listed 9.5.11

barn owl. 5x7 inches. original mixed media watercolor.

now for sale in the etsy shop!

octopus and childrens three.

chad is having alot of fun with watercolor portrait sketches

and the octupus was fanciful for me!

baby haired.

etsy commission.

paper silhouette. 5x7 inches

spring.

this is a birdie pendant i made from a print of one of my photos. it's currently listed in my etsy shop. i have also started a watercolor of a tree. its sketchy and i may go back into it and embellish it with some colored pencils. it's not from life but a made up tree in spring. i haven't had a lot of time for much else as i am now working outside of the home. i am so thankful for good friends who help me on my way keep it all done.

paper boy.

etsy commission. paper silhouette.

5x7 inches.

the wintry maid.

currently listed in my esty shop...

http://loriotndorr.etsy.com/

commissioned silhouette.

positive reinforcement.

recent feedback on a custom order,
"...The pendants are beautiful. Everyone loved them. Even the little girls wanted one. Maybe later on. They really turned out well and I appreciate all your hard work. "

d, alabama

happy customers make me smile.

eight.

octopi.

pen and ink on paper.

5x7 inches.

intermezzo.

pendant/brooch.

from my original photo, the blue planet.

40x30mm.

epson's ultra premium matte photo paper.

i've been working out some pendant designs using a print of one of my originals, the tree that grew love. i have a nice horizontal design that i am going to try to make into a resin pendant set in a large metal frame. here is a test run for my round capped pendants...

i'm not super happy with the print quality. i bought the store brand premium matte paper at office depot. i don't much care for it. before the office depot paper, i had some photo postcard paper from staples. i was pleasantly surprised with it and hope to get more soon. my favorite matte paper is epson's ultra premium photo paper. i always gorgeous results with it and can't wait to get more. little expensive for cards and pendants though...i will probably get the staples for card and jewelry making. any budget brands y'all would recommend?

bookmark giveaway.

bookmark design.

the tree that grew love.

2.5 x5 print.

you could have this paper bookmark FREE! just comment on this post...tell me what you think and why. leave your contact info. i will pick a winner from those who post on saturday. sweet!

study in wc.

tonight was art night. chad set up a shoe still life for the kids to draw. i broke out the watercolors and sketched with paint and water. the kids picked some of the hydrangeas under the kitchen window earlier. i brought them down off the window sill and painted from life. i didn't manage to finish but i am happy with the study. i snapped a picture and will probably revisit it again. the kids had fun sketching chad's dress shoe but everyone was a bit tuckered tonight. here are the fruits of our labor. my watercolor study, the angle i sat at is looking down onto flowers more...

mr. dress shoe

charlie's shoe.

charlie is 4 and chose the graphite stick to draw with.

he says the rubbing is the shoe going 'thru the scanner'.

cosette's shoe complete with faeries and flowers.

this is kendall's shoe.
chad is trying to teach her to draw what she sees and not a shoe.

chad's sketch.

chad's shoe was used mainly to point things out to kendall. he and kendall both were very sleepy tonight. concentration came hard.

the blue planet.

blue hydrangea blossom.

digital photo. taken indirect light. late afternoon.

redbubble.

wow! i just came across a site that takes care of everything for you. you simply supply the files and prints can be ordered as cards, canvases, posters, laminates, or photo mounts with all the work done by them. oders have picked up for me on etsy. i have been so busy printing, packing, and shipping this week. plus, i'm not making much profit for all the labor. this sounds too good to be true, so i signed up ;) if it works then that would be super...of course, though they don't have fees i pay them...they do keep about 2/3 of the sale...on the other hand, i'm not laboring and spending my profit on fees and supplies. maybe etsy for all my originals and redbubble for my printwork? though my photos and cards have started selling on etsy...hmmm. for now i'm gonna leave off ebay and juggle etsy and redbubble. stop in and ck it out!

http://loriotndorr.redbubble.com/

custom.

orders have been steady. yay! had a few requests for custom pieces. its fun to see what ideas others have for me to make. i have this picture of a custom photo pendant i just finished using my photo, embrace. i am working on a custom silhouette order and i had a couple of custom cardset requests this past week. etsy is a great place to get custom work, lovely handmade stuffs!

painting.

another shot of the lily. this one was taken inside under studio lighting. i think i will do an 8x10 watercolor painting of this. it would look really nice on the white paper. i'll have to keep you posted. i haven't done a straight up painting in awhile.

6 a.m.

when i engage myself in a great deal of artistic pursuits over a sustained duration, i find myself in 'the zone'. i am unaware of natural bodily appetites...the need for food, sleep, awareness of my surroundings...this can be a difficult thing for a stay at home mommy. last night i wrapped up my sale on etsy and got very busy getting orders completed...printing, sizing, cutting, mounting, packaging... so much so, that i never went to bed! my kids will be waking up and i am just winding down. this should make for a long, long day.

gala.

gala apple.

quick sketch from life.

trying to move away from notebooks full of doodles and concentrate on more studied drawings from life. quick sketches are a great way to practice. for hubby's setup tonight, we sketched an apple on paper. don't tell him, but i think my sketch came out better than his ; )