Morrigan le Fae

This is a painting of the little sprite that fills our home with smiles and laughter. Of course, like any good fae, she is constantly leaving a mess and hiding my things... but look at that little face! Who could be upset?



The finished painting of my daughter, Morrigan. Scroll down if you missed the sketches and the work in progress. She'll be two in just two and a half weeks! It all moves so fast.

This painting is all mine, no prints will be sold (though her grandparents will be getting some :P)

New painting - work in progress

I've been working on a painting of my little Morrigan le Fae, and I'm really diggin on the results. The idea began as just practice in creating lineart in Photoshop, but I liked the composition so much that I hastily finished sketching it out, printed it, then transferred it to watercolor paper. This is pretty much the same way I do all of my paintings, sketch them out, then use my lightbox to transfer the finished composition onto my watercolor paper, since it prevents me from tearing up an expensive piece of watercolor paper with lots of erasing and redrawing. The only difference is I did my sketch in Photoshop.



This is the reference photo I used, from a trip to Hobby Lobby when I had to use my camera as a pacifier. Morrigan is such a camera ham. The lighting is rotten, but the photo is super cute. I used this as reference for the lineart



This is the lineart in Photoshop. As you can probably tell, I started with the face, then somewhere around the flowers I got excited and quickly finished the sketch so I could paint it.



And here's the painting so far. Her face and her hair are finished. Everything else gets a lot more work. Usually once I've finished everything else I go back to the skin tones for awhile as they tend to look very pale, but since Morrigan is very pale that may not be necessary.

I won't be making prints or anything of this painting, it's all for me! However, after my show next month I plan to start opening slots for custom portraits. If you'd like to have your little one painted as a fairy, elf, mermaid, or maybe you'd like yourself painted as your Role Playing character, or whatever your mind can imagine, let me know so I can update you on the details. Post your E-mail address here, or feel free to send it to me at battlemaidenart (at) yahoo.com. I will only E-mail you once, so no worries about spam!

Light Doll - AUCTION CLOSED! Congrats Nancy!

This auction will END 10-25 at SIX PM Central time (my time). If you want to be notified if you've been outbid, leave me an E-mail address with your bid.

Meet our Light Doll



*EDIT!* Some images were removed after the closing of this auction.

These dolls were a combined effort on the part of several members of the Fantasy Artists of Etsy street team. Each doll comes with a journal that was also handmade from one of our members, that each artisan used to journal their process. The winner of this beauty will truely be getting a piece of art!

All profit from the sale of this doll will benifit Nora and her family while she recovers from medical issues.

Rules: Please only bid in full dollar amounts! You are bidding on the Light Doll only. To place your bid, just comment here. The winner agrees to purchase the doll through Etsy.com at the full bid price, plus an additional $10 for shipping to anywhere in the world. I will refund overcharged shipping as long as it's more than $1 through PayPal. I only accept PayPal as payment. Any questions? Let me know!

SELLING BID - $40
Winner - Nancy!

Dark Doll - AUCTION CLOSED! Congrats Debbi!

This auction will END 10-25 at SIX PM Central time (my time). If you want to be notified if you've been outbid, leave me an E-mail address with your bid.

Meet our Dark Doll




*EDIT* Some photos were removed after the closing of this auction

These dolls were a combined effort on the part of several members of the Fantasy Artists of Etsy street team. Each doll comes with a journal that was also handmade from one of our members, that each artisan used to journal their process. The winner of this beauty will truely be getting a piece of art!

All profit from the sale of this doll will benifit Nora and her family while she recovers from medical issues.

Rules: Please only bid in full dollar amounts! You are bidding on the Dark Doll only. To place your bid, just comment here. The winner agrees to purchase the doll through Etsy.com at the full bid price, plus an additional $10 for shipping to anywhere in the world. I will refund overcharged shipping as long as it's more than $1 through PayPal. I only accept PayPal as payment. Any questions? Let me know!

Winning Bid : $45
Winner : Debbie!

Brief Respite - Auction ENDED!

Auction is over! Congrats to twenty pound tabby for winning the Auction! I'll be getting in touch with you tomorrow with your Etsy listing.

Thanks for everyone who bid, and helped out. You're still welcome to purchase a print, and proceeds will continue to go to Nora until we've auctioned off our art doll.



Brief Respite was painted for Nora Blansett, fellow fantasy artist and a member of the Fantasy Artists of Etsy (FAE). Nora recently underwent surgery, and FAE got together and donated a beautiful art doll to auction and make this time a little easier on her and her family. The doll is recieving her finishing touches by one of our talented members right now, so in the mean time I'll be auctioning this original watercolor painting, and all profits will be sent on to Nora as well!

Brief Respite is an original 9x12 ink and watercolor painting.

The auction will end at 11:59PM July 15th. At that time, I'll list the painting on Etsy.com for sale to the high bidder. Shipping to the US is $5. To win, just comment here with your bid. Be sure to check back and make sure you haven't been out-bid. Be sure to include your E-mail address so I can contact you if you're the high bidder.

Bid whole dollar ammounts only.

Current Bid - $40
Current High Bidder - twenty pound tabby

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