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New Valentine Greeting Cards and a mini giveaway

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Update – comments are now closed. I will announce the winner of the four pack of Valentine’s on Tuesday! xoxo
Over the last week I have been working on a couple of new designs for Valentine’s Cards. And they are completed and listed in the shop now. The first is called Hearts on Strings and the [...]

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Two new sets of miniature greeting cards

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I am happy to introduce two new sets of miniature greeting cards featuring the magnolia blossom and the pussy willow blossom. The introduction of these two blossom themed sets brings the total number in the series available to collect and use to ten!

Use them for gift tags, scrapbooking, dollhouse miniatures or anything else your heart [...]

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Backyard Blossom – The Miniature Plum Tree

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This tree is loaded with pretty petite white blossoms. Each blossom turns into a miniature plum complete with mini pit and at the mature size of a blueberry they are the sweetest little plums I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating.
I’ll be regularly updating the Garden 2009 Set on Flickr with both photos from my [...]

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Spring Magnolias – Series of 5 New Ink Drawings

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Each miniature original was drawn with india ink, pilot pens and opaque white ink on various acid free card stock and are available in the Original Art/Aceo Section of the shop.
Keep an eye out for much larger 10 to 19 inch prints in the shop. They ARE coming soon! Because my miniatures are very [...]

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Pussy Willows – 7 New Drawings

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I love Spring. Life in general seems easier. No more snow to shovel. It’s finally melting by the way. Trees begin to blossom and flourish giving birth to new ideas, adventures and it all just makes me happy.

Each original Pussy Willow drawing was created with india ink, sepia hued ink and opaque white ink on [...]

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4 NEW SETS of miniature greeting cards added to the line including one limited edition set

Beautiful Florals #3

Mushrooms (Pastel Edition)

Mushrooms (Earth Edition)

Limited Edition Dark Hearts

The above Dark Hearts set is limited to an edition of three sets ONLY due to an odd printing error I experienced! I kept a set of four for myself and the other three sets of eight are available in the shop. MAN they are sweet!
Each [...]

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Miniature Valentine Greeting Cards

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Two New Sets to Introduce to the Mini Greeting Card Line

Beautiful Florals… no.1

Beautiful Florals… no.2

Photographing these itsy bitsy greeting cards was no easy task. If I breathed to hard, looked at them the wrong way or simply touched them they fell over like dominoes.
Each Greeting card set includes:
•8 cards (2 of each flower card)
•8 white envelopes
•8 seals (colours may vary)
Greeting card size – 1 3/8″ [...]

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Harmony

Original Artwork Size – 3.5 by 2.5 inches / 8,8cm by 6,3cm
Date of creation – October 2008
Medium – Prismacolor lightfast Verithin colored pencils, Windsor & Newton watercolor and Pilot H-tec C pens on Arches Watercolor paper
The original is for sale here
Harmony is also available in two print sizes.
5×7 inch / 12,7cm by 17,8cm – here
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Annabelle, isn’t she dreamy…

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Meet Annabelle, the newest member of the Fish family.
Annabelle came into being a few days ago. She was created with Faber Castell india ink, Windsor and Newton watercolour and Prismacolor Verithin colored pencils. She is an ACEO which stands for Art, Cards, Editions and Originals. The original measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches.
Reproductive prints in larger [...]

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Tree Line

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Calm homage to the beauty and subtlety of autumn;
an unusual break from swirls and detail
to that of straightened lines and softened hues.
*ACEO Size – 3.5″ by 2.5″ or 89mm by 64mm
Medium – sepia india ink and lightfast coloured pencil on flower petal textured paper
The original is available here. If you are interested in a print [...]

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Lost at Sea – Series of four fab abstract fish

Lost at Sea… no.1

Lost at Sea… no.2

Lost at Sea… no.3

Lost at Sea… no.4

Each was created using a combination of Pilot Hi-tec C pens, Windsor and Newton Watercolour, Faber Castell India ink and/or gold flec ink on either Arches watercolour paper, flower petal textured paper or cream coloured heavy cardstock.
Size of each original illustration is 3.5 [...]

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Look What Popped Up from the Ground

Medium – Windsor & Newton Watercolour and Pilot Hi-tec C pens on heavy cream coloured textured card stock
Size – 3.5 by 2.5 inches (8,7cm by 6,4cm)
Look What Popped Up from the Ground made the front page of Etsy not once but twice. Wow… thank you! It is an ACEO which stands for Art Cards, Editions [...]

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Meet Emily the Fish (Milton’s Little Sister), learn about treasuries and Etsy front page appearances

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I created Emily with india ink, watercolour and pilot pens on acid free card stock. The original measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches and is for sale at the Klausen Gallery. Prints are available in my shop from mini print size up to 11 by 8.5 inch size.
And this is Emily’s big brother, Milton the fish. [...]

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Milton the Fish

He’s cute eh!
I created prints of Milton. They look identical to the original and are available in three different sizes for in my shop. He’s one of my best sellers!

I took a chance and submitted Milton to a flick group called Cutable. This was the first creation I submitted to that group. He made [...]

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Artist Tip #20 – How to Draw a Miniature in 5 EASY Steps

How to Draw a Miniature in 5 EASY Steps

Cut a piece of paper no larger than half the size of the palm of your hand
Grab your smallest tipped paintbrush, nibbed pen or sharpen that pencil tip to a very fine point
Make sure your eyes are never further than 8 inches away from that piece of [...]

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Growing Beautiful in the Garden of Eden

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Drawn with professional Pilot pens and painted with Windsor and Newton Watercolor on very thick acid free textured cream colored stock. It is an ACEO which stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals.
Size – 2.5 by 3.5 inches
Update – The original has sold. Prints are available in 5×7 inch and ACEO mini print size in [...]

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Chickens with ONE leg holding their eggs…

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Chickens with one leg
holding their eggs
perched on their nests
they tweet.
I love drawing with children in mind. This miniature measures 3 by 3 inches or 75mm by 75mm. I drew it with india ink, painted it with watercolor and finished it with lightfast colored pencil on heavy hot press watercolor paper.
While in my final year of [...]

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Censored Art Giveaway… erm Contest! …or Censorship by Bananas?

I have art to give away to you, my readers and friends.
UPDATE The contest is now closed. No more entries will be accepted. I’ll announce the randomly drawn winner tomorrow . Thanks everyone.

The rules are simple
Leave your name, blog address (if you have one), and email (which I will not share) and comment on [...]

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Cool Hand Painted Art Beads

A selection of the most recent *OOAK Art Beads that I have painted with India ink and acrylic. They are each varnished three times for durability. The small blue one in the foreground measures 5/8″ or 15mm.
This post from earlier this month featured a close up of one of these beads.
*OOAK – one of a [...]

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