Eyes in the Night, Scratchboard ACEO Art

My drawing for this post is titled 'Eyes in the Night'. The board size is 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I created the drawing for the Worldwide Women Artists' October Exhibition 'Illuminations of the Unseen'. I like the results so much, that I decided to do more ACEO's using similar images. I'll be showing you these in posts to come. For information and detailed pictures of this drawing, click on the image, and you will be taken to it's web page. You can also contact me with any comments or questions you might have.

Spooky Tree by Blue Moonlight Painting by Laura Milnor Iverson...Up for Auction on eBay!

"Octopus Tree in Ghostly Moonlight":

Item 180033823158

A tree illuminated by the full moon. The night sky is in shades of blue deepening to indigo. This fantasy landscape is an original acrylic painting on a gallery-wrapped stretched canvas (the 3/4" staple-free sides are finished off in black acrylic) and can be hung with just a nail. It has been lightly varnished to protect the paint and preserve the lustrous colors. The copyright watermark does not appear on the actual painting.

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Here's my latest adding to my etsy store. It's a MIXED MEDIA ACEO Called Tendresse (Tenderness).

Halloween painting from Laura Milnor Iverson

Ghostly Tree with Black Cat 11" x 14"

Ghostly Tree with Black Cat A black cat sits on white, ghostly tree branches, gazing at the full moon. The night sky is in shades of dark red to burgundy. In the hollow of the tree, bright eyes peer out. This Halloween fantasy landscape is an original acrylic painting on a gallery-wrapped stretched canvas (the 3/4" staple-free sides are finished off in black acrylic). Giclée prints are available.

Ghost Cat Mini Print ACEOs...Great for Halloween!

I created some ghost cat ACEOs and have started listing them on a couple different venues:

"Ghost Cat #1":

eBay Item 180032499658

The transparent form of a ghostly cat, sitting on a tree branch, contemplates the luminous full moon. The night sky is in shades of magenta. This miniature piece is offered as a limited edition art card (ACEO--2.5" x 3.5", standard trading card size). It was created from original paintings from my Zen Mandala series using digital techniques to manipulate the composition (only images from my original paintings were used, no photograhs).

"Ghost Cat #2":

etsy Item 494281

The transparent form of a ghostly cat, sitting on a tree branch, contemplates the luminous full moon. The night sky is in shades of magenta. This miniature piece is offered as a limited edition art card (ACEO--2.5" x 3.5", standard trading card size). It was created from original paintings from my Zen Mandala series using digital techniques to manipulate the composition (only images from my original paintings were used, no photograhs).

Comical ACEOs from Teresa Turner

I've always enjoyed creating silly little pieces that make people laugh. When I first tried selling on ebay, the comical pieces and minis are what I started listing. I hadn't been doing many of them lately, so I have started to create more of them again. Here are two of the ones I did this past week:


GIVE PEAS A CHANCE

That one is what happens when I'm tired and hear songs on the radio. :) It sold almost as soon as I listed it on ETSY

This one is a cute Halloween-themed one of a dog in a witch costume:


TRICK OR TREATS

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Zen Black Cat Original ACEO (Mini) Painting...Great for Halloween!

"Black Cat in Golden Sunset" ACEO:

Item 180032128919

A black cat steps lightly on a branch of red autumn leaves, glowing in the setting sun. Some of the leaves are dancing in the sunset sky, which is in tones of yellow, gold and amber. This feng shui mandala, part of the Golden Glow modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original acrylic painting by Laura Milnor Iverson, a professional California artist (San Francisco Bay area). It is an ACEO (Art Trading Card), highly collectible, and measures 2.5" x 3.5".

I started the Golden Glow series in 2004. I've painted other kinds of cats in them but this is the first black cat I've added to this palette.

New Ghost ACEO (mini) Print from Laura

This is what I worked on today...I took one of my larger oil paintings and, using PhotoShop, redid it as a ghost ACEO (mini) print:

It took me a couple hours (I've been using PS for years but I'm a novice at the fancy features). I cropped the painting, cut out the figure, moved her over & made her semi-transparent (and a little larger).

Laura

ACEO Halloween WITCH Original Art mini oil Painting on card by Vera Lucia emerim

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Dreamscape 17

"Dreamscape 17" is the title of this original 12 x 12 acrylic painting by Linda Watson.

Painted on gallery wrap canvas, it can be framed or because the sides are painted black, hung as is.


Dreamscape 17

This piece is available at my Etsy Shop

Georgie Porgie Original Painting

Acrylics on 5 x 7 acid free museum board.

