Hair Time Art ...T-shirts!

I am so excited to show off the brand new, fresh off the press Hair Time shirt! I finally found a company that was able to print them in full digital vinyl color, and let me just say, they look FANTASTIC. 

M modeling her new Hair Time shirt

If you would like to purchase one for the special little curly-haired girl in your life, please swing by my Etsy shop, www.mossyrockdesigns.etsy.com to order one!

The Hair Time shirt

Did you know that my friend's daughter M (who is proudly wearing her new Hair Time shirt) was the original inspiration for the Hair Time paintings? Her mother graciously took an afternoon to show me proper detangling, care, and braiding of M's beautiful natural curly hair.

M in her new Hair Time shirt!

Best of 2011 paintings

It is fun for me to go through my now fat folder of ACEO paintings to see which ones I am happiest with. While there are others (such as some of the flower paintings, the chameleons, and the paintings of my boys) that I love very much, the paintings that have sold the most prints on Etsy are the following: 

Thank you all for a great year of supporting my art. I hope you keep on checking back here, as well as in my Etsy shop (see link on the right of my page) and my facebook page to see what new originals and prints I am creating and selling. 

Oh, and did you know that I will soon start selling some of the originals from my Everyday Art project?! If you have a favorite that you are interested in purchasing, please eMail me to see if it's available...

Preview - Paris!

Just to prove that I'm not slacking, here is a preview of 4 of the 12 Paris ACEOs I'm working on. I still need to add color, I think I'll experiment with some more fluid and sketch-like color addition though.

Arc de Triomphe

Notre Dame

Eiffel Tower

Venus of Milo, profile

Keep in mind that each ACEO painting is only 2.5x3.5 inches... the detail in the buildings is tiny!

June 3 ACEO - very over-due

I apologize for the long lapse in posting. Between having a garage sale, cutting my finger (in prepping for the garage sale), and travelling to a wedding, I just haven't had much time to paint. Of course I had the brilliant idea to paint some more detailed and realistic paintings of children NOW, so the 11 paintings I've been working on are just plain taking a longer time. I want to post them as a set, but here is one of them, just to give you a little taste for what is to come. The other 10 should be finished in the next 2 or so days.

Here is the pencil sketch before any fine black ink lines or color were added.

June 3 ACEO (18 days late): Here is the finished painting. I am always amazed at how much of a difference color can make.

I felt like painting some more high-quality, detailed, realistically shaded paintings. I've been doing simplified illustration-style paintings for so long that I wanted to see if my other watercolor skills had gotten rusty. I would say, they might have, just a little, but it shouldn't be hard to re-activate them...

March 25, 26, 27 ACEOs: Hair time!

I am a few days behind in posting... sorry folks!
I've been reading about how to "do" African hair, among other things on http://www.keepmecurly.com/ ...this inspired me to paint this little ACEO mini series...

March 25 ACEO: Beautiful natural curls!

March 26 ACEO: ...half way!

March 27 ACEO: Done!

Jan. 14, 15, 16, 17 ACEOs

Jan 14 ACEO: Ben used to have a Veiled Chameleon named 'Jill' many years ago.

Jan 15 ACEO: Veiled Chameleons are such fun pets, and the spectrum of colors and designs they can change their skin into amazed us to no end.

Jan 16 ACEO: Veiled Chameleon - as they mature, their "horn" (or veil) on top grows too, and they keep adding new pigments to their skin.

Jan 17 ACEO: A male Veiled Chameleon that is feeling aggressive puffs himself up and displays BRIGHT colors. Would you mess with this guy?!

Many people don't know that a chameleon's colors are not so much about blending in (although they are good at that, too), but often about their mood, the temperature, and many other factors.

(all 4 reserved for Bob Griffing)

Jan. 4 ACEO

The kids having fun with more sparklers...!

Jan. 3 ACEO

...in Germany we used to light fireworks and sparklers for New Years... fond memories...

A few of my readers have asked me what an ACEO is.
ACEO stands for "Art Cards Editions and Originals." These little 2.5"x3.5" gems are highly collectible pieces of art, and can be made in any variety of materials (watercolor, oil, ink, acrylics, pencil, collage, even fabric). They can be traded and collected, or sold for pennies all the way up to thousands of dollars.