the title ” Queen Flower”.
I painted in my traditional signature style in watercolor and ink but this time not on the usual watercolor paper. I came across this 10 inches diameter paper lace doily at home and my first thought was to make a ink drawing on it! I love to explore new artistic and creative ways to paint, testing papers or surfaces and see how watercolor works especially on unusual ones! I am always driven to try new techniques and materials. I have to say that the combination of watercolor and ink pen did work really well without any bleeding through the paper! I am happy and pleased with the outcome! The watercolor looks great on this paper doily, the original painting is lovely and would look great with a floating frame. I will sure create more paintings on paper doilies in the future.
Artist’s details about the painting: .I used a Draft/Matic Pencil 0.5mm by ALVIN for my sketch. I painted on a 10 inch Paper Doily, I used French Artists Watercolor by Sennelier l’Aguarelle. Ink pen COPIC Multiliner #01 and a SAKURA White Gelly Roll pen.
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I hope you all had a great start of the year!
I know lately I have been pretty quiet and didn’t post here on the Blog as much I’d like to. I took a break to recharge my creativity. I didn’t know how to feel in this beginning of the year, there is so much going on in the world.
Today post is about the release of my new watercolor painting with the title Tears In The Fire this is my first painting of the 2020 and it is very special to me.
I feel so much sadness for the heartbreaking situation affecting Australia from months under the catastrophic wildfires that is destroying, animals, wildlife, natural habitats, and people. Sidney University experts estimated that over 1 billion of animals has tragically perished it’s heartbreaking!
I gave the title Tears In The Fire because I can only imagine how much, tears, pain and suffering these beautiful animals are going through. My painting is dedicated to the wonderful Koalas 🐨 and to all the rescuers that are helping and caring daily for them to heal painful burnt paws and injuries and to all the other animals in desperate need of care surviving this horrific fire.
I hope that my painting can rise awareness and give a tiny contribution to support the wonderful Koalas and wildlife victims in this terrible time for them. I love all the animals and now they needs our help, together we can make a little difference in their recovery. Since I was a child I dream to one day being able to hold a lovely Koala in my arms! I hope I will one day! ♥️
Prints of my painting are now available for purchase as Open Edition signed and hand enhanced in size 5×7 and 8×10 inches please visit my >> ETSY Shop
Fundraiser for Australia Koalas Rescue Bushfire relief I will donate 70% of the proceeds from the sale of this print! (The 30% left would be for supplies to make the prints I wont make any profit!).
🖤 DONATIONS WILL GO TO:
I have decided to split the 70% between two great not for profit organizations they are doing an amazing job to save Koalas and wildlife animals and will continue to do so.
🖤 50% goes to Port Stephens Koalas NSW – Australia
🖤 20% goes to WIRES Wildlife Rescue
NOTE: Each print is “Hand Enhanced” with inks is like a semi original you don’t receive just a normal print but it has my hand work on it!
Print is signed and printed one by one in studio by me on a beautiful paper, and looks great framed, the one in the photo below is mine I had to have it on my wall!
Prints are unframed but ready for you to add one.
Thank you in advance to anyone that decide to purchase this print your support for the cause is precious. I need your help or I can’t do this by myself! 🖤
So far only one print sold thanks to Christiane a wonderful soul in Germany!
<3 Details about my painting: Watercolor painting, Ink drawing is outlined with ink pens. Fountain pen Pilot Prera fine nib. Ink pens used PIGMA Micron Black ink #01 and 03, Micron dark red ink #1, Alvin Draft/Matic #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves Pencil. I used French Artists Watercolors Sennelier l’Aguarelle, Pentel Aqua Brush – I painted on Bee Paper for watercolor 140lb, 100% cotton, cold pressed.
Please visit my ETSY Shop if you would love to have a print of my painting and join me to help save these magnificent creatures! ❤ Feel free to contact me if you have any question Contact
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To all my friends and followers in Australia please be safe!
Have a great weekend everyone I will post updates, always thank you for sharing <3
Two more days to go and this beautiful challenge is over for the year! Next challenge would be in December!
Today drawing is about Aliens creatures! She is my little Alien a traveler of the Universe! Her ride is in a beautiful bubble she brings messages of love and peace💗
❤ Details about my drawings: Supplies used for my Ink drawing ink pens used COPIC Multiliner Black ink #03 and 05, Micron dark red ink #, brown #003. Fountain Pen Pilot Prera Fine Nib. Alvin Draft/Matic pencil #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves.
<3 Details about these Challenges: Every year in October since 2009, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge created by Illustrator Jake Parker by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. (read my previous post) Other amazing artists have created their own challenges during October. This Year I will Join two amazing challenges InkTober and Drawlloween is a little more spoocky Halloween themed created and hosted on Instagram by Pop Surrealist artist Mab Graves! I will create my daily drawings inspired by the combination of the two Challenges daily prompt words and I have combined the names creating my own challenge “DrawllooweenTober” yes this is my plan to be able to join and drawing daily for both amazing challenges at the same time, if you like to join me use also hashtag #drawlloweentober2019
I took a second photo so that you can see the gold better!
