Historical Calaveras / Marie Antoinette

I have completed a new addition to this series. A calavera woman inspired by Marie Antoinette. :)

Prints of this image are available in my Etsy Shop. http://tempeststudios.etsy.com
5x7 inch prints, and art cards 2.5x3.5 inches.

Calavera Marie
5x7 inches. Watercolor and ink on paper.

The others in this series can be seen here. http://tempeststudios.blogspot.ca/2012/10/new-artwork.html

Art Card Dump #2

Fishies! You know you love them. :D
Check out my Etsy Shop if you are interestsed in purchasing one of my fish pond illustrations.



Jewels

Night Koi

To Fish

Maple II

Citrus Koi

Sky Koi

Art Card Dump / #1

Oh boy! I have so much artwork to post. I haven't been as up to date with this as I should.

Keep in mind that I am always working on new stuff, I just dont get a chance to blog about it as much as I would like to. So this is the first of a few posts that will be done back to back to show what I have been working on.

MUSHROOMS!!! and Pumpkins!

I started challenging myself to practice painting without doing any drawing. With these I did a quick basic sketch to layout the composition and then went in with my acrylic paints, so they are different from my usual work, but super fun none the less. :)

Each piece is atc sized @ 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
Available for purchase through my Etsy Shop.
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2.5 x 3.5 inches each.
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Koi Art Cards

 A new batch of art cards. :)

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- Fire Koi
- Fishy, Fishy
- Fish Tails II
- Maple
- Oak
- Olive

- Hooked
- Now you see me II

Twists and Turns

So, every once in a while you get a kick in the pants as an artist. My kick came when a few days ago I discovered the artwork of painter Terry Gilecki. http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=15002

This amazing artist shares my affinity for Koi and the Koi Pond. I have created quite a few mini illustrations of my favorite subject, but when I looked at Terry's work I realized how much further I could push myself.

"Aspen"

2.5 x 3.5 inches.

This is the first piece I have created after seeing Terry's koi paintings. I really think I have pushed myself on this compared to my previous work. More depth, more light, and I just love how it turned out. I cant wait to get to work on the next one.

Art Card Dump: Fish

A whole bunch of atc's and aceo's that I have created recently. Some of these were created for trade and some are available for purchase through my Etsy site.

- Holiday Koi II
- The Bubble Counters (traded)
- Holiday Koi I (traded)
- On the Up and Up
- Cool Winter (traded)
- Cold Water Fish
- Koikeeper
- Tiny Bubbles
- On The Edge
- Against The Wall
- A Fish Called Cookie (fish bowl series)
- Water Wings (fish bowl series)
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Girls / December

Two new mini artist trading cards!

More Creepy Girls. I cant get enough of their sad, dark, and deathly faces.

- Frozen Girl
- Chucky Girl

These will be listed in my Etsy shop for sale, as well as be printed for reproductions (which will also be for sale).

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Portraits modled by http://ladystardustxx.deviantart.com/

and http://create-stock.deviantart.com/ . Thanks ladies.

Devil Girls / Aceo

The most recent additions to my Creepy Girls series.

Two Devils, one red the other black (well, purple really).

Both of these ladies were modeled by DeviantArt Stock artists. Thanks for letting me use your faces! :)

Find their galleries here ...

http://cynosurexstock.deviantart.com/

http://twiggxstock.deviantart.com/

Botanical Studies

More from my Botanical Studies series. I am really enjoying these, especially while I can actually get outside and draw from life.

Here is a link to a previous post with the first cards I did in this theme.
http://tempeststudios.blogspot.com/2011/03/artist-field-journal-atcs.html

Some of these are available in my Etsy Shop.

- Cone Flower
- Fairy Ring Mushroom
- Golden Clematis
- Foxglove
- White Bleeding Hearts
- Rasberry
- Cone Flowers

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New Fish Atc's

The newest fishies. :) Some are for sale in my Etsy Shop, some are for trades. One of these is my 300th card!

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