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Fairy Challenge

May. 8th, 2008 | 04:34 pm

This week I decided to pick up a challenge from Jeff Jackson: http://sonjebasa.blogspot.com/

and illustrate "Fairies taste like Poprocks' Guessing that there must be a little more to the story about how that phrase came to be. hmm. And I know Joe would have rathered I
had done something for the Sharks hockey subject. But maybe not, he was pretty
bummed when they lost in triple overtime :( Anyway this is what came to mind
for someone always drawing fairies and who has a vicious "sweet tooth."


Candy Kisses Fairy by Lisa Victoria


"Candy Kisses Fairy" ACEO acrylic paint on hotpress watercolor paper


also on ebay
Auction ends May 15th 2008

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The Slipper Fairy

Apr. 30th, 2008 | 04:42 pm

Here's my latest ACEO, just finished this last weekend. I saw this orchid in
person!! Can you tell I'm excited? It was in Muir Woods, my favorite place to
hike. I didn't know the name at the time, but when I looked it up after I got
home the common name for this flower is "Fairy Slipper" how cool is
that? oh, of course I should mention I modified it just a tiny bit to emphasize the slipper- like qualities.
When I was drawing this, I kept imagining what it'd be like for this little fairy to have to wake up and find a new pair of shoes :)



"The Slipper Fairy" ACEO acrylic paint on hotpress watercolor paper


also on ebay:

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Marshmallow Dragon Sculpture now on eBay

Apr. 10th, 2008 | 09:59 am

Marshmallow Dragon now on eBay!


"Marshmallow Dragon" about 2" high by 3.75" wide
(holding the marshmallow toasting stick)


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130213617096


 



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Please help! ACEOs needing names

Apr. 6th, 2008 | 04:21 pm

I don't know why, but for me naming a painting always seems to be a challenge. On the rare occasion it's not, but this time I'm really
stumped! These two little bunnies need a good title. If anyone has any suggestions, or general ideas I'd be extremely grateful</p>

ACEO acrylic paintings


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Marshmallow Dragon Sculpture

Apr. 1st, 2008 | 03:58 pm
mood: happy happy

I'm excited to present my next dragon sculpture :) It's based on "Marshmallow
Dragon
" an ACEO I did a while back inspired by the lovely Fudgeykat.
I found this kit to make a suncatcher that can glow in the dark! I thought
this would be perfect to use to make the flame for toasting the marshmallows.
And how cool that the white-ish part of the flame glows in the dark! Though
I couldn't figure out a good way to photograph that feature. If anyone
has any suggestions, I'm all ears.


"Marshmallow Dragon" about 2" high by 3.75" wide
(holding the marshmallow toasting stick)


Sculpey over wire and alluminum armature, acryllic paint, acrylic sealer,
wire floral tape, baked crystal and glowing baked crystals (for the fire),
apoxy glue.



the marshmallow toasting stick is removable





 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


 


 

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Surfing Duck

Mar. 16th, 2008 | 05:16 pm



pretty neat :)

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Rain Art

Mar. 4th, 2008 | 11:39 am
mood: happy happy

I think I'm on a theme of rain. The other day I found myself needing
to paint the raindrops I saw hanging on the tree outside my window (and
of course there had to be a fairy there too). Below is a better picture
of the "Rain Dragon" sculpture I finished a couple weeks ago,
and a link to view the auction on eBay with more pictures. Next on my
list is a painting of an Autumn Fairy and some more sculptures based on
my paintings; it's quite fun :)


"Rain Dragon" sculpture inspired by the ACEO
I painted of this dragon.


Also on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130203334433&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003
(auction ends March 11, 2008)



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"Rain Drop Fairy" ACEO Acrylic painting


Also on Ebay
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(auction ends March 11, 2008)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Dragon Sculpture

Feb. 15th, 2008 | 01:39 pm
mood: excited excited

Here's something a little different (I'm really excited!). It is a sculpture I made based
on my last ACEO card "Rain
Dragon
" I have been watching the process of Annie Rodrigue's
gorgeous prototype sculpture "Little Batty Princess". It made
me realize how much I've missed sculpting myself. And I really liked the
idea of making a sculpture from a painting. I know this isn't a novel
idea by far, it's just usually when I sculpt I create a whole new character.
I've never done a figure from something I've painted first.