Day 27: Coat – Stranger Things Double Challenge combined prompts #Drawlloweentober2019 Inktober: Coat MabsDrawlloweenClub2019: Stranger Things
Hello friends I can’t believe we are almost at the end of October and of Inktober art challenge only four more days to go!
Today drawing is inspired by the prompts “Stranger Things” a very popular American TV-14 series for young adult on Netflix. If you are familiar with the 3 Seasons of this fiction, science, horror series, then you sure recognized my two very loved main characters. Eleven the girl with the special telepathic and psychokinetic powers and ability and Mike the boy that found her when she escaped from an experimental scientific facility. I am not going to say more… as I don’t want to spoil the story if you intend to watch it! I have to say, that I enjoyed to watch all the 3 seasons with my daughter very much it is a very interesting , fun and dramatic series and very captivating! Now waiting for the 4th Season hopefully in 2020.
❤ Details about my drawings: Supplies used for my Ink drawing ink pens used COPIC Multiliner Black ink #03 and 05, Micron dark red ink #, brown #003. Fountain Pen Pilot Prera Fine Nib. Alvin Draft/Matic pencil #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves.
<3 Details about these Challenges: Every year in October since 2009, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge created by Illustrator Jake Parker by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. (read my previous post) Other amazing artists have created their own challenges during October. This Year I will Join two amazing challenges InkTober and Drawlloween is a little more spoocky Halloween themed created and hosted on Instagram by Pop Surrealist artist Mab Graves! I will create my daily drawings inspired by the combination of the two Challenges daily prompt words and I have combined the names creating my own challenge “DrawllooweenTober” yes this is my plan to be able to join and drawing daily for both amazing challenges at the same time, if you like to join me use also hashtag #drawlloweentober2019
I took a second photo so that you can see the gold better!
Day 26: Dark – Huli Jing Double Challenge combined prompts #Drawlloweentober2019 Inktober: Dark MabsDrawlloweenClub2019: Huli Jing
Today prompt “Huli Jing” is inspired by the Chinese Mythology (Chinese: 狐狸精; literally: ‘fox spirit’) or jiuweihu (Chinese: 九尾狐; literally: ‘nine-tailed fox’) are Chinese mythological creatures who can be either good or bad spirits. During the Han dynasty, the development of ideas about interspecies transformation had taken place in Chinese culture. The idea that non-human creatures with advancing age could assume human form. As these traditions developed, the fox’s capacity for transformation was shaped. (Source WikipediA)
I hope you like my drawing and vision of the Huli Jing representing the 9 tales Fox Spirit, the black minimalistic background is for combine the prompt Dark. I think it suits greatly with my composition.
❤ Details about my drawings: Supplies used for my Ink drawing ink pens used COPIC Multiliner Black ink #03 and 05, Micron dark red ink #, brown #003. Fountain Pen Pilot Prera Fine Nib. Alvin Draft/Matic pencil #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves.
<3 Details about these Challenges: Every year in October since 2009, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge created by Illustrator Jake Parker by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. (read my previous post) Other amazing artists have created their own challenges during October. This Year I will Join two amazing challenges InkTober and Drawlloween is a little more spoocky Halloween themed created and hosted on Instagram by Pop Surrealist artist Mab Graves! I will create my daily drawings inspired by the combination of the two Challenges daily prompt words and I have combined the names creating my own challenge “DrawllooweenTober” yes this is my plan to be able to join and drawing daily for both amazing challenges at the same time, if you like to join me use also hashtag #drawlloweentober2019
I took a second photo so that you can see the gold better!
Day 24: Dizzy – La Llorona Double Challenge combined prompts #Drawlloweentober2019 Inktober: Dizzy MabsDrawlloweenClub2019: La Llorona
Today prompt “La Llorona” is what inspired the creation of my whole drawing.
The Legend: “In Latin American folklore, La Llorona also known as the Weeping Woman or the cryer, is one of the most famous legends. It is the story of a woman. The lore states a woman was abandoned by her husband and was left alone to raise her two sons, whom she instead drowned in a river out of grief and anger. As a result of her actions the woman is condemned to wander for all eternity until she finds the bodies of her children, often causing misfortune to those who are near or hear her. The oral story represents La Llorona as a person, legend, ghost, goddess, metaphor and symbol“. (source WikipediA)
This is my Vision: of La Llorona I wanted to capture her in a specific emotional state, which is that moment when after all the pain and sorrow, when the sadness took all her tears, when there is nothing else out of her… that moment when she needs to surrender to herself and let it go all the pain, is that moment when she comes out of the dark, see barely the light and when she gets her first breath with a feeling of relief 🖤this is what I wanted to capture in her. I hope I did! Today drawing was a little on the darkside but that was the only way to represent La Llorona.
❤ Details about my drawings: Supplies used for my Ink drawing ink pens used COPIC Multiliner Black ink #03 and 05, Micron dark red ink #, brown #003. Fountain Pen Pilot Prera Fine Nib. Alvin Draft/Matic pencil #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves.
