Alien Tea Shoppe

Just a tiny bit thrilled. Two weeks ago, my sister and I were interviewed about our art for the local paper.  Last Thursday we picked up the newspaper at the local coffee house.  We were excited to see it and happy about the experience.  My view on art is that if you create it, it's art.  You don't need to have someone tell you that what you are doing is art, nor do you have to follow any guidelines, just do what you want, even if it's technically wrong.  But I have heard that art is recognized as art once it has a] been deemed so by an art critic, b] had a stint in a gallery, or c] been featured in the media.  I suppose no one can deny I'm an artist now.   Sisters Share Flair Originally, the interview was set up for my sister, which is quite typical.  However, the interviewer chose a large collage piece and some soaps to focus on, but since my sister and I shared in the creative process on those, I had to meet the interviewer. ...

My photography book came in on Saturday - huzzah!  And Shutterfly was having a special, so I have officially just now ordered my Illustrations book.  So excited! Click here to view this photo book larger You'll love award-winning Shutterfly photo books . Start your own today.

Two days ago, Korea in Tradition Hanbok, sold.  She's going all the way to England, which is beyond fantastic!  I would say this is the first time in my life that I've sold any art, but that would be untrue in a way.  This is however, the first time that someone I do not know, has purchased a piece of my art.  They also bought it for the price I thought was fair. The two previous sales? We used to own a coffee house.  We had silent art auctions there.  I submitted a piece, a figurine; so did my sister.  My mother started her bidding on my sisters with twenty dollars & continued to grossly outbid anyone who submitted a figure until she had purchased it for fifty dollars. When she wasn't outbidding on my sisters piece, she was hovering over mine, deterring people from submitting any bids.  Right when time was called, my mother submitted a bid.  It was one dollar.  Way to show how much you think your own daughter is wor...

It has been decided that my phonetical examples for the Hallo, Hallo ich sprechen Deutsches? post were a bit confusing.  But I can't be sussed at the moment to go back & fix it.  My apologies, but time marches forward. Today I saw Star Trek Into Darkness .  I'm an open minded film watcher.  As with anything that is different from the original, I do notice it, but I say, "Sure, I can get on board with this!" and enjoy the film anyways.  If you are a Trekkie, who hasn't seen this film yet, just go ahead & skip to the illustrations section of this post.  Otherwise, here's what I have to spoil say. While I don't mind that Spock & Uhura are an item in the two new films; it makes me feel even worse for Nurse Chapel in the original series.  She loved Spock so, so much, but he just couldn't love her back, as seen in the epi Amok Time.  :(  Poor Nurse Chapel.  Glad she was verbally mentioned in this film though, considering that...

I thought that if I were showing my illustrations here, I might as well tell you where they can be purchased.   Well, once upon a time, there was a gal in Mississippi who decided painting was a good release.  It made her happy & free.  So, she delved deep down into the world of painting & then some.  She finally decided to open a shop on etsy.com, called Poppyart.  The site & the girl have gone through many changes since the beginning of that journey.  She has come out in the other side as an artist, a Toltec & with a store that reflects those changes.  The Divine Binder of Bright Fame, Rebecca Roberts is artist.  The very eclectic Poppyart is her Etsy shop. How does this involve myself, dear readers?  Why I shall tell you now!  For one, that Divine Binder of Bright Fame is my elder sister.  Secondly, her shop now features other artists... & I, my dearest readers, are one of them.  So, She Who...

These are some illustrations from various films with a telly series thrown in there.  These are all done in Indian Inks. Holly Golightly, Breakfast At Tiffany's Melanie Daniels, The Birds Han Solo, Star Wars Dean & Sam Winchester, Supernatural Bobby Singer & Castiel, Supernatural

Some early illustrations.  As in earlier this year, ha!  A-hem.  On with the illustrations!  Oh wait.  Some of these are done with Sharpie, before I got my Indian inks.  I was also trying my hand at backgrounds. Done for a friend.  Ink & Sharpie.  Background, Palace Versailles, Paris.  Costumes from historical fashion plates. Done for a friend.  Ink & Sharpie.  Background & dress original design. Ink, Sharpie & watercolour coloured pencils.  Background, Spain.  Historical regional costume. Ink & Sharpie.  Background, Schloss Eggenberg, Vienna.  Historical German Court Dress.