ACT vs ACEO thoughts

Here's a little fella I have created for an ATC swap. He was created a whopping 9 times! Yeah don't ask it was a bit much for me and rather a challenge as the ATC swap is rather crafty- give me paper, and paint and a little glitter - super: give me some ribbon and stuff - yikes it takes a day to do the thing :)

On the ATC front I think I will open and esty store with them and brave the highs and lows of shoppers and the post office. However, I have been wondering what to call my stuff. I figure if I draw it all on paper with my pencil then paint etc it would be and ACEO , but what happens when I use line art  created on the  computer (and I sell this line art as art stamps) then print the line art  and colour it by hand?  While it might be a one of a kind, it sort of isn't. Can it still be called ACEO or does it just become ATC, as it is not really a print either. Any thought on this would be great because it would effect the price of the thing. Another point to ponder in this is the fact that I sell the line art stamps( digital stamps), so others too can create something with the same line art.

Emo Princess Halloween on a Sunday

I actually did this last week, but yesterday and so far this morning have been days from hell- well they could have been worst. Just hell because what I wanted to do I could not. Yesterday I spent all morning sorting out some electrified fencing for the sheep, but they still managed to ignore it ( 3 times) and spent the day outside the fencing with me playing shepherdess. Then, this morning I woke with a headache and went downstairs to the sweet smell of my 42kg (92lb) dog "accident", then the kids woke with needing to talk with me every minute, then look at the fencing for the sheep, let the wooly babies out, who then went missing - Thank God not on the highway but towards another field, and then to clean 10 of the 40 roofing sheets I said I would do for the hay shelter and of course the internet is not working well.  Ahhh ..
This is a little ACEO is done with watercolour pencil and water,  colour pencil,lines I did via illustrator.
Off to have some breakfast and hope my coffee will work and make me sane, then to scrub some more roofing sheets :(.
Hope your Sunday is going much better than mine . And pop by Sophia's Sunday Sketches to see the other artists' work - okay :)
Looking forward to Monday.

A little funk on a Whimscial Wednesday

Feeling rather funky with this cold and can't settle to do anything, so I did this doodle for the monthly Whimsical Wednesday. It has a number of errors, but I think it is a rather cool idea for an ATC once I get the girl sorted out :) Hope you have a great Wednesday, pop by, see and join Whimsical Wednesday this month.
Cheers

Creative Tuesday's Kitchen

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Last fortnight Mr Toast gave us the challenging theme of "Kitchen" to let our imaginations run wild with.  Being relatively lazy in nature I wondered how oh how can I do a kitchen without much things in it. For my kitchen tends to be cluttered with miscellaneous items which not belong there (my opinion not the rest of the family's). Alas, I did not get wish to do as I am naturally inclined and cracked and cackled, resulted in this kitchen scene. Did anyone else cackle with this Creative Tuesday challenge? Pop by Mr. Toast's and find out :)

The illo was done on watercolour paper with watercolour pencils and colour pencils and it about 13.5  x 9.4 cm.  Line art created via Illustrator and then printed out via my trust Epson printer.
 Hope you have a great day :)
Cheers

BearFae on a Sunday

A little whimsical ACEO for Sunday Sketches.  Watercolour pencil and a tab of colour pencils on watercolour paper.

Summer seems to be over, the kids are back in school and we are all down with our first back to school cold.
Hope you all are well and pop by our darling Sohphia's blog and see what the SS artist have thought up this week.
Cheers

A Moon On Creative Tuesday

 Mr Toast's Creative Tuesday Theme this week is Moon. So for it I experiemented with printed words on paper and then a drawing on top. I did not get the effect that I wanted I think because I used mainly water colour pencils and then colour pencils,- it might work better with acrylics but I am to lazy at the moment to dig them out :)
The history of the ACEO is that this is one of the dress rehersals for the real Hey Diddle Diddle and the cow did not make it over the moon. She blamed it on the moon not being full and hence her judgement, persepective, angle and speed were off.
Hope you all have a great Tuesday and pop by Mr Toast's to see what the other artist have done this Creative Tuesday. 
Cheers :)

