Discontent
Posted on March 8th, 2016
Discontent, 10″x8″ watercolor on Arches cover buff paper
There is something very wintry about this painting, the shivery glow of light behind the sharply pointed tree without a hint of spring in the air.
Beautiful and eerie as a winter’s twilight, this piece would make a striking addition to your home or office.
Discontent, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the sharply directional branches in this wintry, windblown tree. Below, the piece is framed in matte black, adding to the drama.
Discontent, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: for sale, tree, watercolor
Boundaries
Posted on March 4th, 2016
Boundaries, 6″x6″ brush & ink and ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper
Rich inks mix and layer, creating boundaries of color between them, washing away the old ones, limned with lines painted anew. Gold and green shimmer in the depths, adding extra depth and brilliance to this beautiful abstract.
Edges meander like rivers and coastlines, sometimes delineating and sometimes failing to encompass the shifting pools of color.
Boundaries, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the beautiful shimmer of gold particles in the ink, the black boundaries where two colors meet and mix, and white both over and under the teal Emerald of Chivor. Below, the piece is elegantly framed in simple back, which lets the rich colors really pop.
Boundaries, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery
Tags: for sale, ink wash, j herbin
The Raven Door
Posted on March 3rd, 2016
The Raven Door, 9″x12″ watercolor on bristol
Loose watercolors render this dark wood door beautifully against the pale green wall, surrounded by a fall of ivy and profusion of potted plants. Rich red brick and warm terra cotta invites one to step up and knock, to peer through the raven’s eye and see what’s inside.
Who do you think lives behind the raven door?
The Raven Door, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the lovely mottled-glass peephole that makes up the raven’s eye. Below, you can see this larger watercolor in its frame, waiting to add a breath of green goodness to any space.
The Raven Door, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: for sale, i made this, watercolor
Conversation Arts week 4
Posted on February 29th, 2016
February is almost over, and these are the last of the conversation heart sketches. I went through and isolated all of the prompts I’d not yet drawn (but still pulled them at random each day), and that took me exactly through the end of the month. Yay!
Conversation Arts 22: Date Night – $45
I get a bit Genghis Khan. Also known as the most adorkable music video ever.
Conversation Arts 23: Sweet Stuff – $25
This sketchy art is perfect for the Mad Hatter’s sketchy personality – but at least he’s got sweet treats for us.
Conversation Arts 24: Ooh La La – sold
I’ve had umbrellas on my mind, and Sherlock wanted to show off his.
Conversation Arts 25: Be Happy – $45
What better to be happy about than a Pooh Bear and his very best Piglet?
Conversation Arts 26: Real Love – $10
Giving up the last slice of pizza: now that’s real love.
Conversation Arts 27: BFF – $10
Getting my obscure fandom on, but my BFF knows the score.
Conversation Arts 28: I Love You – sold
This dragon loooooves tea. Tea is life. Mmmmcaffeine.
Conversation Arts 29: Wicked Cool – $45
Roxy as promised, bringing us the Leap Day goodness in her pinstripe Kingsman suit.
Next month…
I’m going to try a regular Wednesday thing instead of daily art, to see if I can keep from driving myself batty. Come watch me on Periscope!
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: conversation arts, copic marker, dragon, february, genghis khan, kingsman, mad hatter, pen and ink, piglet, pizza, sherlock, sketch, snuff, tea, winnie the pooh, zelazny
Sweet Talk
Posted on February 26th, 2016
Sweet Talk, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker.
This Harry and Eggsy are just begging to be a bookmark set, so I took my time and colored this Conversation Arts sketch of Merlin from last week to go with them. Now it just needs Roxy and we’ll be set, perhaps in her own three-piece Kingsman suit.
Categories: Floating Gallery
Tags: copic marker, etsy, for sale, kingsman, merlin, pen and ink
Conversation Arts week 3
Posted on February 22nd, 2016
I have had the flu all week! The blue ones are less awful-tasting when you can’t smell, but still pretty bad. Most of these have no color, because it’s hard to color when you’re coughing and sneezing and pathetic. I’m not dead yet, though! I’m feeling better! Anyway, the whims of fate and candy have brought these seven new sketches.
Conversation Arts 15: Wink Wink – $10
I admit, I googled bad Star Trek pick-up lines and picked my favorite for Kirk. Cheeky bugger.
Conversation Arts 16: Melt My <3 2 – $10
Kitties are the perfect way to melt anyone’s frozen heart, even Anna’s.
Conversation Arts 17: Be Mine 2 – sold
I still haven’t had any proper tea this week. Herbal, yes, but I miss my Earl Grey!
Conversation Arts 18: Hold Hands – sold
If you haven’t seen Galavant then I’m very sad for you. But I still super believe in Tad Cooper.
Conversation Arts 19: Sweet Pea – $10
Ahaha I was so sick when I did this, but I still find it hilarious. Especially the judicious use of glitter gel pen.
Thorin + Arkenstone = OTP.
Conversation Arts 20: Sweet Talk – $45 (colored)
It’s up to you who’s on the other end of the comm there. Kingsman is one of those movies I adore despite the parts I hate (ugh FPS violence), and rewatching it while sick totally renewed all my crushes.
Conversation Arts 21: True Blue – $45
Stitch good.
Ohana means family. And family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: conversation arts, copic marker, disney, february, frozen, galavant, i super believe in tad cooper, kingsman, kirk, lilo and stitch, merlin, parody, pen and ink, sketch, star trek, tea, the hobbit, thorin
Plague Doctor Who
Posted on February 18th, 2016
Plague Doctor Who, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
One day, I sat at my art table and made a list of all the commissions I have pending, because I’d like to re-open the queue someday and that means finishing the art already owing. Then, I drew this instead, which nobody asked for. Because reasons.*
Of all the Doctors I’ve watched, Eleven seemed the likeliest to wear a plague mask, and also the easiest to tell apart from the others with subtle costume cues. And by subtle, I mean the fez.
Also, plague masks are cool.
*pun reasons
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: copic marker, doctor who, eleventh doctor, for sale, pen and ink, plague doctor, tardis
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