illustration friday 8/13/10~star gazing

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well, here is my contribution to this week's illustration friday theme of 'star gazing'. it is an older piece entitled 'alistair and the spy glass', but as some of you may already know (who follow me on facebook), i just had major neck surgery not even 2 weeks ago. so, needless to say, i am SLOWLY getting myself beck into the groove. it hasn't been easy, but i'm getting there and can't wait to finish up some pieces i had started before the surgery...and do a few new ones also.
stay tuned...i'll be back in the loop SOONER than later...;)

cameron's nursery art...REVISED!

ok...so c is no longer for cameron or castle...or crab! why?! because my step-mom had the wrong bedding...oops;) there is no crab or castle in the bedding (as i got the frantic phone call the other night to "stop the painting...there is no crab in this bedding!) but...there is an owl. so i thought it would be cute to have the owl in the tree watching over little cameron as he read's his abc's and 123's underneath the tree! and of course...a little birdy is keeping a close eye on him as well...;)
i actually like this soon-to-be painting better than the castele and crab one...not a big fan of the beach anyway;)
oh...and i have no photo to post of the bedding because it has become known as the "mystery bedding" be it that we can't seem to locate it anywhere. hmmm...
but...i know there's an owl in it and that's enoughh for me!

C is for Cameron...

and Crab and Castle! this is my next piece in the works...another custom nursery art piece to match My First ABC'S bedding by kidlsinehttp://kidslineinc.com/products/infant/first_abcs.php. my step-mom's nephew and his wife just welcomed a baby boy named cameron to their family. so, she wanted me to do a custom piece to match the bedding that had cameron's name on it (i also did carter's giraffe for her niece this past week).
i look forward to doing this one for baby cameron as well:)

carter's giraffe

***OK FIRST THINGS FIRST-MY SCANNER WASN'T COOPERATING TONIGHT SO THIS IS A PIC AND A LOUSY ONE AT THAT! ALSO, THE BORDER APPEARS TO BE "OFF" AND UNEVEN DUE TO MY LOUSY CROPPING. HOWEVER, IT IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT AND EVEN! OK...NOW THAT I CLEARED THAT UP...;)***
FINALLY the baby was born...a little late. but better late than never;) his name is carter and here is his own personalized little piece of artwork. alexis and mark chose cocalo bedding in the pattern jungle jingle (see photo below) but there is no giraffe in it. SO...lucky for me...i got to design one to coordinate with it:) i am framing it in a white wood frame and am ready to turn it over this weekend. hope they love it!!!
welcome to the world little carter!!!

happily ever after...christy and brian!

this is what i worked on this weekend...a recreation of my piece "happily ever after" for my friend christy and her husband brian. the wedding was this past saturday and i was so incredibly bummed out that i couldn't attend due to my shoulder/neck injury:( i really wanted to go!!! so i had to do something extra-special and i am so happy with the way this turned out:) the dress and veil is spot-on to christy's and i threw in an extra touch of cuteness for brian with the bow tie as opposed to the regular one he wore;) the clover green of the background is homage to the maid-of-honor's dress color. i am SUPER excited to give this to them!!! all i have left to do is cut a mat and put their names and wedding date on it, then frame it and wrap it! i hope they love it!!!
by the way, prints of the original "happily ever after" are sold in my etsy shop:)
http://etsy.com/listing/41682170/happily-ever-after-reproduction

ariel...the little mermaid

here she is...all done!!! finally!!! i actually am pleased with the way it turned out...especially the hair. i hardly ever get to paint redheads so...not too bad;) now she joins my little snow white (posted in the pic below). both for sale as prints in my etsy shop next up...belle (my FAVORITE)!!!

next up in my princess series...

...the little mermaid~ariel! i'm so excited to be able to work on another princess (since the snow white was so popular). i think i have sold more prints of that than anything...i think;)
anyway, i am in the process of working on ariel and hoping to have it done by the middle of the week:)