InspirACEOns on Etsy!

The original illustrated ACEO cards in my InspirACEOns series are now available in my Etsy shop!

"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." -Carol Burnett

"Courage, dear heart." -C.S. Lewis

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit." -Kahlil Gibran

"Love conquers all."

"Know thyself."

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil." -Psalm 23:4

Just click on the Etsy link at the top of my blog to visit my shop!

The above pieces are just the current six original ACEO cards available in this series of mine. I will be creating many pieces in my InspirACEOns series, so stay tuned for more!

Have a great week, bloggers!

InspirACEOnal Sneak Peek

I've been having a blast designing and creating inspirational ACEO cards for my InspirACEOns series. Here's a sneak peek of the newest additions to this series:

And here's a group shot of all the pieces in this ever-growing InspirACEOns series of mine:

I'll be making these original ACEOs available in my Etsy shop soon, and I'll let you know when that happens.

I hope everyone's had a great first half of the week! The weekend is just around the corner!

InspirACEOns

I have started on another new artistic endeavor, amongst all of my others I have in the works. I've had some ACEO cards sitting around just collecting dust for quite some time now, and for this new project I decided to put them to use. In short, my new art project involves creating inspirational ACEO cards, or what I like to call InspirACEOns.

I have thus far created two pieces in my InspirACEOns series.

For this one, as you can see, I just drew a miniature version of another piece that I recently shared. I think I like this miniature drawing better. "When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." -Carol Burnett

"Courage, dear heart." -C.S. Lewis

I already have a more or less tome's worth of quotes that I would like to illustrate, so this will certainly be a large, continual series. What I really like about these particular pieces is that they are not only fun but also relatively quick to create. ACEO cards are 2.5" x 3.5", so it doesn't take long to fill this canvas. And since I apparently enjoy having a multitude of projects started at once, it's nice to have pieces that I can have fun drawing in just one sitting.

I anticipate that most if not all of these will be pen drawings. What's more, I plan on selling the originals of these InspirACEOns in my Etsy shop. So stay tuned for news on their arrival in my shop!

Have a wonderful day, bloggers!

The Panda in My Journal

Here are my sketchbook scrapbook journal pages from last week:

The giant panda is one of my favorite animals, so one was bound to make an appearance in my journal sooner or later. And I'm sure plenty more will make their way into my journal over time.

I've got a number of projects in the works right now. I'm of course still doing my usual drawings, currently my focus being my My Furry Family series. But I've also got some other projects in the works, some being experimental yet fun, and some involving good ole upcycling. I'll share these projects as I complete them, and I plan on ultimately making them available in my Etsy shop as well.

I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Hold on to Your Dreams

In between My Furry Family pieces I stumbled upon a beautiful, inspirational quote, and so I drew this:

"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go." -Carol Burnett

Here's a close-up of the little bear who helped me illustrate this beautiful quote.

I wanted to add a simple, subtle background. I sort of like how this turned out, although I'm not sure I'm 100% there yet.

Another close-up of Mr. Bear.

I hope you like it! And don't forget to hold on to your dreams!

Evening Journaling

I failed to make it to my desk during the daylight hours to get nicely lit pictures of my updated sketchbook scrapbook journal. Nevertheless, I did pull out my journal and camera tonight and took a couple shots by the glow of my evening lamp:

This was the primary drawing for this past week's journal pages. We had a fair amount of snow last week, so this little snowman was very fitting.

This is part of the drawing that I just completed for this upcoming week's journal pages. I love pandas.

Until next time!

The Pencil Panda

I recently realized that I had not done a pencil drawing in quite some time. I love doing the pen drawings I've been completing lately, but at the same time I miss drawing with my trusty pencils. So I decided that I'm going to get back into the habit of doing more frequent pencil drawings. I've told myself that I will try to swap turns with my pencils and pens, alternating between completing pencil drawings and pen drawings.

That all being said, I just finished a new pencil drawing. Here it is.

This is my pencil panda.

I enjoyed completing this pencil piece. I had forgotten how much I really enjoy doing pencil drawings, so it feels good to get back in the habit of it. What's more, I got to test out a new pack of tortillions and stumps on this little bear. Good times!

