Mermaid drawing demo

Here's a mermaid I drew last night. I filmed myself drawing it, you can click here to watch me draw!

Black Cat Rescue Service Time Lapse Video

Remember I said I was going to post a time lapse video of my cute witch on a broom?
Well here it is :) Me painting REALLY REALLY FAST!

Watercolor Time Lapse Painting of Illustration Friday's topic "Influence"

Hi readers :)
I have been so busy lately. I meant to post this up last week but I've been working a lot. It's cool tho, cos I like the job. I'm making art for a Facebook game! I can't wait to tell you more about it, but it's not ready yet. Soon though, I hope.

Anyway, click here for the time lapse video of last week's Illustration Friday painting.

I've been trying to nurture two different careers in art. One is in video games and one is in watercolor illustration. It's been kind of hard juggling both. Needless to say I am never bored. I always have something to do, something to work on. I guess that's not a bad problem to have when you like what you do. I am exhausted everyday, but I go to bed happy and ready to make more art the next day :)

Anyway, I apologize for not being as regular at posting as I was in the past. I have been sketching a lot, but nothing comes out post-worthy :) Unless you want to see really sloppy sketches. Do you?

Tiff

Time Lapse Watercolor Demo - A Girl with a Butterfly

This painting is available for purchase!

To see how I painted this, click here for the time lapse video! I hope you enjoy it!

I would like to thank Andy Fling for the inspiration for this painting. Thank you Andy! I hope you like the direction I took!

Tiffanny

Time Lapse - An American Tourist in Brussels

I rarely paint from photos, most of the time preferring to do paintings from life. But once in a while you come across such a beautiful photo, you have to make an exception. This is an American Tourist in Brussels in the 60's. I like the fact that I painted from a vintage and faded photo, because you can use more of your imagination with the colors.

Click Here for the Time Lapse of how I painted it. Also, if you like it you can Buy it. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for viewing my blog.

Tiffanny

Time Lapse Watercolor Painting, A Gift to Jen

For the time lapse video of how I painted this, please click here

This painting if entitled "Never Apologize for your Stash". A lot of knitters love having a lot of yarn, and non-knitters can't quite understand why we have so much "stash". Some knitters even feel apologetic or embarrassed by having a big stash. I'm not so. I have yarn for at least 30 pairs of socks, and I consider this to be a yarn drought. It's not really as crazy as it seems. A painter will have many blank canvases, sketchbooks, paints, easels. A wood-worker will have lumber, power tools, nails, screws. A baker will have a full pantry of flour, sugar, spices. My Mother-in-law's pantry is always stocked and ready for almost any recipe.

But what if you have more stash than can be used in your lifetime? To that I compare the stash to my art supplies. I still have prismacolors, oil pastels, chalks, and acrylics that I most likely wont use, just because I have now identified myself as a watercolorist. My focus has changed, and watercolor is my new favorite. I shouldn't have to use up all my art supplies just because I have them. But I like to keep them just in case my focus changes again, as with the yarn stash :)

So, my friend Jen is a bit of an apologetic yarn collector. I painted this picture for her in order to remind her that she shouldn't be, and to please never stop doing the thing that we've bonded over - knitting, and all the yarn/book/pattern/needle/notion shopping that has come with it.

No stash apology!!
Tiffanny

ps. The cute red head is based on Jen. I even called her husband to describe to me just how she sits while she knits!

Time Lapse Watercolor Painting, Heidi

This is my entry for the Tomie DePaola award that didn't win :( The contest was to illustrate a passage from the book Heidi. Strangely, most people portray Heidi as a blonde girl, but she actually has dark, curly hair in the book.  I entered the contest because I really want to attend the New York SCBWI conference but can't afford it. Winning would have afforded me accommodations. Oh well, it was a learning experience :) And, I have a new piece to share with you, my blog visitor! Click here for the youtube video!

Hope you visit my blog again!
Tiffanny

Time Lapse Watercolor Painting, Eunice and Mewsic

 

It's crazy how busy I have been lately. There is really not enough time in the day. I might have mentioned here before that I'm aspiring to paint for a living (or at least as a moonlighting job on top of my day job). I thought the easiest route for me would be to be a children's book illustrator, but trying to get jobs is frustrating. After sending out 80 postcards to various publishers, there have been no responses. I ordered 250 more cards and I'm so busy typing up addresses. It's so mundane but it's gotta be done. I often wonder why many publishers don't accept e-mailed art. That would make my life so much easier. (And cheaper. postcards are expensive to print. Plus the postage!)

I've been busy getting enough paintings together for The Knitting Nest. The woman there, Stacey, has agreed to hang my artwork there for a Ravelry event next weekend. I think it's the perfect venue for my "Knitters and their Cats" series. I would like to extend my gratitude to Eunice for helping me out with my project. She's a super sweet lady with a heart of gold. Regarding her cat's name she says "My cat's name is Mewsic. Music is my favorite thing and when I got her, she meant so much to me, I had to name her after my favorite thing in the world." How sweet, right? 

So here is the Time Lapse Painting on YouTube!

I'm hoping that I could get my readers a special surprise. I'm on my way to Zilker to do some plein air painting. I'm bringing a camera and tripod along. Hopefully, I can get a time lapse of me painting on the spot. Because of the logistics of my camera memory, battery life, etc, it may just be a 1 frame/second deal.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Tiffanny

Time Lapse Watercolor Painting, Chinese Girl and Cat

I made a Time Lapse video of this cute painting available on Youtube. Click Here.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Time Lapse Watercolor Painting of Jen and Tennyson

The video is here