This was painted for a Challenge on the ALA group(Animal Loving Artists) on Ebay.
We were given a choice of several photos of Georgie Porgies to paint. This was my rendition of Georgie Porgie.
All the artists will be listing their paintings this weekend (Friday. Saturday and Sunday). Go to Ebay and search ALA Georgie Porgie to see all the paintings done by this group running all next week.

My reference material.



My Ebay Auctions

Peony Bouquet

Peony Bouquet is a 16 x 20 watercolor on canvas. This piece was a special order and was created for a friend whose favorite flowers are Peonies. If you would like to learn more about the step by step process of how this painting was created, please visit my professional blog, Artful Creations at: www.artful-creations.blogspot.com To view more of my work, visit my website at: www.artfulcreations.biz I am always happy to discuss custom orders of any kind. Thanks.....Ruth Welter

Black Cat Mini Painting (ACEO) from Zen Cat Series...OOAK Mixed Media

"Cat in Purple Moonlight #2 ":

Item 180031280514

A black cat gazes at the luminous full moon. Some of the bright gold metallic leaves are dancing in the night sky, which is in shades of purple. This miniature feng shui, mystical landscape is a combination of original acrylic paint over a print by Laura Milnor Iverson, a professional California artist (San Francisco Bay area). It is an ACEO (Art Trading Card), highly collectible, and measures 2.5" x 3.5".

This is something new I'm trying. I first scanned in a partially completed painting then completed the piece with original work in acrylic paint.

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Originally uploaded by wicked dollz.

well it's the 20th of the month and that means

IT'S NIBBLEFEST TIME AGAIN!

what is Nibblefest you ask? well nibblefst is a monthly themed contest on ebay. Search NFAC and find lots of GREAT art starting at .99 the person with the most unique bid is the winner, but the real winner is the people who BUY the art! It's agreat way to collect establish and emergent artist at EXTREMELY reasonable prices!

Go here to view my auction: The Devil Plays Catch

this months theme was EYE BALLS... eek! What the heck was I going to do with eyeballs??? Usually I paint my Blythe inspired big eyed girls, but that didn't seem right for this theme, so off I went on another of my weird tangents..devils and imps, cute ones who usually won puppies or other NON DEVIL type pets or friends.

Witch Rozenn and her black cat original oil painting by Vera Lucia Emerim

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Magnets & Pushpins

Many thanks to WagerWitch for being a blog fan as well as reminding and encouraging me to do my blog work.

Pictured here are some ceramic clay magnets and pushpins listed at my Etsy Shop.

These glazed ceramic clay magnets and pushpins are modeled to resemble seashells and sea skeletons. I collected the shells used to create these pieces.

The shells are made of cone 06 clay and glazed with cone 04 glazes. Typically, I make these clay pieces to use in my mosaics, but I thought I'd use them to make refrigerator magnets since they seem to be so popular.



Spicy Banana


Blue-Green

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Three original aceo cards painted and listed on Ebay today.
Watermark not on original painting.






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Two new ACEOs and jewelry from Teresa Turner

I just listed another two ACEOs I did this week. One is inspired by van Gogh's Starry Night, and is of a black cat gazing at the night sky.


STARRY NIGHT KITTY
Original acrylics

The other one is an abstract landscape of a tree with two crows in it. This is from a series of paintings I've done, though most of them have been larger pieces.


TWO CROWS
Original acrylics

I've also been working on some jewelry, including hair jewelry. Here is one, which is a beaded ponytail holder now listed in my etsy store:


BEADED PONYTAIL HOLDER
Glass, agate, and shell

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Mermaid Limited Edition ACEO Mini Print...Hand Embellished by the Artist!

"Moon Rising in Orange Sunset":

Item 180030532841

A luminous full moon rises through the twilight sky, which is in shades of brilliant orange, red and purple. A mermaid watches a wave breaking on the rocks. Her tail is magenta with metallic gold highlights. Her hair is in shades of purple. This ocean seascape is offered as a limited-edition art card print from an original painting by Laura Milnor Iverson, a professional California artist (San Francisco Bay area). It has been hand-embellished by the artist (me). The sea spray has had acrylic paint added and gold metallic paint highlights the mermaid's tail.

This painting is my entry in the eBay groups' fairy fun challenge in the "Dark Creatures" category. Search Fairy Fun on eBay for more entries in this competition.

ART SALE! Phoenix Bird Fantasy ACEO Original Painting...Starts at under $5 with free US shipping!

"Phoenix in Blue Moonlight":

Item 180029572949

A brilliant fiery Phoenix in predominantly shades of orange rises in the moonlit night. This miniature fantasy landscape is an original 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic painting (standard trading card size).

