Victorian Clematis

Growing up the daughter of avid gardeners with green thumbs, I never saw this variety of Clematis. On East the side of the house grew the "Blue" Clematis (I will never understand why in the world of botany everything purple is called "Blue". I'm guessing it's because that's what hue the colour is leaning toward - But, not even blue berries are blue. They're PURPLE!!. Ahem, moving on...), but my parents never grew the white.

After completing this scarf, I was shocked at how many people commented they enjoyed the colour scheme. It reminds me of Victorian wall paper. I can picture a dark library with a wood burning fire place and kerosene lamps catching the glint of the white clematis through a pipe tobacco haze.

The lady who purchased the scarf from me was a background/layout painter where I worked. She has been painting backgrounds for many, many years and it was a huge complement to me that she liked what I painted. Compared to my other scarves, this one does have an air of sophistication and old world class.

I guess I could add this to my, "Evening at the Opera" collection of scarves.

El Dorado

This is a marriage made. My passion for animation meets my lust for fine art. When I was in high school, my classmates would always tell me how much patience I had. Many commented that they could never possess the patience that it would take to complete a painting like this.

El Dorado was meant to be outlined in gold. I have the foil, and I could still do it. But, I have bigger plans for another scarf of this magnitude which will be dripping in gold foil outline. The art of Dreamworks "Road to El Dorado" was fantastic. This scarf is my homage to that brilliant animated film and was an immense challenge to paint. I still feel very strongly that it's an evolutionary shortcoming to have only two arms.

Thankfully, a good friend of mine had downloaded all of, "Agatha Christie's Poirot", and I spent three days painting away and listening to that funny little Belgian solve crimes and teach me how to open a mango.

El Dorado - 12" x 72".

The War of the Roses

I haven't painted in months. It's my art therapy, and I love it so much. Animation is my life, but when I'm not animating this is what I LOVE to do. IF my whole life worked out to be perfect, this is what I would do day in and out. Painting is so amazing, and if I could ever enter craft shows with enough inventory I would.

This is a new scarf you haven't seen yet:

"Rose" Scarf - 11" x 60"

New Scarves

Yes, I have finally updated my Blog! Here are some new scarves for you to see.
Again, all of them are totally available for purchase.




Orchid scrarf- 8" x 48"




































Belle scarf- 8" x 48"




























Hibiscus scarf- 8" x 48"




































Hollyhock scarf-11" x 60"








































Blazing Dahlia scarf- 11" x 60"
































Georgia Iris- 8" x 48"

Finished scarves

Rose Scarf
(inspired b y Tiffany)
8" x 48"




















Clematis scarf
11" x 60"









































Lily scarf
8" x 48"




























Hibiscus scarf
8" x 48"

Concept art /Templates

Here are some of my conceptual pieces.


---Hollyhock.




--Took me about 6-8 hours to draw out this one.








The most awesome thing about these templates is that they can be reused again and again.




All of these flowers come in so many colours so I am looking forward to experimenting.

--Red Col-Erase from College is my friend.







--Both Scarves featured in this post are 11.25"x60". All templates are life sized.





Gladioli For Wedding

This one is for Susie's wedding. I know that she said that she wanted something simple, but I cannot simply do a half-a%^ed job on anything.





--Not exactly the same on both ends.



--This one took me a lot longer to draw. Approx. 8-9 hours from start to finish.












---Susie requested no border. So, I hinted one with leaves instead.




--All scarves will be different colours of pink with similar greens throughout. All will be different yet, the same in pattern. I hope that they will do.







FYI

To the persons who view my Blog. If you would like a custom design for someone please feel free to leave a comment or request my contact information. I am always up for commissions and ideas and critiques are welcome. All of my scarves are for sale and feel free to inquire.

Lily Scarf

This lovely pink scarf is the most simple of the designs that I have come up with. I wanted something that was really plain and elegant with not too much pink.




---Template design. Hardest part about silk painting is the line thickness. You can never really get it perfect and I think that I need a smaller tip then just a #5.









---This is what it looked like before I steamed. Lets hope it turned out.



--From start (drawing)-To Finish (painting). This one took me 1.5 days. About 5-6 hours drawing time, 45mins-1hour for stretching and then 7 hours painting.






--This scarf is 8"x48".




--I had some issues with the resist on the border of this piece.