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sakura kokeshi
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016
had a few requests for PRINTS of my most recent commission since posting her last week (she is kinda cute...). she in NOW AVAILABLE in my
etsy shop.
if you'd like something custom created for your little one, please
email me and i will surely do my best to accommodate you.
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kokeshi commission
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016 |
a few weeks ago i had a commission request for a little kokeshi from the sweetest lady via
etsy. obsessed with all things japanese/kawaii since birth, well she didn't have to ask me twice. ;) her response to the finished painting made the rest of my year..
."That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!! Thank you so much - I am so excited about it. It is perfect colors, perfect sweet girl. Our grandma was Japanese so it means a lot to us to have something to remind us of her!"
{PRINTS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!!}
here at "the enchanted easel"! :)
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akai kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
this beauty from last year...
SOLD!!!
this little email came through my inbox this afternoon and i was so humbled that i couldn't help but tear up. this week, i SOLD TWO ORIGINAL paintings...not commissions. seriously, humbled is an understatement.
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wishful companions
©the enchanted easel 2015 |
was really stunned when this SOLD earlier in the week....as i had NO intention of bidding this princess adieu. knowing she was going somewhere where she would be much loved, well that makes selling her even more bitter sweet.
all in all, it's been a wonderful first week of April....and i am beyond grateful!
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so lovely to have my 4 kokeshis featured on this wonderful new site/blog! thanks to a very sweet woman by the name of katya, who has a website devoted to what else? kokeshis! a woman after my own heart, no doubt. i have been crazy in love with all things japanese since i was a little girl. from sakura trees to the sanrio company (hello kitty) to the samurai (LOVE the movie, the last samurai) to the food....love, love, love...all things kawaii. ok, enough about me....;)
please check out her wonderful site
www.kokeshishop.com which includes a link to her blog, displaying all kinds of kokeshi creations from some very talented artists.
{ps and btw, check out her Facebook page as well and give her some Facebook "love"
thanks so much, katya! :)
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Aoi Kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
DONE!
meet little Aoi, all decked out in brilliant blues! accompanied by some lanterns and plum blossoms, she is the final kokeshi in a series of four.
she is FOR SALE as a PRINT here:
also, all four PRINTS are FOR SALE as a set found here:
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four kokeshi series
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
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| i LOVE paint! |
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laying down a background of brilliant blues and various violets
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a little blue eyeshadow never hurt anyone...
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finishing up the fourth (and final) kokeshi this week...little Aoi.
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aoi kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
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for the final kokeshi on the easel this week.
a peek at little Aoi....:)
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kiiro kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
ok, so guess what color Kiiro is in japanese...? (hint-it's the name of a very popular Coldplay song...and my favorite Coldplay song).
if you guessed YELLOW you are correct! ;)
Kiiro is the third kokeshi in my series of four.
PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE:
Midori and Akai are also available in my etsy shop, found here:
up next, Aoi...
"look at the stars, look how they shine for you. and everything you do, yeah, they were all yellow."~chris martin
{best thing about this video...it's only him! :)}
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kirro kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
(my favorite Coldplay song)
ok, getting back to what's on the easel this week....this lovely little YELLOW kokeshi, named Kiiro {japanese for YELLOW-just in case you didn't know...;)}
wrapping her up in the next day or two!
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| {...because perfection always has a place in my life! ;)} |
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the next kokeshi in the works...
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in the making.
i am crazy in love with all things japanese...from the culture to the food to the super cute art such as the company sanrio (hello kitty) and anime. oh, and let's not forget my obsession with cherry blossoms and the absolutely breathtakingly beautiful sakura trees. i mean even my fragrance is japanese cherry blossoms. as i said, obsessed. really need to go to japan once day...
anyhoo, i've been wanting to do a little series of kokeshi dolls for quite a while and i had these thumbnails drawn up since this past november. how tight do i work?! gosh, i could probably save myself the drawing step in between and just sketch these right onto the canvas, using these thumbnails as my guide. but....i'm too OCD for that (and love drawing just as much as painting) so i'm going to whip out 4 8x8 sketches and then transfer them to the canvas.
can not wait to paint these! :)
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a peek at little sakura {big surprise with the name}...
By: nicole,
on 11/9/2016
By: Paintgranny,
on 9/20/2011
15 Comments on Three Little Maids, last added: 9/21/2011
Truly scrumptious, they really are. Delightful!
They are so sweet and how clever of you to put all those ideas together and come up with a new toy.
My three year old granddaughter had "Mrs Mouse`s Cupcakes" for her birthday this week. She loves the book and wants to hear the story again and again!
As ever, the simplicity belies their clever and very effective design.
Oooooooeeee!!! These are "MEOWWWVOLUS"!!!! Purely PRRRRRfect!!!! Heee
Blessings Linnie
OMGosh Gretel...they are simply stunning!!!!
Those little faces..too cute.
Janet xox
mmmm Sherbert Lemons, love them.
The kittens are great I love the idea of sweets and felting names.
Just as well your favourite sweets are sherbert lemons - you might have had a bit of a time designing someting based on my favourites .... midget gems!!
Such a simple design Gretel but all the little touches are so sweet, the little heart, stitching around the tummy, the collar and little 'flower' by the ear. Just gorgeous
A shape which you have tinkered with over the years in various forms and "Sherbert Lemon" sounds and looks yummy.........
A sunny morning here, looking out one window it's blue sky and out the, other grey clouds and threatening........typical SPring weather.
Claire :}
Congrats on getting your kitties in the catalogue, they have a Japanese simplicity too them. I adore the pink one on the card.
Lorraine :>}
Sherbet Lemons, oh my, can you still buy them?
What dear little kittens. I hope you make sure that they each go to a good home.
Now here's a funny thing, Gretel. This post of yours has led my memory back many decades...6 of them for the technically inclined, to a time when I was a little girl longing for a kitten.
I used to clip pictures of kittens out of magazines and concentrate and concentrate on those pictures, willing them to actually come alive, giving me a lovely little kitten.
Well. No kitten sprung from those clipped out pictures in my scrapbook. I learned to read, took up with words and lessened my sole obsession with pictures, and actually fell in love with a beautiful beagle puppy...my very first pet.
Still never had a kitten or cat for a pet. This in now way keeps me from greatly admiring your lovely feline creations. xo
When I first saw your new kitty creations I thought that they looked Japanese inspired, maybe you took in the influence from your lovely old dolls without knowing it?
They are as sweet as the confections they are named after. Maybe we will see them in book form one day?
So simple and oh so sweet-little lemony kitties! ♥
Purrrrfect! (Sorry!) As you say - I can see your influences but your kitties are definately from the "Middle of Nowhere". x Jo
Little lemon colored wobbly-headed kittens, what a sweet treat they are! I love the way you are able to express so much personality using simple forms. It is not an easy thing to do. But these are just charming.