As a Thank You to all my ACEO collectors, I am offering this original at a special low starting price. (I usually start originals in the $9.99 - $24.99 range and have sold them at $50).

Black Cat Mini Original Painting...Great for Halloween!

"Black Cat in Blue Moonlight":

Item 180029366140

A black cat sits on a tree branch, illumined by the full moon. Some of the autumn leaves are dancing in the night sky, which is in shades of blue, deepening to indigo. This feng shui piece, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic painting (standard trading card size).

Fantasy Art Cat Fairy Painting~ ACEO

This week I started a new series of fantasy art paintings. I just listed the first one today, which is of a Maine Coon cat with monarch butterfly wings. Being the language geek that I am, I figured if he has monarch butterfly wings (and being a large and regal cat) he must be the reigning monarch, the king of the cat fairies. Having that idea, I had to paint him wearing a golden crown. Here he is, sitting proudly overlooking his cat fairy kingdom:


MAINE COON MONARCH
Original acrylics on archival museum board

Here is a detail view of his face and his richly decorated crown:


This painting is entered in a contest on ebay, called Fairy Fun.

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Upcoming Exhibit

"Grape Vines in the Archway"
Well, it's finished. I did this painting for a local exhibit in Geneva, Ohio called the Grape Jamboree. It will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 23 & 24. I will have this painting entered along with a seascape painting "Coming into the Harbor" and 4 digital paintings from my Orchid Series including "Sepia Fantasy." You can see all of these works on my website GenesisCollectibleArtStudio. They will all be available for purchase at the exhibit and afterward online.
If you are a local Ohioan, I hope to see you there!

Bamboo Fairy Mini Painting...Part of the Fairy Fun Art Contest on eBay

"Bamboo Fairies":

Item 180029011897

Two fairies fly through bamboo stalks. This miniature fantasy feng shui piece, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic painting (standard trading card size).

This painting is my entry in the eBay groups' fairy fun challenge in the "Fairy of the Flowers" category. Search Fairy Fun on eBay for more entries in this competition.

Pomeranian "Challenge" Paintings

Click image to go to my auctions

I belong to the group "Animal Loving Artists" on Ebay and we have a challenge going on to paint Spunky the Pomeranian. We were given several photos of "Spunky" to pick from to see the different styles and interpretation that emerge from this challenge.





Today the Members of "Animal Loving Artists" group on Ebay will begin listing their rendition paintings of "Spunky" the Pomeranian. The members will be listing paintings today, tomorrow and Sunday. I have entered 3 paintings of Spunky in the auctions. Be sure to search "ala spunky " to see the different renditions and interpretations by all the artists.

Red Eyed Frog & Stone Cottage

2 Aceo for today



Acrylic on playing card

Acrylic on playing card
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New Abstract Painting

I finished an abstract painting this week. This one is part of a series of fluid abstracts, which are comprised of flowing lines and organic forms. It reminds me a bit of the sky in van Gogh's Starry Starry Night painting.


TRIBAL DANCE
Original acrylics
20" x 30"

All the other ones I've done in this series have sold, but you can see thumbnails of many of them HERE.

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Another new kitchen art painting!

I actually finished this last night, but it was too dark in here to photograph it then. This is the next in the kitchen art series, following the hot pepper painting I posted earlier this week. This one is the same size, and features a cup of coffee with the word cafe (French for coffee) on the side of the cup. It is surrounded by a pattern of spirals, dots, and coffee beans!


COFFEE #1
Original acrylics on gallery wrap canvas

Now that I've started this series, I have a whole bunch of ideas in mind for more. Funny how that works!

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Two more new ACEOs

I feel like perhaps today's entry should be called "doing 100 things at once", because that's kind of how today seemed. I finished another kitchen painting the same size as yesterday's hot pepper one. It's too dark here to photograph now, so I'll be posting that one tomorrow (hopefully). I also worked on some new images for magnets, and images for some pinback buttons, which will be appearing soon in my etsy store. In the meantime, here are my two newest ACEOs, which I didn't get a chance to post here yesterday because of the storms we were having. The first one is an abstract landscape. It reminds me of the line from Peter Pan about "First star on the right, then straight on till morning..."


FIRST STAR
Original acrylics

That one is now in my etsy store. The image will open the listing in a new window.

The next one is a mixed media ACEO which I don't have listed anywhere yet, so those reading my blog are the first to see it. For this one, I used acrylics, iridescent acrylics, faux gold leaf, ink, printed paper (for the text), and handmade textured mulberry paper, all on cold press heavy watercolor paper. The cool textures in this one don't show up in the small image.


