Costumes Fashion Art ACEOs and Crochet, PPF

Fashion Sketches, ACEO size, 2.5 x 3..5 inches, WC, Pen and Ink.

I remember how painful it was to get dressed up and wear killer heels. LOL. Tis the season, but not for me any more. I wear flats all the time now.

This started out as your basic black dress and evolved into a goth-like halloween costume. Amazing how the subconscious takes over and does weird things!

Pretty in pink - My favorite color, Hot Pink! Extra long scarf. I just kept on crocheting and it was a good thing I ran out of yarn! My crochet hats and more are found in my Etsy store.

These are my not chokers, because I don't like the choking feeling but I love the splash of color at the neckline. The button above came from a trip to Europe ages ago. 

This is the Wild, Wild Vest, and I am actually going to keep it, I think, instead of selling it. Who else would wear such a bright and bold creation? I love it!

My first Cloche, and some really cool colors for this set.

And since it has been 2 weeks from my last post, I have created a bunch of crochet art fashions. They are done in FreeForm or FreeStyle, without a pattern, so they are unique, each a one-of-a-kind fashionable wearable art.

Monet, Sunflowers and ACEOs for PPF

From Monet to Bull Elk, it was a busy week!

ACEOs for 30/30 this week had a TIME theme, Sleeping, clocks, and sunrises, due to Daylight Saving Time starting on Sunday. Here are my little 2.5 x 3.5 inch watercolor and pen and ink sketches using the theme. I always like to have a little push to make something, a theme or challenge or reference photo. The reference photos for these were found on paintmyphoto.ning.com. They are for sale in my Ebay Store.

 

Claude Monet painted a Sunflower Bouquet in a Vase, and my WC class this week was painting the Masters, so, since I love painting flowers, I did this one in watercolor, 9x12 on 140# cold press paper. 

and I also did an ACEO on hot press, very fast and loose.

Here is the reference photo I used of Monet's painting. 

The purpose was not to duplicate the original, only to give the "impression" of the impressionist artwork, using watercolor whereas he used oils. It was great fun and I think I will do more "Masters" paintings. It was totally different from how I usually use WC so I learned a lot.

And the challenge on Artist Reference Photos for March included a photo of a Bull Moose by Chuck Rondeau. Here is my version of it. 8x10 watercolor on hot press paper. For sale on DPW auction. I have never painted an elk before.

And last, but not least, a challenge on Facebook to paint a very colorful bird, a Lilac Breasted Roller, photo by Chris Allsebrook. Here is my interpretation, 5x7 watercolor, pen and ink on 140# hot press paper. For sale on Daily PaintWorks. I like the way this one turned out.

Pets, Cats and Dogs PPF

More Pet Portraits for 30/30:  Cats and Dogs

See the whole menagerie at my DPW Gallery

5x7 I'm Mr. Blue, Watercolor, Pen and Ink

6x6 Fluffy Grey Cat, Sealpoint Ragdoll Watercolor, Pen and Ink

Matted to 8x10

Mini Australian Shepherd, 5x7 Watercolor, Pen and Ink

6x6 Orange Tabby Cat

5x7 Watercolor, Old Dog

5x7, watercolor, White Poodle

Day 8: 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 8 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days:

"3 Feathered Friends"

Visit http://lesliesaeta.blogspot.com/ to see lots more artists who have joined this challenge.  My faceless people at Mardi Gras are done in a loose watercolor style accented with pen and ink.

Zentangle, White on Black, ACEO, ATC Challenge

This is a new one - a Zentangle Challenge.  New to me anyway.  I guess it is #100 for the site.  I used to do these a lot, because they are very ZEN and relaxing, but got away from it for a couple of years.  This weekly challenge inspired me to do some more.  Usually they are done with black pen on white paper, but, just to be different,  I used an acid free black mat board, cut to ATC/ACEO size, and an old fashioned ink pen dipped into white acrylic ink.  Not as dependable as a fine point marker, but when it created a blob, I just worked it into the design.  It's supposed to represent a form of dance, and I chose Rock and Roll.

 

You can bid on it on Ebay, starting at 99 cents.  7 day auction.