Frog Prince Revealed & FOR SALE! ONE-OFF ORIGINALS

The Frog Prince Fairytale Unveiled

Hello! It was an awesome grand opening of Once Upon last night- I met my fellow blogger artists Ben Zen & Maddy! That was great- they're both MUCH taller than I am (I'm such a shorty) :-) but even more lovely in real life. I have a feeling this is just the beginning of an artist friendship with them....

So the drawing above is called PRINCESS ASLEEP- she's hugging her frog prince to sleep - thought I would chuck in a pocket watch as they are beautiful pieces. Below is another piece is called OUR FUTURE- drawn in pen and graphite with lines and patterns.
I am going back on Sunday for a revisit and to take some photos! Oh I also met the lovely Dawn Tan and see her cute drawings- I had a little giggle with her because we both have boyfriends called Darren. It - was lovely to chat to Sara McNeil having admired her beautifully soft line ilustrations from (online) afar. Also great to meet Tabitha Emma who designed the Once Upon flyer - beautiful work.

Above is the Frog Prince himself in graphite and pen with some collage work- this one is called STORY TIME.

I also met the lovely Renee Anne (and saw her cute little mermaid collage/illustrations) who along with Angela from Leeloo organised the whole exhibition! It was a grand night- but the fun has only just begun, over the weekend there will be a Leeloo pop up store during the exhibition where you can buy lovely crafty/arty things - get your christmas shopping done!

Above is TEA FOR TWO- graphite, pen and collage. This is full of colour and some gold pen to make it exquisitely rich!

Oh one more thing- If you would like to buy any of these pieces please contact renee@leeloo.com.au with your name and mobile number so that she can process the transaction for you. All the pieces are original, signed, one-off pieces- so you'll be safe in the knowledge that you or whoever gets it as a super xmas pressie will have the one and only one in the world :-) as I won't be selling any prints of these!

They are all framed in beautiful white baroque style frames and will cost a mere $250 Aussie Dollars.

Have a super duper weekend everyone- it's SO hot in Sydney!!

Ming Dynasty Lady Vase

I like those oldy woldy tea sets especially the willow scene in blue on china plates and I would like to learn how to make prints on old machines. The drawing above is homage to both these things.

Parisian Chic

Here is a Parisian artist painting the famous Eiffel Tower - she's enjoying the outdoors with her two little dogs & some jasmine-rose tea.

6 more days to the grand opening of the Once-Upon Exhibition - if you don't have a clue what this is, click the link and be amazed. It is a magnificent line up of emerging and established artists who will blow your mind. It's good news too that my submissions for the exhibition arrived safely- cheers Aus Post!

In other news I really do have to start paying my damn student loan off....bugger! So I should start selling some art to raise funds....Darren & I are also starting to look for a nice 3 bedroom house around Sydney with a nice back yard so I can have a veggie plot, water tank and an art studio. Maybe I should start playing the lotto....Oh the joys of being an adult....argh

Fingers Crossed for Aus Post!

Hello I am back with some new drawings - I have been drawing quite a lot but I held back pn blogging/scanning so I could concentrate on my submissions for the exhibition. Today I sent off all four original drawings based around the Frog Prince fairytale - sorry no sneak peeks! I am itching to show you what they look like but I feel that the scanned images do not do them justice so I am going to leave the grand unveiling to opening night of Once Upon. If you can't make it to the exhibition because you don't live in Sydney or Australia then I will post the scans after the exhibition.

The above drawing is something I did the other day - I put it in the scanner a bit skewed but I decided I liked the messy/burry final scan. There's a bit of glitter to make it look shiny. Hope you like it. Glitter is really messy...I think I got more stuck to my fingers.

The drawing below is a logo for a guitar & bass repair business called The Dog House - it's something I knocked up in less than an hour tonight so I am quite happy with the results. So the next few weeks I will be scanning the drawings I have accummulated over the past weeks, making some finishing touches and blogging on a regular basis.