So I made this little dragon. I'll be putting it on eBay soon, this is
just a little sneak peak. If anyone has an idea of where pricing should
start, I would gladly welcome suggestions.





"Rain Dragon" Sculpture (sculpey over wire and
alluminum form, acrylic paint, acrylic sealer, fake floral stem, apoxy,
hot glue) Yes it is quite a mixed media piece. The dragon is about 3.5" high about 4.25" holding the leaf


And here are some more pictures:




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Rain Dragon

Jan. 16th, 2008 | 03:08 pm

Well, I've been away for a while. Had a wonderful holiday season :)
For the last couple of weeks it's been really rainy around here. Perfect
weather for working indoors. Though not so good weather for working on
oil painting commissions I need to finish soon. Anyway, thought I'd take
a break and do a quick little watercolor ACEO. A dragon for a rainy day.
This little guy is enjoying the weather. Me, I'm glad for the break of
sunshine we've had for the last couple of days. Ooh, I think most of my
oil paintings are dry now, so I can have another painting session!



"Rain Dragon" ACEO watercolor painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends January 23, 2008)

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Forest Fairy

Dec. 13th, 2007 | 10:50 am

Here's my latest ACEO. I really want to go hiking again in the woods,
but I can't right now because I have to run around getting ready for the
holidays like everyone else. And I get to make a ton of gingerbread cookies
and lefsa (a Norwegian food, it's like a tortilla but made out of potatoes
and flour). For the lefsa, I'm on my own, but my friends and I are going
to be having a cookie decorating party, so that should be a lot of fun
(hopefully we won't eat them all!)



"Forest Fairy" ACEO watercolor painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends December 20, 2007)

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Tropical Mermaid

Dec. 5th, 2007 | 10:05 am

My ACEO for this week, a mermaid, her name is Sundelee. I had a bit
of fun with her hair and jewelry. I wouldn't mind visiting this island
either, it looks nice and warm. Though I can't complain too much, today
is a beautiful crisp autumn day here in San Francisco.



"Sundelee" ACEO Acrylic painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends December 12, 2007)

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Christmas Fairy

Nov. 29th, 2007 | 10:20 am

Finally finished my Christmas Fairy ACEO. This picture reminds me of
how my sister and I would sit for hours when we were young under the Christmas
tree and be dazzled by all the lights, ornaments and how magical it all
looked. (of course this was after trying to analize what was in the gifts
from friends that were already under the tree).


"Christmas Fairy" ACEO Acrylic painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends December 6, 2007)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Christmas Dragon ACEO

Nov. 21st, 2007 | 11:47 am

This ACEO was specially designed for one of my Christmas cards this
year. I'm currently working on a little fairy Christmas card design too.
But I wanted to have a special one featuring my dragon, George, and the
bunny. It's a continuation of "Dragon
Dreaming
" and "Dragon
Moon
" in which each image has a hidden rabbit. I figured for
Christmas, the bunny could come out of hiding and be decorating a cloud
Christmas tree.



"Heavenly Christmas" ACEO Acrylic painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends November 28, 2007)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Zoo Sketch Crawl!

Oct. 21st, 2007 | 06:21 pm

Today I attended a Zoo Sketch crawl at the Oakland Zoo; organized by
Jeff Jackson, a SCBWI member; though I don't think this was officially
an SCWBI event. Anyways, it was SO much fun, and today the weather was
perfect (not too hot, not too cold: as it has been unfortunately for the
last two of these events). Below are some of my sketches for the day.


I
decided to start out slow, drawing something that couldn't move too fast
:) Like a tortoise. Ha ha. Later on in the day, when I was more awake,
I drew this lion and the giraffe (which I think looks quite elegant sitting
like that)


 



The "horned" frog is my favorite drawing for the day. The little
frog next to him was SOOO tiny, I couldn't believe it. I should have brought
some other colored pencils too because it was bright orange, and the "horned"
frog was bright yellow. The last tree frog wasn't brightly colored, but
he was cute too; olive green with a yellow stripe. Hmm, I guess I could
color them in now, but would that be cheating? Not having done it all
on location? Probably not, but I'm feeling lazy. Can you tell I like frogs?
:)


