Jen's Art Additions...love print

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a quick one today-I'm supposed to be putting together my pirogi casserole-it's gonna be so yummy! We are having a big T-day this year at a hall. I know it sounds so-uncomfortable right? But, actually it was so fun last year! The "hall" is situated on Lake Huron and has a big stone hearth. We had karaoke for the kids and a crafting area, ping pong table and "hang out" spot for the older, cooler kids-lol and everyone brings a dish to pass! Then all the younger women pitch in to clean up while the men watch football and older folks play cards! We invite everyone-related or not-I think we are at about 60+ people this year! I can't wait-the boys have a ball playing and then pass out early just in time for momma to have a glass of wine and relax!

Anyways-I made this print for myself because I just LOVE (love) art prints. I showed it around a bit and  found that other people really liked it too, so I put it in my Etsy shop today (click here).

Hope your holiday is lovely!

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Thursday Art Additions...

Gotta make it quick today, my husband is hounding me to finish packing for our camping trip! You know how they are! lol! Anyway, Thursdays are my days for posting any art pieces that I've been working on. This week I finished a cool mixed letter and number ABC print for my Etsy shop! I really like it! Just a reminder-any purchases from my Etsy shop from now until October 20th receive a free 5x7 Halloween art print-choose from the "spooky chevron" or the "keep calm and scary on" Have a great weekend! We will be doing a Halloween Camping trip-complete with decorating, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating!

PS: Any orders from my Etsy shop will ship on Wednesday Oct 5th, 2011-Thanks!

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JEN'S ART ADDITIONS...

This week I worked on lots of artful things. I found the topic very inspiring indeed! In case you missed earlier posts, it's all about Scandinavian influences!

 I really like the use of bold colors and simple designs. I kept reading different artists saying that they had a "naive" style. I had not heard it put quite that way before but it makes sense. A formal explanation of a naive style in the case of artwork dictates that the work is primitive: of or created by one without formal training; simple. Primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking.

 Yes! This describes me too! I am without formal training, gravitate toward simple designs and colorful things. I had fun anyway and I hope you like the things I've created. I'm sure not all of the things I'm posting this week would be considered a "Scandinavian" style- but hey, I'm from Michigan not Denmark right? :)

I started the week out sampling some simple watercolor designs and incorporated those into some other pieces. Most of my artwork ends up being a blend of illustrations, paintings and digital editing and color. I'm also adding some new things that made it into my Etsy Shop this week!As always-please don't copy my work or use it without permission! Thanks!

Hope you like...





 


MODERN HELLO CHAIR



ONE HORSE SEWDISH TOWN




SWEDISH FIELDS



SWEDISH FIELDS WITH BUTTERFLIES

 



 




pink brushstrokes-acrylic on paper






"Triangles" original drawing layered with paintings and other drawings





 

"Little Bus"custom nursery print-from an original acrylic painting

another example with different colors and fonts

"Little Bus"custom nursery print-from an original acrylic painting-different colors available coming soon to my shop!

"Pink Owl" customizable nursery art print available now in my ETSY shop

"pink owl and polka dots" ABC poster print 11 x 14 $15-available in my ETSY shop!

        HAVE A LOVELY DAY!

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS.......TEA TIME!

Just a few little tea party themed images I did this week for you today-plus I'm doing some different things this week on AF and today is no different. So-I'm posting some other tea party art things I've come across this week from other artists. I've been only posting my own art on Thursdays but I thought why not share the love sometimes-especially when I have a busy week and need to work on other stuff!

So-I'm including an illustration with digital coloring layered on an actual painting I did that also has been digitally edited-you may remember it-I'll post it too-whew-you got that-lol

also posting a little drawing I did of some tea cups with a digital edit and a new girls ABC print that went into my Etsy shop this week.

The last FIVE images are from other artists whose afternoon tea images struck my fancy!

Hope you like...



cherry blossom cottage painting on canvas with digital edit



jackie oh no! illustration with digital coloring and layering

Tea Time-illustration with digital color

Pretty Birds and Butterflies-ABC print available in my Etsy Shop!

artist Laura Amiss

found via my heartistry blog

found via my heartistry blog

found via Tumblr

found via flickr...www.swj.spb.ru is on the painting but otherwise ?