<3 Details about these Challenges: Every year in October since 2009, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge created by Illustrator Jake Parker by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. (read my previous post) Other amazing artists have created their own challenges during October. This Year I will Join two amazing challenges InkTober and Drawlloween is a little more spoocky Halloween themed created and hosted on Instagram by Pop Surrealist artist Mab Graves! I will create my daily drawings inspired by the combination of the two Challenges daily prompt words and I have combined the names creating my own challenge “DrawllooweenTober” yes this is my plan to be able to join and drawing daily for both amazing challenges at the same time, if you like to join me use also hashtag #drawlloweentober2019
I took a second photo so that you can see the gold better!
Day 23: Ancient – Kelpie Double Challenge combined prompts #Drawlloweentober2019 Inktober: Ghost MabsDrawlloweenClub2019: Siren
The two prompts for this drawing are a great combination! Ancient and Kelpie.
“Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form“. (read more Wikipedia ) This is my Scottish Kelpie he lives near the ancient stones and can appear everywhere near or in water at times he transforms in human form. 🖤🖤🖤
❤ Details about my drawings: Supplies used for my Ink drawing ink pens used COPIC Multiliner Black ink #03 and 05, Micron dark red ink #, brown #003. Fountain Pen Pilot Prera Fine Nib. Alvin Draft/Matic pencil #03 Limited Edition Pink Mab Graves. Gold ink.
<3 Details about these Challenges: Every year in October since 2009, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge created by Illustrator Jake Parker by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. (read my previous post) Other amazing artists have created their own challenges during October. This Year I will Join two amazing challenges InkTober and Drawlloween is a little more spoocky Halloween themed created and hosted on Instagram by Pop Surrealist artist Mab Graves! I will create my daily drawings inspired by the combination of the two Challenges daily prompt words and I have combined the names creating my own challenge “DrawllooweenTober” yes this is my plan to be able to join and drawing daily for both amazing challenges at the same time, if you like to join me use also hashtag #drawlloweentober2019
I took a second photo so that you can see the gold better!
HOLIDAYS ART SERIES
– Now Available! Open Edition Signed Mini Prints, Christmas Cards and Sets –
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Hello dear friends,
I can’t believe October days are passing very fast and I am very busy creating with the Inktober challenge!
But…It’s time now to post my “Holidays ART Series” this is the best time to Pre-Order my Christmas Prints and cards!
My Winter Holidays Art Collections are right now available as “Open Edition Signed Mini Prints” and again this year I will have some Christmas Cards.
I have created two Series of Holidays themed watercolor paintings one in 2017 and one created last December 2018 which is available for purchase only right now!
To make it easy for you I have created a Gallery here in this post, is for you to see all that I have available so you can find your favorites prints. To pre-order you don’t even have to leave this page it’s all here make sure to read this post until the end!
Right now the time is right, if you’re interested in Pre-Order any of these prints for yourself or for gifts, please order them asap now, or I wont have enough time to prepare them and ship on time to you! Prints are available for purchase as “Single Mini Print in size 5×7 inches” you can get one or as a Special deal a “Set of 3 Mini Prints” of your choice for a discounted price, you save more!
I have also available again from last year my Christmas Cards Set of 5 Cards (see photos in the gallery). ♥️🎄🎊
These cards are perfect to send greetings or to complete your gifts, also they are great for yourself to display them around your house they are collectible and looks great framed!
> PRE-ORDER right here at the bottom of this Post you find the >>> Order Form!
<3 Price and Details:
Each Open Edition Print would be Hand Embellished with gold and silver inks and hand signed front and back!
They are printed on quality heavy paper by me in my studio. <3 Open Edition Mini Prints: Size 5 x 7 inches (approx. 13 x 18 cm) Price is $18 Free Shipping within USA and International! (This price is only if you order here on my Blog!) <3 <3 <3 SPECIAL 3 Prints Set: 3 Prints of your choice Set size 5×7 inches Special Price is $48 + $3 Shipping domestic and $5 International. <3 SPECIAL 5 Christmas Cards Set: Each Set includes 5 cards and 5 envelopes Price is $20 Free Shipping within USA and and $5 International <3 How to Order: Fill in the order form, each prints you see here in the Gallery has a title, please leave your prints selection in the order form at the specific comment box.
Important: When you purchase Prints here in my Blog Shop you “Fully Support My Art” there are not hidden fees or middlemen, as an Independent Artist I am on my own and your support means everything to me! If you have any question or special request prior place your order please don’t hesitate to contact me.
<3 <3 <3 HOLIDAYS ART SERIES GALLERY > select your Single Print or the Special 3 Prints Sets or 5 Cards Set (choose the 3 prints you want for your 3 Prints Set)! Click on the images to see them enlarged!
These mini Prints are beautiful and a collectible series that will bring the magic of Christmas and Holidays in any home, some of them are beautiful displayed all year round not just for Christmas I have my “Christmas Love Angel” framed beautifully on my wall all year, you see it in the photo below! <3
Ready to Order? Follow these 4 steps: 1) Fill in the Order Form 2) I will send you via email a PayPal Invoice as order confirmation 3) When you receive the Invoice proceed with your payment on PayPal 4) When payment is cleared and Print is ready I will ship and notify you.
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