A Sunday Kitty

Sunday sweet Sunday. Another week that has gone in the blink of an eye. I spent the last 6 weeks working on 23 book illustration and finished the last one on Wednesday night - yeah. However now I am in the I can't settle to  draw phase - sob, my brain seem to be just refusing to allow my hand to  even pick up pencil- yikes!.
Regular SS-er may recall a while back Marlene did some felting sheep and I was really intrigued.  So when I went to the art and craft store and saw some felting wool I had to buy it. After which I discovered I need a felting needle.. which I then ordered via ebay lol. Sooo on  Friday feeling completely art zapped I felted this little kitty.  It looked nothing like the sketch but thankfully it was not covered in blood from my felting wounds and it did look like a recognizable cat :).

On a sad note Sophia, her dad and her family are in need to our prayers as her dad's cancer has taken a turn for the worse :(  Sophia you are in our thoughts and prayers.

In Sophia's absence dear Heather at Rose Hill designs is hosting Sunday Sketches. So pop on by and see what the SSers are up to this week.

Hanging out the washing on Sunday Sketches

I can't the believe the week has zoomed by. We spent two days canoeing and camping and I forgot the suncream and am burnt to a cinder- ouch.  Actually I am so behind in some work that I did not think I would make SS this week but this bit of whimsy was calling out to be drawn. I think it said to many fairies and mermaids have been drawn recently. So in this sketch a witch is getting ready for halloween, and the important things have been washed and are now out and drying. 
Hope you have a great Sunday and pop by our darling Sohphia's blog and see what the SS artist have thought up this week.

A fairy kiss on Sunday Sketches

Happy Sunday Everyone. I am sooo glad Saturday is over :) Yup it was one of those day. This little ACEO (2.5x3.5")is done with watercolour pencil, colour pencil, and black pen and so white gel pen. Have a great Sunday and pop by our darling Sohphia's blog and see what the SS group is up this week.
Cheers

Waiting on an egg on Paint Party Friday

ATC or ACEO? That is the question. One is meant only to be trade the other can be sold.  In the meanwhile I will stuff it in a drawer. In the background (as some wondered) are two more birds (peacocks) with there eggs and some palm trees of sorts.  Yup they are really small. The picture shown here is the actual size of the illustration- 2.5x3.5inches.
Painted with watercolour pencil and water, colour pencil, and white gel pen ,on watercolour paper, backed with card.
Hope you have a great Friday and pop by the Paint Party Friday  and see other artists fab paintings :)
Cheers

Sketch on Sunday Sketches

I have been wanting to do this illustration for a while but have been daunted by time it might take, and then last week (or the week before) I made an ATC (artist trading card) and was thrilled. ATC seem to be basically anything as long as they are within the dimensions of 2.5x3.5 inches.  This is great as it is something I can finish within allotted  art-free-from-being-a-mummy-time. So here is the sketch of the ATC. I will post the colour version when I finish it. I hope in time for Friday and that I realise it is Friday on Friday. But, today is now Sunday so pop on by Sophia's Sunday Sketches  and see what fabulous work our SS friends have this week.
Cheers

Relaxing cutwork on Sunday

I sit and watch our sheep graze and hope that we have come to an understanding about boundaries. On  Thursday we got a flock of 17 sheep and were not ready for them, so they had the run of the place so to speak. Friday we finished setting up the electrical fence - the Economical version- and they laughed at that. Saturday we had the almost the optimal version (4 as of opposed to  2 strings of wire) and they seem to be respecting this so far (knock on wood).   No, no sheep drawing as yet :)

To try to relax my brain I got out my art knife and played with a bird doodle and a sweet cheeks image.
- just a scrap of plane  paper

- added black acrylic paint and then a 3d type lacquer finish. Do not really like the result here and it stuck to the paper. Need to invest in felt-pens if I wish to colour the cut work as the paint makes it too soft and sticky .

Hope you have a wonderfully relaxing Sunday and pop by Sophia's Sunday Sketches to to see some wonderful art.
Cheers

Sweet Cheeks on a Saturday

a little vintage look illustration of a fairy getting into a pot. Hope you have Sweet Saturday and come join the fun at Diana's Sweet Saturday lime.