Fido and Fluffy are Family Too!

C-is-for-cat-CrailYes, C is For Cat!  Meet my beautiful feline friend Toby.  He’s been with me for 16 years now and has been feeling a bit poorly recently.  One thing I’m so glad of is that over the years I have taken the time to make art pieces out of my cat friends.  Our pets are such important part of our family.  I do animal art portraits professionally too and my tag line is “Fido and Fluffy are Family Too”.  They are such wonderful companions with these great distinctive personalities and big love in abundance for us.  Not a day goes by that I don’t sit back and marvel at the joy they bring into my world with their sweet and loving companionship.  I’m feeling so much love and compassion for my ailing Toby today so decided to share this artistic representation I did of him a couple of years ago.  His bountiful purr is unparalleled!

On the technical side I found some wonderful old lettering and clip art to use for the drawn graphic elements and also wrote the prose, which I used both in english and in french.   It’s created in Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.

 

Love is In the Air…

Love is In the Air...

Love Love Love, it’s what many of us think about A LOT! If we have it, if we don’t, if we want it, if it’s on the horizon… Passion, romance, sweet sticky wonderful love. I’m in love. I’m completely in love with my amazing husband and next month we celebrate our one year anniversary. AND next month is Valentines Day, YAY!

So it may be a bit early for this love holiday card but today I had to create something new and play just for the joy of it. I found this beautiful vintage angel with such a charming cherub face it was easy to envision something cool. I found it at http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com.  She has the most wonderful vintage imagery on her blog site.  Check it out!

I worked on this piece on and off all day long between jobs, errands, calls– a few minutes here, a few minutes there– letting ideas unfold, visions pop, flashes of insight appear.

Tonight we went to see a movie– Silver Linings Playbook. What a great movie– all about love– and gambling. 🙂 I kinds got chills from it too and by the time I got home I was rarin’ to get back on this.

Bottom line– I took this very vintage image and using very contemporary techniques, as well as my colorful style and hippie chick sensibilities voila! A brand new art piece I just love. What a great way to keep learning and keep the juices flowing creatively! So Happy Valentines Day a month early! xoxoxoxox

It’s Simple Math, u + i= love

It's Simple Math, u + i= love

inspiration is everywhere!  Take 15 minutes today and doodle.  Pull out a sheet of paper, a pen you like and go to it.  See what happens.  I did this one awhile ago but then scanned it into my computer, used Adobe Photoshop to embellish, color, added some imagery and voila!  happy Valentines Day!  Your turn.  If you share it I will delightedly publish it here on this blog to celebrate your creativity!  It’s It’s Simple Math, u + i= love
Valentine greeting card from original line drawing by Charr Crail. Post Production in Adobe Photoshop.