Inspired by Nature

Lately I have felt myself get frustrated with my drawings, and come off them... not for enternity, just for a while.... So I have found myself making unique jewelry instead...

it all started with a spinner-spoon (fishing lure) that my sister found in the river years ago. I found the dragonfly on ebay ages ago, and added freshwater pearls, swakovski crystals and whimsy and this was what came from it

It is very personal to me, and will never leave my side. However, I got such incredible respons from it, that I decided to try and make another... and see if it would sell... And thats how this next piece was born.

It's named "Atlantis Treasure" and is an old fishing lure, with a pewter seahorse, real pink freshwater pearls, swakovski crystals and whimsy... It will be selling at my etsy shop Inside the Fairytale.

So now I am hunting high and low for old fishing lures and bits and pieces to make some more. Unfortunatly I have to pay quite alot for the bits and pieces... but each one will truly be one of a kind, and I do intend to take on comissions. I will try my best to meet a request.

Burlesque Seduction

*given to a good friend*

Yeah... I dont like her at all... I like the effect on the drapes, and I like the outfit, and the shading on that. But thats where it ends...
But this is also an experiment with rather unusual media... Coffee!!! Yupp... I soaked the paper in strong coffee, let it dry. Then added a few drops for effect. Then I sketched the subject, painted her with watercolours. Shaded her with stronger coffee again. Then I used polychrome pencils, a little white acrylic for the majour highlights, and last I inked her.

Also, I dont want to take full credit for this. As she is based upon an old pixel doll I made ages ago. On Gabby's base. So she needs some credit for the pose ect.

Any suggestions you have for my future improvement, let me know :) Critque is welcome, always!

the Nixie

Something new here, finally! I have just not been all that inspired lately... And allthough I finnished this, I dont think I like it very much... It's been a terrible weekend, I'm fed up with everything and everyone... and I am longing... for... I dont know.. something...

But it's an update... so dont you complain. Ha ha...

Ink, watercolours, polychromes and acrylics....

Autumn Morning *sold*

Autumn is my favorite season by far... And I wanted to do a sort of self portrait... I guess its how I see myself inside a fairytale. Ha ha... I am very unhappy with some of the things, her skirt, the cat... the hills... But then I am really happy with the foliage, and her cardigan and the sky! And the houses too...

Well she's done... She's just not all I was hpoing she would be :) But I cant suprise myself everytime I guess...

*sold*

Done as all my other stuff, with watercolours, polychrome pencils, ink and a wee bit o' acrylic :)

I hope you all like :)

Inside the Fairytale

I decided that I needed a different blog to showcase, and maybe even sell, my art work. My other blog "heksa & katten" should have been mostly about interiour design, my life and househunting ect. So when I realized I did more and more artsy posts, I knew it was time for a new blog dedicated purely to art. And I decided to do this one in english. For all my Scottish, American and other foreign friends to read :)

So Inside the Fairytale was born. It is the old name of my web site dedicated to pixel art, I fancy the name alot, so I decided to keep it :)

In time I will change the layout, make it more mine, as it were. But for now I just want to post my art and let it be with that.

First I must advice you all to click these pictures, so you can view them in a larger size. I honestly belive they look alot better when in proper size.

On to the works.

*given to a good friend*

"A Moonlight Cup of Delight" was my first artpiece in so long. I had nearly forgotten how it feels to create something on paper. It was great and I felt so proud. Now though I think it could have been done so much better. It is a mixed media of watercolours, polychrome pencils, ink and some acrylic white. I gave this to a friend of mine when it was done. The scanner screwed up the colours.

"In the Morning" is another mixed media piece. Created with the same as above. This one really was just to make me feel fuzzy inside. Nothing majour or brilliant. Just for fun.


"Dragonlfy Nymph" I took an old pixel doll I had done and wanted to make it into "real" art, so to speak. She was great fun to do, allthough also very hard because of the gradent in her dress that went from green to blue. But I was severly happy when she was done, and I think I did a fairly good job on her. Allthough the scanner completely killed the colours. And she looks much better in real life.

*given as birthdaygift to a dear friend*

"The Witching Hour" is my favorite, and the latest one I have done. I love the sky in this, although it was a sure pain to do. The colours are also my favorite colours, and well... I am just happy with it overall. My biggest and most detailed piece.