Celtic Star Design
I thought I'd try a somewhat different technique when I was playing with this new Celtic art, "Celtic Star", and I'm rather tickled at the results! I'm glad it came out looking like it was spinning in motion clockwise, which was my intention, but sometimes in the middle of a project you're not sure if it's going to switch directions on you or not. (Get it? Clockwise? Switch direction? Ack - I think I need more sleep.)
In any case, it's a star design that swirls into the center and each point of the star has a three point knotwork in it. I don't have it available as a print yet, but it is available on 'stuff' like t-shirts and other gifty items, a few are shown below:
Click any image above or click here to check out the entire selection. The design looks really sharp on the brown t-shirts as well (not shown) since it's all in tans and beiges and such.
Leaves on Water Painting
Yes, leaves again - how unusual for me! This painting actually took a LONG time because of all the little details. I think of the image as fallen autumn leaves on the surface of a pond, but in an abstract sort of way.
Both framed and unframed prints are available - click here for more information. The original is 14"x10" on Aquarelle Arches hot press 140 lb. watercolor block paper.
As usual, I've also added this image to a bunch of neat products in my shop, for example:
Checkerboard Watercolor
I guess you'd call this abstract, or maybe a geometrical abstract, or perhaps just art squared? In any case, when I create a watercolor with simple lines like this, it's even easier to get into the creative flow - it's just you and the brush, paints, and paper, with no difficult left-brained type decisions to make in the middle of it all. *grin*
Both framed (I used an example frame above to highlight the work) and unframed prints are available - click here for more information. The original is 10"x10" on Aquarelle Arches hot press 140 lb. watercolor block paper.
Likewise, this painting looks really cool on a framed tile (more sturdy and less expensive than a framed print), or even a mini button - for the entire selection of neat products with this checkerboard, click here.
Tulips and Pearls
Or, an alternate title might be 'Kristen dabbles in colored pencil and realism' - but that's not as catchy. I do love surreal, abstract, and geometrical compositions but sometimes I break it up with some attempts at realism. I went for the 'formal still life' feel with this one, which seems to have worked reasonably well.
One thing I had a lot of fun with is that I used a creamy beige/peach colored piece of charcoal paper for the base, which allowed me to finally play with my white colored pencil for the pearls! (Mom always said I was easily amused.)
The image above shows the print with a nice frame, but both framed and unframed prints are available - click here for more information.
Poker Abstract Watercolor
This is another abstract watercolor I completed recently. It didn't start off as a poker hand (five card stud, apparently) with poker chips; originally I was just playing with shapes and colors, but one doesn't argue with the art muse, if one knows what's good for them - *grin*.
Both framed and unframed prints are available - click here for more information. The original is 14"x10" on Aquarelle Arches hot press 140 lb. watercolor block paper.
Also, I have stuff (non-prints) available in my shop with this painting/design too, like greeting cards (poker parties?), keepsake boxes to hold your lucky playing cards, t-shirts, etc. - click here to see da stuff.
Watering the Lawn
I've got a number of newly completed works of art to share, most of them abstract watercolors, so I figured I'd start with, what else, an abstract watercolor. I called it "Watering the Lawn" because to me it combines abstract drops of water, blades of grass, sunshine, the idea of breezes, etc.
The painting is shown with a gold frame above, but both framed and unframed prints are available - click here for more information. The original is 14"x10" on Aquarelle Arches hot press 140 lb. watercolor block paper.
Thanks for looking, and stay tuned for more art. :-)
Whew! Finally Sent Out A Shop Newsletter!
I know I should really be more consistent with my shop newsletters, but at least I get them out PERIODICALLY - LOL. You can click here to read the full shop newsletter, but the new parts I want to share here as well I'll post below (copied directly from the newsletter so it's that really excited 'newsletter' speak - *grin*)...
InfiniStitch™ Embroidered Hats, Shirts & Jackets: Thanks to the development of a new kind of Embroidery called InfiniStitch™, Art of FoxVox can now offer many of our Celtic designs embroidered onto special products including a cap, black collared polo shirts, roomy buttoned denim shirts, and cool performance jackets! (The embroidered products are also a terrific alternative for when one of our Celtic t-shirts or sweatshirts is just a bit TOO casual.)
You can find our embroidered Celtic products by browsing our Celtic Designs #1 and Celtic Designs #2 - most of our round/circle knotwork and spiral designs are available on the new items!
Celtic Knotwork Ceramic Dog & Cat Bowls:Made out of a heavy, durable ceramic, these large and small Celtic pet bowls are great for both cats and dogs (and other furry friends too!) and will add a touch of class to their dinnertime.
Pet bowls are white ceramic and available with Celtic knotwork in blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, turquoise, or gold. Click to browse all Celtic pet bowls.
Okay - end the newsletter bits. Actually the pet bowls would be fantastic as snack bowls for humans too - you can fill them with M&Ms, trail mix, chex mix, whatever, and there are no marks on the bottom that say it's for pets at all. ;-)
