New Handmade Journal in Etsy!

Hello everyone.  I am now selling photo pocket XL journals / BOS.  These are great if you are like me and love to change your mind all the time.

If you are looking for something special for a wedding or hand-fasting this may be the item for you!  You can take the photo of the happy couple and slip it into the front.  All your gusts can sign the book and you could even pass it around and have each one write something special... thoughts and wishes... for the happy couple.

These books also make a great Book of Shadows for those who have a hard time deciding on the artwork.  Any 5x7 photo or artwork can slide right into the top of the book.  You can change it as often as you like!

Click Here To View This Book In Etsy!

Well thanks for viewing my new books... I am in the works of a new collection... and some old...until then!

Cherie

"Within The Deep"... New for 2011

Here is my first finished piece of 2011.  I have been working on this one for a while now.  I call her "Within the Deep".  This piece is part of my Random Creations Collection.

I had started working on her a few months back.  I had a vision of a mermaid deep in the waters camouflaged within the plant life.  The idea of mermaids just fascinate me!  To be half fish... to swim down in the unknown... the depth of the ocean to explore... so with that idea I started sketching.  In the beginning stages of a drawing I always sketch and then blend/paint in a sepia tones. 

Here is a small glimpse of that:

 As the painting develops... I then add color.

I am starting to work out of my comfort zone with the choice of color.  This is very challenging for me to use different color combinations.  On "Within the Deep" I have deiced to use a split complementary color scheme of Yellow-Greens, Violet and Red. I chose these colors because... well... violet is my favorite color and the yellow-green of the seaweed was a great match.
The pops of red was just the little unexpected elements.

I really enjoyed painting this one.  I hope that you enjoy it too.   Thanks for supporting my art!