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR FRIDAY TEA PARTY PRETTIES!

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS....FOR THE BOYS

Well it's time for a look at what I've been working on this week-plus I'm posting a couple of other pieces of my artwork that are relevant to my "boys" theme.

 I had ALOT of input from my boys this time-big and small-who knew?
Ezzie (4 years old) wanted orange everything-of course! Roo-Roo (15 months old ) just loved the dirtbike print. It was really funny-I had it in a frame and was showing him (at his request) and he was going "vroom vroom" and making the hand motion of throttling a dirtbike-what can I say it runs in their blood-on their daddy's side! Emm (Husband) even got in on it-he was like " the dirtbike needs to be orange with black hubs, and you need to put 927 on it cause' that's Ezzie's number and you should do one with that big Jeep Willy's and you need to......." Normally there is no input-even when I ask! hahaha.

 I had a blast with this material-I foresee more boy stuff in the future and also-look for some of these designs soon in my ETSY shop when I get them perfected.

So here's a breakdown of the pieces-a couple of ROCK ON JEEP prints in different colors,the BOYS NAME DIRTBIKE prints (2 styles), the true inspirations of my life, my little loves( Emmett and Ezra)-MY BOYS print, the LITTLE BOY IN THE RAIN print, Dan and Aiden, the ORANGE ZEELCH robot print, and the BOYS ABC TIGERS baseball inspired print and GIRLS ABC BASEBALL PRINT.

BTW-I can also do custom things-head over to my ETSY shop and Convo me-we can talk about it and create a custom listing for your piece! The MY BOYS piece can easily be created for your kiddo's too-just email or attach the pic to an Etsy conversation with AF-it's that simple!
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ROCK ON JEEP PRINT-COMING SOON TO MY ETSY SHOP!

ROCK ON JEEP PRINT-COMING SOON TO MY ETSY SHOP!

BOYS NAME DIRTBIKE PRINT COMING SOON TO MY ETSY SHOP!

BOYS NAME DIRTBIKE PRINT COMING SOON TO MY ETSY SHOP!



EMMETT AND EZZIE "MY BOYS" customize this print with your own kids, family (close ups work best) send me pic!
$25 for a  custom 8 x10 archival quality print on textured Epson Velvet Fine Art paper!



LITTLE BOY IN THE RAIN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION AND COLLAGE WITH DIGITAL COLOR

DAN AND AIDEN

ORANGE ROBOT PRINT 11 X 14 AVAILABLE NOW IN MY ETSY SHOP

D TIGERS INSPIRED BOYS ABC PRINT 11 X 14 PRINT POSTER PRINT $15

GIRLS ABC TIGERS INSPIRED 11 X 14 POSTER PRINT $15

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR SOME COOL BOYS ROOMS!

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS...MOM

Well my inspiration this week is Mother's Day, so I whipped up a few things this morning that are MOM inspired! I'm also adding some ABC prints I did this week that are currently Available in my Etsy shop!

Hope you like...

Like Mother Like Daughter-Original ink illustration with digital color...

Mommy and Me-original ink illustration with digital color

Mom silhouette

ABC prints in my ETSY shop...

College Team ABC prints for Girls and Boys..Go BLUE

Vintage Colors ABC print

Polka Dot and Damask Girls ABC print

ABC nursery print

MLB teams ABC prints-COMING SOON to my Etsy shop!

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR SOME PRETTY MOTHER'S DAY DECORATING IDEAS...

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS...A HINT OF MINT

Sorry I'm always posting so late on Thursday! I usually end up whipping something up quickly on Wednesday night or Thursday morning and in this case Thursday afternoon-lol! The theme going on this week is mint so I decided to include a couple of things that I had that are minty and also 2 little minty things I did today-the ABC print and the butterfly collage! Hope you like...

PLAID FLOWERS BACKGROUND

spring butterfly collage

minty ice cream cone

Girls Mint Ice Cream Heart print

mint dog

mint houndstooth deer

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR FRIDAY'S HUMBLE ABODE...ROOMS WITH A HINT OF MINT!