 



This was a miniture goat of some kind that had such a big belly it looked pregnant, and when I was drawing it I could see much of his?/her?
back feet, so this drawing looks a little wierd to me, but I like the
face. The rest was meercats, zebras, lions and giraffes in repose. Can't
wait till the next Zoo Crawl (which got its inspiration from Sketch Crawl,
another fun thing to do: http://www.sketchcrawl.com/)

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Drac's Leaf ACEO

Oct. 11th, 2007 | 04:16 pm

I just finished this ACEO this afternoon. Felt I needed to do a fall themed
picture. Me, I love fall and being able to step on colorful dried out leaves
to hear the "crunch." But here's Drac, a baby dragon who has a
better use for leaves. He has just started learning how to fly, so today
he decided to take a leaf to "surf" the air while he practices
flapping his wings. Needless to say, I don't think his mother knows about
this adventure.


"Drac's Leaf" ACEO Acrylic painting


Also on Ebay
(auction ends October 18, 2007

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Fairy Folk Festival

Oct. 9th, 2007 | 04:39 pm

Some pictures from a recent show, The Fairy Folk Festival in Santa
Rosa, CA last Sept. 29th. It was a beautiful day and a great show with
lots of people in fairy costumes :)

Here's our booth:


Me in my costume again. I made some wings but they got a little uncomfortable later on so I
took them off. It was really wierd having something on my back like that,
and I kept bumping into things! I think I'm happy just painting fairies,
and at future fairy festivals I'll still dress in Renaissance costume
but no wings please.



There were all sorts of "creatures" at this faire,
here's a unicorn who attracted quite a crowd.


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Sep. 26th, 2007 | 08:37 am

I realized it's been a while again since I've posted. Time has been flying away. I've been working on my book project and some commissions. But I managed to squeeze in a little ACEO. It was fun to do a quick little painting again :) This is a garden I would love to visit and to sit and read in. Unfortunately, it's just in my head.




"Fairy Garden" Acrylic painting ACEO


also on eBay
Auction ends October 3, 2007


 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 

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Renn Costume

Aug. 15th, 2007 | 04:43 pm

Here's a picture of the Rennaisance dress I made for the Medieval
Fantasy Festival we did last April. I ended up entering a costume contest.
Joe was very nice and manned the both on his own for a bit while I participated,
and ended up winning (I was really excited). The prize was for your portrait
taken in costume, and I received the picture a couple weeks ago, here
it is: (please pardon the boots, it was a cold and partly rainy day, and
I couldn't bear the thought of ruining my pair of suede slippers that
matched :) perfectly)

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Gryphon Fairy

Aug. 15th, 2007 | 04:12 pm

Sometimes I feel like I'm in a time warp. Or maybe it's just that
time flies, but I can't believe it's the middle of August already! *laughs*
Anyway, I went to the zoo last week and saw some amazing owls, which I
think in part inspired this piece. That and I've been working on sketches
for a new children's book contract that I just signed last month ( probably
why the month flew by) and in this wonderful story, a gryphon makes a
brief appearance. So I think it all got mixed up and this is what popped
into my head. Not sure why I'm always explaining where my ideas originate
from. Guess it's a way to talk about a picture. Though at the arts and
craft shows I do, I am asked frequently where my ideas come from. Maybe
I should tell them to go take a peek at my live journal :)


"Gryphon Fairy" Acrylic painting ACEO


also on eBay
Auction ends August 22, 2007

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Sea Treasure

Jul. 18th, 2007 | 03:51 pm

Here's the ACEO for this week. Inspired in part by Fudgeycat who commented
on the "Mermaid Princess" saying it looks like she's waiting for a friend to
bring her sunken treasure. Well of course that got my imagination going
and I drew this mearmaid deep below the sea who has found a secret treasure
stash. I imagine she's thinking of all the wonderful possibilities it
represents.


"Sea Treasure" Acrylic painting ACEO


also on eBay
Auction ends July 25, 2007


And then I put on this original water color painting "Tumbling Tumbalina"
on eBay too.



"Tumbling Tumbalina" Original water color painting
5"X7"


also on eBay
Auction ends July 25, 2007


 



 


 


 


 


 


 

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