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Now that I’m taking a stab at Ebay, I’m committed to posting something new everyday. So today I posted Fox Spirit Animal, a little ACEO original painting. I have been painted on mini canvas for a while and wanted to see how they do on Ebay. They are quick and fun to make.

Next I relisted a pendant on Etsy.

Cute Baby Unicorn Heart Glass Pendant

Cute Baby Unicorn Fantasy Jewelry -HEART GLASS PENDANT is a lovely necklace perfect all of those who love of beautiful mythological creatures. Show off your unicorn pride.The Baby unicorn has a little ladybug perched on his rear. He is looking intently at the insect and I wonder what he is thinking. Set against a hot pink background. The glass cameo pendant is set in a 1″ x 1″ antique bronze heart shaped bezel. 3 Colors are available to choose from: Green, Hot Pink and Light Violet. It comes with a Antique inspired bronze chain. The chain is 24″ in length but can easily be adjusted to any length.

Good Morning:

Oh it is a lovely and warm day. The twitterpated birds are busy gathering bits of this and pieces of that. All to be woven into ragged yet efficient homes for their upcoming eggs.

I am on the watch for the return of my yearly visitors...The Hooded Orioles.

I have my Oriole feeder ready to hang at the first sight of flickering orange. They will stay with us from early spring through September. The male visits first, establishes the feeder and then brings his "wife". They will build their nests away from the feeding station. Once the eggs have hatched and the babies (usually two) are big enough to take flight, mom and dad will introduce them to the feeder. By the time they take leave in the Autumn, the babies will be teenagers.

Oh how I adore Springtime!

In celebration of the upcoming Vernal Equinox, I am offering free shipping on my three favorite prints from my Art Shop... When purchasing, mention that you read about the sale on my blog and I will add a free ACEO print of your choice.

Here are the three Springtime prints:

Little Bertie in the Garden


Rabbit's Unexpected Party


Dancing Fiona


Until Next Time:
Kim
Garden Painter Art

In the spirit of "everything old is new again", I've pulled some of my pastel drawings from a while back and have made them into ACEO sized prints.



There for a while I was really into pastels, and actually thought that's all I'd ever do for the rest of my life. Then too much inhaled pastel dust plus worn down fingerprints from smudging my fingers into the sanded pastel paper made me take a break.
Another thing is that they're hard to store safely without smearing them (unless you have museum quality storing capabilities, or at least really good flat files and are extremely careful. I can't answer "yes" to either of those questions, so I don't do them anymore.

I did a lot of shoes. A lot.
(These are Kenneth Coles.)



And my teapots and white china (which were fun to do using a lot of color).



A lot of these pieces were BIG, like on a whole sheet of illustration board. Some are smaller, and done on sanded pastel paper or heavily textured handmade papers. Some were done on Canson.
Mostly all of them were done with Rembrandt pastels. And some charcoal.

I'm putting them all in my paulapaula etsy shop, and will keep adding pieces as I get them printed out and ready to go. Its fun to look at something other than Christmas cards, don't you think?

"Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things." -P.J. O'Rourke, Modern Manners, 1984


For I.F. this week, here is one of my new little paintings, with an opinion to go with it.

Play It Again, Josefina; Two-Sided ACEO; Faux Encaustic Collage (front)



Play It Again, Josefina; Two-Sided ACEO; Faux Encaustic Collage (back)

Purchase this new (two-sided!) (original!) (one-of-a-kind!) ACEO. 2.5″ x 3.5″Sealed in an encaustic-like manner, Signed, Dated.

text reads:
“play the piano
play the piano
Again, Josefina"

Each ACEO consists of acrylic, colored pencil, rapidiograph, assorted textures, sprinkles, sparkles, sheen and shine, encaustic-like layers with assorted textures and sprinkled with a bit of magic; and in many cases - mystery. Protected with a non-yellowing indoor/outdoor matte sealer.

2.5″ x 3.5″ Sealed (many times), Signed, Dated.

Ascender Rises Above blog
Remaining unsold Illuminated Tiles here
Scatterlings© Glicees here. Matted and framed originals now available for sale.

I just completed a series of four ink/watercolor paintings based on seashells. Here is one of them. Would love to hear what you think. You can see the rest of the shell pieces on my Flickr or at my Etsy shop. Happy holiday weekend to all.

Good Morning:

It's that time of year once again....the dreaded beginning of "Spring Cleaning". Grout cleaning, appliance shining, doo-dad dusting and all sorts of other laborious tasks. I always enter into the season dreading the big cleaning, but once I get started, I find myself re-connecting to my home. I have so many pieces around my house that were passed down to me from my mom and aunts. Old tea sets from my grandmother, whom I never met, as she died before I was born. Nic-Nacs given to me by my kids when they were tots. So many memories surround me, yet so much of the time I find myself walking through my house but not really seeing what's in my home. Spring Cleaning allows me to literally touch memories, to carefully dust these precious gifts that sometime become overlooked.

