My etsy shop - The Artist in Love

I reopened my Etsy shop! Yay!!! I'm soo excited about it :)

And now I'm slowly filling it up with my arts and crafts. One of the chalenges for me is taking good photos of the products. I have an older Canon EOS dslr camera, which is a great camera, but not having a good place for photo sessions makes things a little more complicated. So, along with painting, drawing, and crafting, I'm also learning to be a better photographer. I found some really simple and useful tips in a free online book by Christina Greve. Maybe her tips will help you as well.

 

But now I want to welcome you to the shop of The Artist in Love! I hope you will enjoy your visit. Later I'm going to add more to the "About" section as well, where I'll tell you more about the name of the shop.

 

 

 

With love,

Ilona

Brooches

Here is one of my projects - clay brooches with my colorful characters, which you can use on your shirt, scarf, bag and make them look more interesting! 

  

 

 

 

Let me know if you are interested to have one of them :)

 

Hydrangea Girl

Oh oh, it's almost the end of the May and I havn't post anything yet :) It was pretty busy time for me, but here is a little illustration with hydrangea girl and her happy friends - honey bees.

Done with watercolors.

Flowergirl

One more charming woman with hat and flowers.

 

"Night’s Melody" painting and a poem

 

Night’s Melody

-Christopher Gonzales. April 25, 2013

 

Into the azure night they dance and sing

Sweet melodies the moon and stars compose.

And all the hills and hollows are a’ring

With wonders seldom seen and little known. 

What silent eyes smile there behind the trees

And shine with golden glowing light upon

A land where fairies fate our purest dreams

And magic has its lease until the dawn.

A brave and merry squirrel leads the way

Through shadows flickering upon the trail.

Night’s Melody a cheerful elf does play

Until sleep’s weary mask the notes unveil.

 

And far above the forest’s swaying boughs

A lonely deer is startled from its drowse.

This wonderfull poem were writen by my love, Christopher Gonzales, for "Night's Melody" paintings. The first painting of this series was made in the year 2011 and you can see it HERE. The second one, with the deer, was made in the beggining of the year 2013, and in the bottom corner it has the same characters as the first "Night's Melody." Here is a close up picture of them:

Painting done with acrylics on canvas (size 29,5 x 39,5 cm).

With love,

Ilona

 

Flowerman

This gentleman with hat (or just Flowerman, as I call him) was a custom work. I had to make similar painting to another work, that I've done almost four years ago. You can see that work HERE. But this time the painting had to be with a man.

 

 

I had fun working on it, so I created also one more Flowergirl with different type of hat and flowers. And I will share it with you as soon as I scan the painting.

 

 

With love,

Ilona

Bunny Bees

Ah, wouldn't it be cool if Bunny Bees were real? Flying from one flower to another, playing with each other in a beautiful sunny day... :)

 

This drawing from my sketchbook is made with colored pencils.

Rabbit's garden

Spring has come, sun is shining... and I'm getting more and more into gardening mood.

 

Sketchbook of California - part IX

I'll continue with my travel sketches. This time it will be some sketches of San Diego.

 

Sketchbook of California - part VIII

Placerville - also known as Hangtown - is a pretty little town in the mountains.

 

Nature and wild life of California is something that I really enjoyed!