NEW KOKESHI PRINT!!

sakura kokeshi

12x12, acrylic on canvas

©the enchanted easel 2016

had a few requests for PRINTS of my most recent commission since posting her last week (she is kinda cute...). she in NOW AVAILABLE in my etsy shop. 

if you'd like something custom created for your little one, please email me and i will surely do my best to accommodate you.

kokeshi commission!

kokeshi commission
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016

a few weeks ago i had a commission request for a little kokeshi from the sweetest lady via etsy. obsessed with all things japanese/kawaii since birth, well she didn't have to ask me twice. ;) her response to the finished painting made the rest of my year..."That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!! Thank you so much - I am so excited about it. It is perfect colors, perfect sweet girl. Our grandma was Japanese so it means a lot to us to have something to remind us of her!"

{PRINTS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!!}

the making of "the lucky one"...step by step!

another peek into my step by step creative process....this one for the painting entitled, "the lucky one". done to commentate 2016's year of the monkey, this little cutie was lots of fun to paint.

for a look at the album and explanation of the step by step process, take a click over to my Facebook page and maybe give it a "like" if you already haven't...and would be so kind. :)

the ORIGINAL painting is FOR SALE! contact me if interested. or send me a message through my Facebook page. PRINTS available here.

 speaking of PRINTS, i'm in the middle of opening up a S6 (Society 6) shop which will feature my paintings on cool products from tote bags to tapestries, clocks to (duvet) covers. i'll post the link as soon as i get around to finishing setting up shop.  meanwhile, click on over to the S6 homepage and check out some other really wonderful artists. always awesome to see hard working, talented people have their masterpieces transformed onto products we can buy for ourselves to give away as gifts. 

DECEMBER DISCOUNT DAYS...DAY 12!

today's FEATURED PRINT....all Saturday long!

{happy weekend, friends! :)}

DECEMBER DISCOUNT DAYS...DAY 11!

and it's a big one! not one, not two, not even three...but FOUR tiny little treasures are the FEATURED PRINTS on this eleventh day of December.

(Akai-red, Midori-green, Aoi-blue and Kiiro-yellow)

{NOTE-ORIGINAL PAINTINGS ARE FOR SALE HERE. AKAI HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD.}

illustration friday ~ "small"

aoi kokeshi
FOR SALE

a perfect submission for this week's IF theme....tiny little treasures known as kokeshi dolls.

painted a series of four of these beauties last year. three remain FOR SALE. one already SOLD. 

midori kokeshi
FOR SALE

kiiro kokeshi
FOR SALE

akai kokeshi
SOLD

proof that good things do indeed come in small packages....;)

1 kokeshi, SOLD!

3 more to go.

{oh, and 2 cute little penguins too ;)}

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LOVE all the ORIGINAL art on this site!

kokeshi love

©the enchanted easel 2014

so lovely to have my 4 kokeshis featured on this wonderful new site/blog! thanks to a very sweet woman by the name of katya, who has a website devoted to what else? kokeshis! a woman after my own heart, no doubt. i have been crazy in love with all things japanese since i was a little girl. from sakura trees to the sanrio company (hello kitty) to the samurai (LOVE the movie, the last samurai) to the food....love, love, love...all things kawaii. ok, enough about me....;)

please check out her wonderful site www.kokeshishop.com which includes a link to her blog, displaying all kinds of kokeshi creations from some very talented artists.

http://www.kokeshishop.com/blog/kokeshi-by-nicole-esposito/

{ps and btw, check out her Facebook page as well and give her some Facebook "love"

https://www.facebook.com/kokeshi.shop}

thanks so much, katya! :)

the fourth (and final) kokeshi....

Aoi Kokeshi
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DONE!

meet little Aoi, all decked out in brilliant blues! accompanied by some lanterns and plum blossoms, she is the final kokeshi in a series of four.

she is FOR SALE as a PRINT here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/192843967/aoi-kokeshi-reproduction

also, all four PRINTS are FOR SALE as a set found here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/192846995/set-of-4-kokeshis-reproductions

four kokeshi series
©the enchanted easel 2014

lots and lots of BLUE....

i LOVE paint!

laying down a background of brilliant blues and various violets
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a little blue eyeshadow never hurt anyone...
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finishing up the fourth (and final) kokeshi this week...little Aoi.

aoi kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014

plum blossoms and lanterns...

©the enchanted easel 2014

for the final kokeshi on the easel this week.

a peek at little Aoi....:)

meet Kiiro....

kiiro kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014

ok, so guess what color Kiiro is in japanese...? (hint-it's the name of a very popular Coldplay song...and my favorite Coldplay song).

if you guessed YELLOW you are correct! ;)

Kiiro is the third kokeshi in my series of four. 

PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191257660/kiiro-kokeshi-reproduction

Midori and Akai are also available in my etsy shop, found here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/theenchantedeasel

up next, Aoi...

"look at the stars, look how they shine for you. and everything you do, yeah, they were all yellow."~chris martin

{best thing about this video...it's only him! :)}