ONE of my projects for the week...

some nursery art for a student of mine's baby sister! little birds and cherry blossoms...HAPPY SPRING!!!

scott and reiko...and murphy and ninja;)

wow...i got this done a lot quicker than i thought i would...whew! 10 hours of straight painting on saturday (with an abundance of coffee, of course) and voila...scott, reiko(in her little red kimono)...and of course their 2 cats, murphy and ninja;) and...i am so NOT a cat person so i really had to go out on a limb for my dear friend reiko;) but, these cats are kind of cute...kind of...i think it was the only way i could incorporate the cats, to make them cute:)

happily ever after

here is my latest piece entitled "happily ever after". it was supposed to be done for valentine's day just because i thought it would be cute, but once again, my plate was full with custom orders so i had to move a little slower on it than i would have liked.
anyway, i'm glad it's all done:) it's supposed to be me...still looking for the groom;)
next project is another custom piece for a girlfriend of mine out in california who wanted a cute little painting of her and her boyfriend...and their 2 cats for his birthday. the sketch is below. she's oriental...can you tell?;)

NEW WEBSITE!!!

well, the last 8 weeks or so have been nuts! i was hell-bent on redesigning my website ALL BY MYSELF...on top of the million other things that i am trying to do as well;) anyway, i spent the last 2 months working rather hard on it...every weekend...hardly any painting (hence the fact the i have barely participated in illustration fridays or posted any new illustrations), but hopefully it all paid off!
i did a couple illustrations specifically for the website...the "about me" page and the "contact page" are where you can find those new little paintings:) also, LOVING the gallery format i came up with where you click on the thumbnails on the paintings and they open up nice and big for everyone to clearly see!
if anyone has any feedback, please post it...and thank you for taking the time to visit my new site:)
up next...making self-promotional postcards to send out to art directors with some samples! i am on my way to being a kids book illustrator...keep your fingers crossed;)
and hopefully....more illustrations fridays are to come as well as some new illustrations now that the website is finally done!!!
www.theenchantedeasel.com
***HAVING A PROBLEM LINKING THE WEBSITE IN BLOGGER TODAY...PLEASE CUT AND PASTE INTO BROWSER OR GO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BLOG PAGE AND CLICK ON THE LINK***

"wilderness"~sketch for illustration friday 1/15/10

well, unfortuneatley, time did not permit me to be able to submit a finished painting for this week's i.f. theme of "wilderness":( however, i was so excited to be able to have SOME time to participate in it again (since i've been CRAZY BUSY these last few months w/custom work) that i didn't want to skip out on it this week. i figured the ROUGH pencil/pastel sketch here was better than nothing at all! although, i do have every intention of making a finished piece out of this...one day SOON i hope! enjoy:)))

"caring is contagious"~national kidney foundation piece

here it is!!! i am very pleased with the results...for once;)this piece will be matted and framed (by me, of course)and then to be auctioned off at the kidney foundation's annual fundraiser in february. i am soooo excited and honored to have been a participant in this! i will be selling a LIMITED # of REPRODUCTIONS of this painting in my etsy shop in a week or two . please feel free to comment on this piece and let me know what you think...i LOVE all kinds of comments! also, stay tuned for another listing this week for the illustration friday theme of "wilderness". i am happy to be able to participate in i.f. again:)

happy new year!!!

what a great way to start off a new year...a commissioned piece for the national kidney foundation of the delaware valley!!!
here is my pencil sketch for "caring is contagious". it will be a finished 8x10 painting to be matted and framed and auctioned off at their annual fundraiser in february. i am HONORED to do this and it's going to make some little child so much happier and the money goes to a good cause:) that's more than enough for me!!!
finished piece is being worked on as i am writing this! stay tuned...