Illustration Friday - Myth

Here's a little sketch I knocked up for this weeks Illustration Friday topic MYTH.Just a couple of characters from Greek Mythology.We have Medusa the snake haired Gorgon, Polyphemus the cyclops, blinded by the hero Odysseus and finally the Minotaur, half man, half bull kept by King Minos of Crete in his Labyrinth once again a hero, Theseus saves the day and kills the Minotaur saving the Princess Ariadne from certain death.
It was quite difficult to make a choice of which characters to draw for this weeks topic. I love mythology and there is soooo much to choose from. I love the Green Man, Herne and Pan and then there's all the lovely mythological animals such as dragons and unicorns, centaurs and griffins. I have touched on many mythological characters before so if you're interested take a look at my Flickr photostream where you can see many of the above.

Have a great week my friends. x x JEN

Ocean - Illustration Friday

Here's a lovely creature whose home is in the Ocean.

Here's my illustration for the Illustration Friday topic this week of OCEAN. This modest mermaid sits on her favourite rock in the middle of a stormy sea. 

Have a great week folks.

Love Jen x x

Illustration Friday - New

Well I'm sure most people are aware that recently we have gone through what the Mayans refer to as the End of Times, meaning that we have reached the end of one of their long count calendars, although not the end of the world as many interpreted it!

 We have also transitioned into a NEW AGE. Moving from the Twin Fishes of the sign of Pisces to the New sign of the Water Bearer, Aquarius.Yes this was what that song was about although they were a tad ahead of the game.

 

Anyway I thought I might use my Horoscope designs for this post and Aquarius in particular to for the Illustration Friday topic of NEW. I think that Aquarius seems quite appropriate at the moment as it hasn't  stopped raining here in the UK for quite some time. I'm thinking I'll have to learn some carpentry skills soon if it doesn't stop as we're going to need an Ark.

Anyway folks enjoy your New Year celebrations and may the energies of the New Age of Aquarius bring about some changes in our lives. May LOVE, JOY, COMPASSION and EMPATHY replace the HATE, GREED, SADNESS and IGNORANCE that has taken hold in so many areas of our world.

Have a peaceful and creative 2013. Love Jen

A couple of Landscapey type things for you!

Well here I am again with some more pics of some of the things I've been painting lately. I've had a go at doing a few landscapes inspired by the local landscape of Devon and Dartmoor. The above is extremely loosely based on a local landmark - Brentor, which is located centrally between Okehampton, Launceston and Tavistock.  It's a beautiful and rugged place, riddled with my and legend. (apologies for the photo - trying to get the colour right is a nightmare!)

The three landscapes below are all from my imagination but pulled together from so many of the lovely patchwork landscapes we have here in Devon.

All of the above have now been listed in my Etsy shop - As the Crow Flies Are -, as well as a few of my more crafty creations. I've also added a new post to my other blog Craft Fetish, so if you have the time and the inclination, feel free to take a look!

Anyway with all this activity I need to have a cup of tea so I'm off to make a brew.

Have fun! Jen

I'm Back.... Yes Really!

Hi Peeps! Wow it's been a couple of lifetimes since I last blogged.....So much stuff has come and gone and is still here.... good and bad but it's time to jump back in the blogging saddle and get some artwork out there in the blog-a-sphere! So here's ARTicle number one for 2012. Yep! It's one of my favourite architypal  characters ... the green man.... painted in acrylics on canvas....ah so mysterious and wild..... you've got to love him!

I got the inspiration to paint the acrylic version of the green man after painting this watercolour of him. I really like the intensity of the eyes in the watercolour version. I guess they've both got their good points. I've put the acrylic painting up for sale in MY NEW ETSY shop...plug plug and I will hopefully be able to get some prints sorted out for these and other paintings some time in the not too distant future.

Anyway I don't want to run out of steam on my first outing so I will bid you adieu! and hopefully I'll be back again within a few days. P.S. I'm also going to be resurrecting my Craft Fetish blog as there are a few crafty bits and bobs in the offing!

Have fun peeps and see you soon! Jen

Haunt - Illustration Friday

Here's a little Spooky number for this week's Illustration Friday topic HAUNT. Again it's one of my older digital works but I couldn't resist it as this little dark angel is more than a little creepy don't you think! Sorry about the lack of posts of late folks but hopefully will be up and about in blogland a little more now!

Here's another quick sketch for the spooky theme. I imagine we can all remember watching a horror film and being too scared to look behind the chair in case the bogeyman was there!



Here's wishing you a spooky weekend...... in a nice way of course
Have fun! Jen

One Lovely Blog Award!

What can I say. I was reading my comments and saw that Jessie had nominated me for One Lovely Blog Award!.....Me!....... to say that I was a little gobsmacked is an understatement. I mean there are so many lovely... beautiful.... charming blogs out there in blogland and she chose to nominate little old me! So thanks to Jessie who would be one of the blogs I would have on my list but I don't think it works like that!

So here's my list of 15 of my favouritest bloggies that I wish to nominate for a One Lovely Blog Award (Go check them out.... go on fill yer boots.... you know you want to!) Isn't this is such a lovely way to introduce people to great blogs!

Moonlight and Hares

A faerietale of Inspiration

Joojoo

Leen Christens

Love Stitching Red

Fairysteps

Notes from the Fae Side

Karen Krings

Kel Murphy

Chase the Crayon

Eugenia Nobati

Elvie Studio

Lillalotta

Decor8

Julie Fletcher