Hello, mr. Moose!

Little digital project. Usually I work traditionally, so it was quite a lot of fun to paint finally digitally again. Should do it more often :)

 

Hello everyone!

It has been a long time since I last updated my blog, or any other art related page. This is not because I stopped drawing or painting, but simply because my life changed quite a bit and I had to concentrate on the other things.
 

The biggest change is that as of about a year ago I opened my own business - a handycraft/souvenir shop. It is fun place, full of beautifull and unique handmade items. Everyone loves it! I named it "Armunud Kunstnik" which in Estonian means "Artist in Love."

 

Shop's FB page: www.facebook.com/ArmunudKunstnik

 

The shop is a very big project that takes a lot of my time and attention. However I now want to change the situation a little. One of my resolutions for 2014 is to concentrate more on my own art, to be more creative, and start blogging again.

Since Christmas was just a couple weeks ago, I will share with you my new watercolor illustration „Christmas Eve“.

 

 

With love,
Ilona

Nasturtium

These flowers have a large seeds and are easy to grow. They bloom with orange, yellow and red flowers. They prefer sunny, dry locations and do well in poor soil. Nasturtiums are also pest resistant, which ensures a successful planting. Both their leaves and flowers are edible and can be used in fresh garden salads.

Cosmos

Cosmos are easy to grow. They do well in dry weather. Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated. Flowers are white, pink, magenta red, and are especially attractive to butterflies.

Decorative Pumpkin

An original, easy growing plant. Grow fast and have a big, yellow flowers. Pumpkin prefer full sun, but partial shade is tolerated. Loves fertilizing and watering during the growing season. Fruits of decorative pumpkin are usually not bigger than 10-15 cm, but their shape, texture and color can vary a lot.

An amazing plant for a child's garden.

"Plant Me"

"Plant me.“ My new collection of greeting cards!

Each cards has different flowers in handmade decorative pots, and a little package of seeds inside. At the moment there are three different plants: decorative pumpkin, cosmos and nasturtium, but in the future I will make more.

It is a very cute and memorable gift for your friends, loved ones, any nice people you want to thank, or even for a young gardener who is curious about growing their own flowers from seeds.

These cards will keep your kind and warm words for a long time, and will make beautiful memories for both of you. And they are a nice decoration on the shelf too. The little surprise that grows, blooms, and gives fruits will make this gift even better as time goes on.

Another surprise is hiding in the seeds. In order to find out the exact color of the flowers, or the exact shape of the fruits, you have to plant the seeds and wait until your plant will tell you the secret.

These three plants are easy to grow. Even beginners and the youngest gardening friends will be able to successfully grow them, and see the result of their work in the first year.

More pictures  and short descriptions of each cards and plants will come soon!

Cheers!

Flowers for the cards

These paintings were done for my new project, for the new collection of greeting cards "Plant Me". More information and more pictures of this project will come very soon!

Landscape - birch and lupins

Commissioned work.

Medium: watercolor 

Pop-up Tartu

This is a special gift for a very special and wonderful person I've met on an April Fool's Day :) in my lovely hometown Tartu... for a person who became very close to me!

Pop-up Tartu:
It's the first time I did something like that. I had to think much about how to make everything work like I want and find creative ways for solving problems. But... it was lot of fun! ;)

Work in progress pictures:

What to do if the cardboard that you wanted to use for a cover have a lot of holes and you can't cut them because then the size of the cardboard will be too small?

Answer: You have to change disadvantage into advantage!

Red ribbon helped me a lot with this :)

Warm wishes to everybody!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas my dear friends! I hope you have a wonderful day with people you love!

It will be, probably, the last entry for this year, so I would love to wish you also a very happy New Year! I believe it will be great! :)