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Five Winks
Watercolor on paper
5 x 4 in
Note to self: never use black for a soft image; it ruins everything :| 

I randomly decided to do this small painting, and, for once, with no references - I'm so proud of myself, haha! I can pinpoint a whole bunch of mistakes, though, but I guess that's all part of the learning process.

Someone once told me that I should paint more from imagination like this; I'm thinking of putting a twist to it, maybe a postcard series or something, which I could sell in print form once I make enough paintings. I'll see. :) For now, I must concentrate on job hunting - a funny business, I must say.

Cheers. ♥

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Our Mother Spring
Watercolor on paper
29.7 x 21.0 cm
(Credits for references: AmethystDreams1987, faestock, nettle-tea)

In line with trying out illustration styles, I came up with this painting. I altered the way I paint hair, and painted birds for the first time in my life - so pardon me if they look strange. Here are some WIP shots:



I had fish in the original sketch instead of birds, but I scrapped them after some thought; I wanted the painting to convey a light, summery feel, and fish didn't quite seem the way to go. And they seemed scarier to paint than birds, haha!

The scan doesn't do the colors justice; I tried as much as I could to digitally correct them :(

I played around with lines and shapes in this painting; I wonder if you can spot the very subtle heart shape that dominates the overall picture (other than in the flower petals). This took quite a while to finish, but it was a fun while! :3 Yay for painting!
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Day 2 of my One Thing Challenge (does it count if it's not daily?); I did this while watching CSI: NY... I kinda like how the side-view turned out, although I know I have much to work on. 

In other news, I must share what I found in Kinokuniya the other day: an edition of Pride and Prejudice with a hand-painted cover design:


Back cover, with a quote from Mr. Darcy; everything is just so pretty!
Sterling Publishing came out with a new line of classics with these hand-painted cover designs, done by Aura Lewis. The others I saw were Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights; I wanted to get them all, haha! They're relatively inexpensive too (about $10), but I thought of getting this novel in particular since I've always wanted to read Pride and Prejudice. When my mom saw it, she asked me, "Are you going to join the Austen Club now?" :))

That's it for now. I'll post soon, with a new illustration I've been working on. Toodles! ♥

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