I got rather a little darker there than I actually wanted, so here's hoping I can push it with gouache again a bit later. ;/ At least there'll be a very strong contrast between the two now.
2016-03-19 23:22:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the Easter holidays! That shows, right? :)
This one is *so* much fun to paint!
2016-03-19 14:31:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a well-documented fact that salt on watercolour only ever works on watercolour workshops in Aachen, and never anywhere else. Today I decided to falsify that theory. Maybe it's the paper. :D
2016-03-19 12:41:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Isabella's march commission - yay! Smaug turned out more and more cattish, and I've decided that's perfect. A magnificent creature that likes to play with his food and wants his belly rubbed. Or do I get confused about that last one?
2016-03-19 11:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Lovelovelovelove this art nouveau thing. And these two really rose to the occasion. Kylo only grumbled once because I denied him a six-pack, but he was appeased by his mask in the corner.
2016-03-17 19:56:59 +0000 UTC View Post
... though part of Rey's swoosh looks a little like a scythe. Hmmmmm.
2016-03-16 21:08:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This... happened. Yes, sometimes I walk to my next class and, between the staffroom and the classroom, I find myself thinking up complete Art Nouveau pieces with Rey and Kylo Ren. Everyone does that, right?
2016-03-15 17:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you might remember this piece I did when I read the first Harry Potter book to my son. Now my daughter is on book 6, my son on book 5, and they needed the characters up to the end! I forgot a few - Rita Skeeter, Charlie and Bill Weasley, and then I never drew Crabbe, Goyle and the Dursleys, who were always easy to remember for the kids. I also missed a few of the Quidditch players and Dumbledore's Army, as well as a few people who only appear once, like Mrs Figg, Bathilda Bagshot o...
2016-03-15 15:39:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt seems a lot of people (including me!) have problems working out how to change their shipping addresses. It's so well hidden that Patreon has created a Help Page for it. (Can't they just make it more accessible? Naaaah...)
https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205829809-How-do-I-change-my-shipping-address-
Please make sure your a...
2016-03-15 07:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the timelapse! The first wash is missing - it only occurred to me to record this after I'd laid it down.
The original is available here, too!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/272227620/the-dark-side-and-the-light-original
My hubby walked past my desk, did a double take, and said, "whoa".
That's pretty high on the Hubby Scale of Jenny's Art (TM).
2016-03-13 20:52:18 +0000 UTC View Post
My camera has facial recognition.
Today, for the first time, it recognised a human face as I was taking a photo of this. \o/
2016-03-13 16:29:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Been wanting to draw a picture for this line for ages.
Funnily, many of my images work like this. I have a title and then draw a picture for it. That's why I never have problems naming my pictures. And sometimes, the title for piece changes halfway, then the title is free again for another painting. ;)
2016-03-13 15:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Scanner dilemma: my scanner sprinkles a handful of little black dots over everything. Normally, I just delete anything small and dotty. Here, I had to check against my mole chart... XD Kylo probably picked up a new mole or two here.
Eyes look weird right now, but the shadows will change that.
2016-03-12 18:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a relative who looks like that. It's also a type of no-nonsense character that I paint every once in a while. I think he makes a great Bard!
About last night's twitter madness - that continued all through the night! No job offers or lawsuits so far, just a slew of new followers and orders from Etsy, yay!
And welcome to the two new Patrons! =)
2016-03-12 07:03:12 +0000 UTC View Posthttp://twitter.com/authoradambray/status/708363393229561856
An official Star Wars author has just retweeted some of my SW pieces, tagging all sorts of official Lucasfilm people, telling them to get me to illustrate a Star Wars storybook O_____O
Heeeeeeelp!!
2016-03-11 20:27:56 +0000 UTC View Post
... my brand new, tiny, ickly, wonderful INTUOS ART graphics tablet. After my faithful old Intuos 3 went from faithful to junk within twenty-four hours (first rejecting all its drivers, no matter how new, and then suddenly scratches appeared on its surface that had never been a problem in ten (!) years), I got myself this tiny little thing. Cost a quarter of what the old one did, and can do exactly the same. No more pretense that I'm this über-cool concept artist throwing around the newest i...
2016-03-11 18:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostIf you do, please post them (if you want to!) I'm planning to make a Pinterest board with "My art on walls", seeing as so many people send me such beautiful photos with such gorgeous frames!
Any suggestions for a better title for the board, maybe, too?
2016-03-11 16:59:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Bard getting some colour on the paper stretcher.
2016-03-11 16:43:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the lineart for Elizabeth's February commission! I hope to paint him tomorrow. :)
2016-03-10 16:45:36 +0000 UTC View PostYou'll have noticed by now I'm not very good with thanks - I'm always jealous of people who are, haha! But I also hope you know how much all your support means to me, and I'm pretty sure that you've noticed how much fun I'm having here with you. You're a great gang, fun, helpful, witty, and supportive. *a hundred hugs*
Something else I'm not good with is little funny cartoons. I've wished so often that I was more of a cartoon artist, but sadly, I'm not. So. instead of losing half a ...
2016-03-08 15:08:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Those colours did turn out nice! ^___^
Watercolour and gel pen on Clairefontaine Etival Torchon paper.
Also, whooo! 99 patrons!
2016-03-07 19:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
could you all please check if the address you have entered in Patreon is still correct, and send me a note if it has changed?
Right now, about one in ten Patreon packages comes back to me as "addressee not found".
If your address changes, please change it in Patreon
and send me a quick note about it! The reason is this: I have all your addresses copied into a Word document, sorted by Patron levels, so I can quickly put them... 2016-03-07 07:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Two tablet wallpapers, an avatar, and three linearts! Hope you'll find something you'll like! *hugs*
2016-03-06 16:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the belated raffle draw - I finally feel remotely like a human being again today!
Five goodie bags go to: Georgina Matthews, Masa, Sabine Kauer, Joan Freeman, and Deidre Bongaerts!
An A4 print each have won: Lily Milos, and Elena Krysova!
An A3 Facsimile goes to: Floss!
Kimmie Lundquist get this month's prompt!
Aaaaand the commission is for Isabella.
Congrats all! ^______^
2016-03-04 17:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, I've come down with another head-cold (you know, the cold is strong in my family) which has me pretty incapacitated. Raffle draw and March goodies are coming at the end of the week, as well as more work on the commissions for Paul and Elizabeth!
(I spent literally all day sleeping today, and the kids let me. For the first time since becoming a mother, eleven years ago, I was allowed to be
ill. That was quite an exhilarating thing.) 2016-03-02 19:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2016-03-01 07:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't think I've ever done this colour scheme before, but so subdued, it really works well!
2016-02-29 19:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
My Leap Day Sale goes for all of you as well - and instead of 16%, you get 20% off, and not just today, but tomorrow as well. ^__^ Anything in my Etsy shop (except originals)! Just enter LEAPDAYPATREON at checkout!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/JennyDolfenArt
2016-02-29 08:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post