Etsy

Hello everyone! Sadly spring break is over and done with; it's back to the books for another month and a half, though summer break is coming closer every day!

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Over spring break, what with the free time for painting, I decided to open an Etsy shop! Here's the link:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyRustine

and here are a few things I'm selling:

:)

C.S. Lewis

Spring break = time to paint, so here you have the fruits of plenty of leisure time.

No Calculus, Physics, or Latin homework means that I have plenty of time to be creative, and I'm excited about using my spring break to make things!

*again, my blog's making the picture look grey...sorry about that. Can't figure out what's causing that...

digital drawing

Here's a little tree I drew digitally! It's my cellphone's background now. 

:)

(sorry for the lack of posts. College is crazy!)

IPC

I decided to draw a pen sketch of my church. 

Voila:

It's nice to be back here, though I do miss the Philippines.

{what do you think? Should I add a little color with some watercolors? Or leave it as is?}

and a bit more

Another word art I did for my mom.

:)

dabbling in typography

Hello all!

I've recently been inspired to try hand-drawn typography (thanks to The Postman's Knock!)

And here is the result:

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kitten

Poor blog... it's been neglected.

Maybe I'll have more time to post during Christmas break...

Here's a kitten I sketched and painted recently.

  :)

 

Merry Christmas!

Aragorn

Surprise, surprise.

Another Lord of the Rings character.

Hm. 

I'll draw someone else next time.

:S

but I like him a lot better than Frodo! 

:)

Frodo

Here's what I've been working on recently...

Frodo Baggins!

 

Let me just say... faces are quite a challenge.

that left eye....

 :P 

 

But overall, I think I'm happy with him.

the oysters

I'm back, with another painting!

:O

A....doodle, I guess.....on a watercolor background.

 

General consensus has it that my doodle bears a striking resemblance to oyster shells....

hence the post title.

:P

I'm afraid I can see the similarities...

painting, painting...

 We had a half day of school yesterday, so I used my extra time to paint!
:)

Here's one of the things I did:

I have a few more pictures, which I will post SOON!
:P

p.s. Has anyone else read Lorna Doone?
I'm reading it right now, and enjoying it SO much! 

april

I've been playing around with digital drawing...

 here's a desktop background for April that I came up with!

I drew one pattern, and then copied and pasted until I was satisfied.

:)

Feel free to set it as your background!

I'm not sure how crisp and clear it will be, though...
I haven't found how to save it so that it will be high resolution. 
:S

christmas birds

Merry Christmas!

Here are a few watercolors I did for Christmas cards...

Bird and Wreath

(pen and watercolor)

Chickadee

(watercolor)

cultural paintings

Yes, more watercolors.

:)

A group of rice pickers...

painted from this picture:

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then a couple Indonesian kids playing on an ox cart...

from this picture:

  

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 and a Filipino boat...

painted from this photo:

I had alot of fun with them!

birds and bridges

Here are a couple more pictures I have painted recently...

 8.5 x 11in

2.5 x 3.5in

These were both really fun to paint!

(but especially the bridge...)

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I just finished writing a short story, so I might post that after my mom edits it... 

flowers and birds

 So here are a few more paintings...

Some pink flowers,

tiny Hydrangeas,

and a couple birds.

There are still a few more to come!

:)

& more pen drawings...

So I'm finally back with that cat I told you about.

:)

I like it.

It turned out pretty well.

Especially the paws.

Sadly, the scanner cut them off a little. 

 On the whole, my best cat yet, however!

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Then I tackled a dog.

Turned out looking a little too much like a...
 teddy bear?

But still cute.
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And lastly, a forest/river scene.
This was done on an "Artist Trading Card" sized piece of paper, so it's pretty tiny.

I have a couple watercolors to post about too, 

so hopefully I won't be absent for too long.

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pen drawings

We have libraries again!

So I took advantage of ours, and got out:

 Painting Your Favorite Animals in Pen, Ink and Watercolor

Pretty neat book. 

I took a fancy to the pen drawings, and decided to copy some of them.

Here are my results:

A rabbit...

And a bird!

I drew them both with a Sakura Micron pen (0.30 line width). 

I enjoyed drawing them so much, that now I'm working on a cat!

I've tried many times to capture a cat's personality, and have never succeeded, so we will see how this one turns out...

and more paintings...

Just a few watercolors from recently.

A tiger..

 

Not quite realistic, but cute, all the same.

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A duck swimming...

I liked the idea for the water, but I'll need to work on it a bit more before it looks quite right.

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And my personal favorite,

 a duckling in a cup!

(seeing a theme?) 

I'll try to post again soon!

:)

copying Monet

Sorry for the lack of posts...

;)

I had a great trip to Subic for a soccer tournament over spring break. Our team placed second!

Read more about it here: soccer tournament

Anyways...

For art a few weeks ago, I had to copy a painting by Monet.

Here is the painting I chose:

We used to have it hanging up in our house.

Here is my duplicate:

It's ok... 

The sky looks a lot less neon in real life!

I had fun trying to copy it.

But...

I was using watercolors.

They are really hard to layer.

:P

So the poppies turned out looking like washed out blobs.

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I'm actually copying another picture right now... Van Gogh's "Starry Night"! 

I'll post about it soon.