Ink Work

I finally got around to painting today and I used to ink to make this in my sketchbook. I was inspired by Lora Zombie :)

Dreamcatcher

In my sketchbook.

I love art.

Smartphone

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A.K.'s New Work

Audrey Kawasaki came out with some new work which looks bea-u-ti-ful. As always, I'm in awe.

Check out the rest of it on her website.

Wandering Star
Oil, acrylic, and graphite on wood panel 16"x16"
Jonathan Levine Gallery "Midnight Reverie" NY

Untitled
Graphite and ink on hand cut vellum 6"x6"
Jakarta or Bust art auction

Make Believe
Oil, acrylic, and graphite on wood panel 24"x24"
Jonathan Levin Gallery "Midnight Reverie" NY

Into
Oil, acrylic, and Graphite on wood panel 9"x9"
Jonathan Levine Gallery "Midnight Reverie" NY

All paintings by Audrey Kawasaki.
2012

Stay Strong.

 

I got bored while doing homework and doodled this guy.

:)

Sue Dickinson

Watercolor Artist 4

I love her paintings. They're so lifelike! They make me feel like I'm actually somewhere in the Sahara watching these animals. Or better yet - each painting captures the individual animal in a moment of absolute beauty. This is talent.

Miss Grace

Charge

Good Morning, World!

Elephant Herd

Formidable Rival

All paintings by Sue Dickinson.

Marlies Merk Najaka

Watercolor Artist 3

Her paintings are so vibrant! I love the tropical feel of the colors. She blends the colors so well that the objects and their shadows sit on the line between just any other collection of paints on a page and reality. I love them.

Cayman Palm

Lily

Tulips

All paintings by Marlies Merk Najaka. 

I especially love that last one. Tulips are my favorite flower and that splash of orange just makes my heart sing haha.

High Place

Painting by Alexandra Petruk

James Jean

I was looking at Audrey Kawasaki's art blog one day and she mentioned another artist James Jean. I looked him up and oh my goodness, I'm so glad I did. His work is crazy! I'm in complete awe. See for yourself...

Nervosa
 Ink on paper, 2012.

Lily Aldridge
Oil on wood panel, 2012.

Big Five
Oil on two canvases, 2011.

Escape
Graphite & digital, 2011.

Jaime
Acrylic on wood panel, 2011.

Wave II
Acrylic on paper, 2009.

Beauty Kill
Digital, 2011.

Swan
Acrylic, oil, & pastel on linen, 2008.

Maze
Mixed media on paper, 2008.
All works by James Jean.

And not only does he do graphite, ink, acrylic, oil, pastel, and media, but he also designs jewelry and figurines and other objects like that. He has some bound work and just the way they're put together is amazing. One book, XOXO, is just full of postcards and I'd love to get that.

A collage of pictures of some of Jean's bound works including: Rebus, Kindling, RIFT, XOXO, Process Recess (Volumes I, II, and III).

From left to right: Weep (a set of three rings designed to weep over the adjacent fingers; cast in sterling silver with three diamonds available in either light or black rhodium - $675.00) and Gravity followed by its closeup (a crescent opens beneath the collar bone, issuing forth a cascade of liquid accented by six diamonds; cast in sterling silver available in either light or black rhodium - $2,000.00).

The jewelry is gorgeous also, but of course it's really expensive haha. There's no way I'd get any one of those. But I'm okay with just admiring the work.
James Jean. Genius.

Amy Sol

I was looking through some of her work on her website and I was moved yet again. She does some watercolor and graphite, but mostly she's an acrylic paints artist. The girls in her paintings have this surreal , almost life-like look to them. The earthy tone of the colors she uses and their shape gives her paintings a different feel, almost like a breath of life. I like it.

Night Bouquet
Acrylic on wood panel, 2011

Distant Star

Acrylic on wood panel, 2010

Strings of Dew

Acrylic on wood panel, 2010

What a coincidence it was for me to find the painting titled "Distant Star"...

Sterling Edwards

Watercolor Artist 2

His scenic paintings are so simple... and sometimes barely even distinguishable, but I love his use of color and shape! Looking at some of his paintings, I feel like I'm actually there :)

An Oregon Morning

A Blaze of Glory

  Walking Path

A Piedmont Snow Scene

Water Front

Bobcaygeon Revisited

All paintings by Sterling Edwards.

Marion Bolognesi

Watercolor Artist 1

I love her portraits. The colors... I want to sink in them.

For Colored Girls

 

 

Remember

 Seer

 Lola

All paintings by Marion Bolognesi.

Paintings

Having dealt with watercolors seriously for the first time not too long ago, I've developed a new.. respect (of sorts) for it. I've always loved looking at paintings whether it be oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc. but now that I know how much time and effort it takes to actually make one. Jeez. I love them even more.

I doubt I'd ever be as good as any of the artists whose paintings I have posted and will post, but I'll practice. I shall start with watercolors.. then move on to acrylics haha.

Butterflies

Lora Zombie

Very Wonder Woman

By Lora Zombie

Tattoo Girl

By Lora Zombie

Heels = Love

"Handmade Shoe Edit"

"Iron Fist Shoes"

"Iron Fist Shoes"

All photos by Lora Zombie

1. I would love if she painted a pair of heels like that for me :3

2. I sort of want a pet rat now... haha.

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