I hope you like it!

New art prints on Etsy!

There are three new prints available in my Etsy shop! "Grizzly Gus" and "Hang the Moon", both in my animal nursery art series, are now available as prints. The third one available is "Queen Anne's Lace", which belongs to my fantasy garden series. You've seen images of the originals of all three of these here on this blog, but now they're available as prints on Etsy!

"Grizzly Gus"

"Hang the Moon"

"Queen Anne's Lace"

Visit my Etsy shop to see these and more of my available prints!

Grizzly Gus

I have finished the next piece in my animal nursery art series! Meet Grizzly Gus.

Here's Grizzly Gus.

It had been awhile since I'd had the chance to finish a piece in my animal nursery art series, so I really enjoyed creating this one! It was quite satisfying seeing the long overdue completion of this furry critter, and now I can't wait to get started on the next one!

I hope you like it!

This, That, and the Other

I had a great time at the crafts and art show at my local church this weekend. Nevertheless, I am excited about turning my focus back to some of the new pieces I have planned. I have so many ideas that they're all warring in my head over which will be the first ones drawn. I know for certain that I'll very soon be creating some drawings of cute animals celebrating Christmas, so stay tuned for those!

In the meantime, there is a small bit of news for my Etsy shop. And that is, there are now animal stickers available in my Etsy shop!

I plan on making all of the individual animals in my nursery art series available as stickers. As you can see, the ones available as stickers so far are "Percy the Polar Bear", "Pete the Panda", "Ferdinand the Fox", "Calico Clarice", and "Randall the Retriever".

You can buy the stickers in bundles of three or five. Check out of my Etsy shop for these and other goodies!

Animal Nursery Art on Etsy!

My first round of animal nursery art is now available in my Etsy web store. These include "Pete the Panda", "Calico Clarice", "Ferdinand the Fox", and "Randall the Retriever". Remember them?

These are available in my MissAdventureArt Etsy web store as 5" x 7" prints. I personally sign, title, and number the back of all prints purchased from my Etsy shop. Click on the Etsy tab at the top of this very blog to visit my store!

And be sure to stay tuned, because tomorrow I'll be adding to my Etsy shop deals for making multi-piece purchases of my animal nursery art. I'll announce the deals here, so keep your eyes and ears peeled!

Polar Portrait

Here it is, the latest piece in my animal nursery art series:

"Percy the Polar Bear"

I'll admit that while drawing this piece I did feel at a bit of a loss, as I had far less colorful fur to fill in than usual and I therefore wasn't quite sure what to do with myself. Nevertheless, I really did enjoy creating this piece, and I personally think that the simplicity of it works well.

This piece will soon be available in my Redbubble and Society6 shops, so check it out there!

Sincerely,
MissAdventureArt

Scanner Success

In case you hadn't noticed, I had up until yesterday been posting not-so-good photos of my finished works. That was due to my lack of a scanner, as well as lack of proper skills and lighting required for the best photography. While I still need to work on my photography skills, I remedied one of the previously mentioned issues by finally acquiring a scanner!

So now I would like to upload some better images of some of my works. I will start with my animal nursery art series, as that is my primary project at this point in time. Here are the better images of my thus far completed animal nursery art (watermarks are added for online security measures):

"Pete the Panda"

"Calico Clarice"

"Ferdinand the Fox"

"Randall the Retriever"

I will soon try to post better images of my other previous drawings as well. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these!

Sincerely,
MissAdventureArt

The Animal Kingdom

I love animals. I've loved animals ever since I was a very small child. Back in those olden days, animals were, unsurprisingly, the primary subjects of my juvenile artwork. In light of these facts, I have decided to start creating nursery art, the target audience being young children. The subjects of these pieces will be animals, of course.

I've already completed one piece in this series of nursery animal art. The subject of this first piece is one of my absolute favorite animals:

I call him "Pete the Panda".

I will be making many more pieces for this nursery art series of mine, and I already have numerous of them planned out. I'm currently working on a piece portraying another favorite animal of mine, and I'll post a picture of it as soon as it's completed.

I hope you like my nursery animal art so far!

Sincerely,
MissAdventureArt