Now, don't get me wrong....I am not a fan of the basic labor of cleaning away grime from general living. I don't like mopping the floors or cleaning the kitchen grout (which, by the way, I use diet coke to clean the grout as it works wonders). But... when it comes time to really dust the nic-nacs and re-arrange the china cabinet, I find myself getting lost in some of the sweetest memories of my life.

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I have 3 new ACEO prints listed in My Etsy Shop.

Johnny On The Bridge


Sunny Day In Germany


On With The Honeymoon


I wonder sometimes if I should be more specific about what an ACEO is. I'm sure some folks that read my blog must wonder what the acronym stands for:

"ACEO" is an acronym for "Art Cards Editions and Originals". ACEOs are collectible art cards always measuring 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches. That is the size of a standard sports trading card. The rule about size is the ONLY rule in the ACEO world. An ACEO can be created in any medium the artist desires: paint, collage, colored pencils, ink, etc. There are even ACEOs made from wood, clay, fabric, and metal. They can be originals or prints.

ACEOs are tiny art works that can be matted and framed to hang on the wall. Many people display their ACEO collections in the same kind of plastic sheets and albums that sports card collectors use. You might slip an ACEO into a greeting card as an extra surprise for a birthday, anniversary, or Christmas. ACEOs sell on Ebay and Etsy for anywhere from ninety-nine cents to over one hundred dollars or more!

I love making them because I enjoy working small. I love tiny detail, so making ACEOs are perfect for me.

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Well, I best be off. I have an appointment with a grout brush...

Until Next Time
Kim
Garden Painter Art

Good Morning:

Just a short entry today, as Thursday's are always my busiest days. It's been a simple and quiet day thus far, which is always a lovely way to start a day. I am rather fond of days that are hushed and ordinary. It gives me time to see and smell all the goodness that is so easily overlooked in the busy-ness that can sometimes take over.

If I breath in deep, I can almost smell the Springtime today. Even though it's a little chilly outside, and an ever-so-slight grayness has moved in, there is a hint of Spring lurking beneath. I will enjoy this simple morning as long as it lasts. As I know that within the oncoming hours, the daily rush will set in, and I will be off in a whirlwind of chores and commitments.

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I finished another collage ACEO last night and listed it in My Etsy Shop. It's another in my "Amelia" series and it may be my favorite of all...

Amelia Visits The Ghostly Orchards



I just love the ghostly Victorian women picking apples. I left them sepia toned except for the apples, to give them a sort of ethereal look.

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Thanks ever so much for taking the time to stop by and have a look at my blog. As always, I truly appreciate it.

Until Next Time:
Kim
Garden Painter Art

Hello There:

I'm off to quite a busy day, but wanted to check in and say "Thank You" to all who commented on my previous entry. Should I change my business name or not is still the question being volleyed around my house. I've come up with several names that I really like, but am dreadful of all that would need to be done if I choose to make the change. Most people think that I should change and that my name is, indeed, misleading. The overall opinion is that, if I'm going to do it, I need to do it now and make a huge deal out of it. Holler it out to the world!! I will keep you posted and may be back to ask for more opinions!!

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I've been quite busy in my studio, and I'm off to a productive week already. Here's what I've just listed in My Etsy Shop:

LITTLE BERTIE IN THE GARDEN (4" x 6" collage on canvas)



GUARDIAN OF LAZY DAYS (collage ACEO 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" miniature art)



As always, if you don't have an Etsy account, but are interested in either of these pieces, or prints of these pieces, just email me. Up at the top, left hand corner of my blog, just click the "email me" button. Until I get my blog shop in order and get that pesky little paypal button attached, this is the only way to offer my pieces here.

Again, thanks ever so much for your comments and opinions on my newest adventure.

Until Next Time:
Kim
Garden Painter Art

Chris has to work this weekend and last weekend he was sick, so we haven't been able to get outside and do any hiking or much else for a while. I did manage to finish up my commercial work this week, so yesterday, I sat down and painted up my little chickadee ACEO. I know I haven't posted any art in a while so here you go - it's not much, but better than nothing - I hope!

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Looking at it now, I think I should have made the leaves larger. I could not decide for quite a while what to make the color scheme. I knew I wanted an autumn theme, but I couldn't picture the background colors very well. I finally remembered a beautiful orange-green color scheme from an illustration in Helen Cooper's Pumpkin Soup and drew my inspiration from there. I'll probably put it up for sale/auction eventually, but not for a while. If/when I do, I'll probably re-post it here.

Next weekend = San Diego Comic-Con! I'm so looking forward to it! I think this will be our fifth consecutive year attending it. Oddly enough, in the past, it's never occurred to me to take the camera with us. So I'm going to try to remember it this year and actually use it while we're there. Although, I'm a little worried because I was just off-loading pictures a few minutes ago and it looks like the camera may be broken. Several pictures showed up black and the LCD display shows nothing but static. How can I get it to work by next weekend? I guess I'll have to have Chris take a look at it... Read the rest of this post

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