BIRTH OF AN IDEA
Mixed media

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New Zen Cat ORIGINAL Mini Painting (ACEO) from Laura Milnor Iverson

"Flame Point Siamese in Gold Leaves":

eBay Item 180028072658

A flame point siamese cat sits on a tree branch, contemplating a luminous full moon. Bright, metallic gold leaves dance in the magenta sky. This miniature piece, from Zen Mandala series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original acrylic painting (2.5" x 3.5", standard trading card size).

Folk Art Halloween Trio of ACEO's

This set of 3 Art Cards can be found in my Etsy shop or my eBay store.

Yesterday morning was chilly and the smell of Autumn spices filled the air. It inspired me to paint pumpkins and from there this little trio :)

Hot Pepper Kitchen Art

I finished this today, just for fun... a painting of a hot pepper, with a funky decorated background:


HOT PEPPER
Original acrylics on gallery wrap canvas
6" x 6"

It's listed in my etsy store, so the image above links to the listing.

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New Koi Mini ORIGINAL Painting (ACEO)...Starts at only 9.99!

"Koi and Plum Leaves":

Item 180027755824

Koi fish swim beneath the reflections of white fluffy clouds from the sky above as purple leaves float in the pond. This miniature feng shui piece, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original 2.5" x 3.5" acrylic painting (standard trading card size).

New Painting & ACEO Print Listing from Laura Milnor Iverson

"San Mateo Oak in Bright Sunset":

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A live oak tree against a brilliant sunset in shades of yellow, orange, red and purple. A touch of turquoise cools the palette. Inspired by the San Mateo landscape. This Northern California abstract landscape is an original acrylic painting on a gallery-wrapped stretched canvas (the 3/4" staple-free sides are finished off in purple acrylic) and can be hung with just a nail--no need to frame. It has been lightly varnished to protect the paint and preserve the lustrous colors. The copyright watermark does not appear on the actual painting. Open edition giclée prints are also available.

New Zen Cat Limited Edition Mini Print (ACEO)...Starts at 6.99!

"Ginger Cat in Blue Moonlight":

eBay Item 180027668639

A orange tabby cat sits in branches of cherry blossoms, illuminated by the full moon. The night sky is in shades of blue deepening to indigo. Some of the petals are dancing in the air. This piece, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is a miniature limited-edition print (2.5" x 3.5", standard trading card size).

New Zen Cat Painting..."Ginger Cat in Blue Moonlight"

"Ginger Cat in Blue Moonlight":

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A orange tabby cat sits in branches of cherry blossoms, illuminated by the full moon. The night sky is in shades of blue deepening to indigo. Some of the petals are dancing in the air. This piece, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is an original acrylic painting on a gallery-wrapped stretched canvas (the 3/4" staple-free sides are finished off in black acrylic) and can be hung with just a nail. It has been lightly varnished to protect the paint and preserve the lustrous colors. The copyright watermark does not appear on the actual painting. Open edition giclée prints are also available.

Crow Mini Painting...Starts at only $9.99 with FREE shipping!

"Crow Flying over Distant Hills":

eBay Item 180025810526

A black crow flies in the sunset sky. This miniature outsider, gothic landscape with a Southwestern palette of yellow, red, turquoise blue and purple, part of the Zen Mandala modern art series (botanical abstract landscapes in a contemporary Asian style), is a miniature original acrylic painting (2.5" x 3.5", standard trading card size). The copyright watermark does not appear on the actual painting.

Two new ACEOs

Here are my two newest ACEOs. (For those who don't know, ACEOs are small works of art, the size of baseball trading cards.)

One is a mixed-media piece celebrating the fruit of the vine:


Salute!
Mixed media (including acrylics, India ink, patterned paper, handmade textured mulberry paper, faux gold leaf, and a professionally printed image of a glass of wine, from one of my original oil paintings).

The next one is an autumn-themed piece:


Illuminators of Autumn
Watercolors and India ink

This will be my entry in the WWAO monthly exhibition for October. The theme for that exhibition is "Illuminations of the Unseen". I have titled this ACEO "Illuminators of Autumn", which is a bit of a play on words. The border on it is a Celtic knotwork design, and in the middle ages, the pictures in the manuscripts were called "illuminations", so the scribes who did them were called "illuminators". The inside shows a fairy painting a face on a jack-o-lantern, and another fairy sprinkling fall leaves in the air. Since the fairies are small, they would go unseen in their work. Although they are hard to see in the small image, there are little spiderwebs and acorns inside the knotwork at the corners.

I seem to be focused on small pieces this week...

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