I didn't even realise December is almost over. The dead giveaway is not even Christmas looming ever closer, but the fact we'll see Star Wars tonight. =P
The last two weeks were just too full. Apart from having to drive my son everywhere because of his broken arm (which is healing well - th...
Just letting you know, if shipping and replies go more sluggishly than you're ued to, it's because, on top on festive end-of-term stress, my son has broken his arm, which somehow cuts into my time and energy far more than I could have imagined. :/
Have some pigment porn in the meantim...
2019-12-04 11:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! All non-EU calendars have now shipped. EU and Germany goes fastest, as I can print the post labels in bulk, instead of doing a different one for each (a major nightmare). I'm going to take care of the remaining calendars over the next few weeks, and want to have them all shipped before ...
2019-12-01 09:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I think I'll just chuck all my two hundred and fifty-three other paint tubes in the bin and go with just Ultramarine, Ochre and Umber from now on.
Oh, and Burnt Sienna.
=)
Woo-hoo! On my day off school, I managed to fix all calendars to Canada and Australia, as well as finishing my Etsy backlog!
The background on this is finished. It's pretty silly that I have stocked up on the most gorgeous greys over the past year, then start doing a piece full of greys, ha...
2019-11-27 09:57:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I am having waaaay too much fun with horses, generally. =D
2019-11-26 18:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post
So, some of you may have found out on social media that yesterday was "Thank your Patrons Day". I've always disliked bandwagons like this, so I didn't make anything of it, but felt that you'd be much rather thanked with a fresh lineart of Fingon today, particularly since it's about a friend in ne...
2019-11-20 17:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking forward to bringing out the greys again!
2019-11-18 17:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostI'm happy to let you know that all calendars to the US will go out by Monday! That means that 150 calendars will have shipped. About a hundred are left. Next up are the other non-EU countries, and then it's EU and Germany last, in time for the New Year.
I still try to put in calendars with ...
2019-11-16 12:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first sketch for the Friend in Need reward! <3
I used a Roman reenactment photo as ref, and had to blow up the horse by about a factor of two, haha. The reenactor was riding a tiny little Connemara and his feet almost trailed the grass!
The Inktober print sets can now be found in my Etsy shop! Moo again outdid themselves with the print quality. <3 My daughter and I folded boxes all morning yesterday, and put the Brocade stickers on them, and here they are!
Your coupon codes apply. :) If you can't remember it, just...
2019-11-10 14:19:50 +0000 UTC View Post
After indulging in four new paint tubes last week, I asked for ideas what to paint with it - and the results were tooooootally unexpected. XD
So here's our favourite redhead, featuring Pompeii Red, Verona Gold Ochre, Bordeaux, and Deep Scarlet. The entire piece was painted using only these ...
2019-11-08 19:22:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little sneak peak of the card sets that should be available from my shop in about ten days or so. The cards are A5 size (double postcard), with a brocade logo on the back. Thranduil and Fingon will not be in them, as they don't quite fit the topic and Fingon's gold paint doesn't look goo...
2019-11-05 18:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! As those in the 5+ tiers already know, I've had to change my Patreon approach. I was able to offer goodie tiers while I had something like 100 Patrons; now that there's 300 of you, packing and shipping has become too much work for a one-woman business! :) I need to focus on the art again...
2019-11-02 19:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time in three weeks, my backlog of Etsy orders is now below twenty. O_o
I'm also making good progress sending calendars with the other things. By next week, Patreon will have the names of the "Friends in Need" tier for me. I hope to paint the image for that reward in Nov...
2019-10-30 17:26:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Maedhros! Which is usually the crowning glory of Inktobers, and that is for a reason - I'll probably take an Inktober break now, though I'll possibly come back to the style again later. I need to take some time off to finish orders and those exams that have been looking at me since the autumn hol...
2019-10-24 15:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Another brocade piece for Lúthien!
Lúthien and Fingon will go up in my Etsy shop tonight at around 6 pm CET, unless someone claims them first. Thranduil already has been. :)
EDIT: All claimed!
... but the shipping spree is underway! I did six large sketches yesterday. Here are some of my favourites. (Thanks for so many Maedhros requests, haha!)
Welcome to new Patron, Clara! :)
2019-10-23 08:32:22 +0000 UTC
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Well, let's see if I can keep up with the last third of Inktober! I have to say I'm pretty happy with 15 out of 21 - definitely better than last year. Plus one commission and dozens and dozens of orders packed. O_o I'm trying not the let the backlog grow larger than 35.
Fingon today! ...
2019-10-21 16:24:55 +0000 UTC View Post
So Lee Pace will be a guest at next year's Magic Con in Bonn! While I don't care for the films, having Tolkien-themed guests will certainly mean good business for me, as opposed to this year, when people would wander over, look blankly at my art, and say, "You don't have any Lucifer, do ...
2019-10-19 16:03:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm utterly in love with these colours. It's always a surprise to see the first finished painting after a few months without. The style is usually changed a little, and the colours turn out differently than I thought they would. And it's cool to see that all my landscape painting over the holiday...
2019-10-18 09:57:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This commission came about by accident, by the way - I was approached (on a Fantasy convention) for a horse portrait. I said I didn't do those, but I could do a Tolkien-themed piece with the horse in it. The client chose Faramir, so here we have their horse. :)
Welcome new Patron,
Putting first colour washes on this.
I managed to pack up fifteen orders, also artbooks, today as well, mostly the ones without sketches. *_* I also dropped calendars into the packages for those who are getting one! Hope to finish them well before the three-week mark. I'm still waitin...
2019-10-17 11:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I felt extremely uncomfortable with Finarfin looking gloomy while holding a FIFA world cup/joint, so here's a new one of him. As opposed to Fingolfin, he didn't demand it. He just looked at me sadly from his painting, and sort of shamed me into it. Go him. XD
2019-10-16 14:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
They're up in my shop! I've set shipping times to two to three weeks for the add-ons, to give me some more time for sketches and simply packing. :)
One thing - the shipping on this is quite expensive as the book weighs over 500 grams. If you want to save on shipping and use a free shi...
2019-10-16 09:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Great news first: The artbooks arrived today, and they're gorgeous! Unfortunately, it's so dark and grey today that I haven't been able to take any photos (to brag, or for Etsy), but they should arrive in my shop at some point this week.
I also got another Inktober done: Glorfindel lo...
2019-10-15 16:26:09 +0000 UTC View Post
That was a day spent mostly at the drawing table, obviously! It actually began with my daughter asking e to teach her to draw people. =O My kids have never shown much interest in being taught by me, but apparently, Jana really wanted to know stuff and figured it would be a waste not to ask the ad...
2019-10-14 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Listening my way through "Based on a true story podcast" (and despairing about the details of the JFK assassination) and making my way through this commission!
2019-10-14 12:42:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you tell me if this looks blurry, please? I ditched my old computer for my new laptop, and I don't know if it's due to the insane resolution the laptop has, but when I resize the image to 650 px width, it turns out tiny. If it's blurry, please let me know, and I'll upload it in a better res!&...
2019-10-13 17:03:42 +0000 UTC View Post
So, Fingolfin again gave me quite the workout. Yesterday's attempt was almost finished when I smeared his face - and that was that. (Nothing like a long black bogey to make you dispose of three hours of work!
I gave him another go today and am really, really happy with how he turned o...
2019-10-12 18:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post