23 new buttons almost ready!!!

I am finishing up 23 brand-spanking new button designs for my
students (and maybe etsy shoppers)!  They will be divided into two
sets.  (above, l to r: Breanna, Cupcake Wizard, Powerpuff Sophie,
and Wizard 6)

Cupcake Wizard's Lament

I tried a collage experiment showing Cupcake Wizard's inner thoughts.  I used cut paper, colored pencils, watercolors, markers, pencils and a pen.

This Year's Valentine Gram

Here is a Valentine card I made for my school's ASB/ Leadership program.  I might sell them on my etsy shop soon.

Work in Progress

Hi fans!  I have been working really hard to get things ready for the local Family Festival.  It will be held at Suzanne Park (625 Suzanne Rd Walnut, CA 91789) on October 12th.  I think it starts at 8am, and goes until sundown. Anyway, I've posted a sneak peak of a brand new poster, to be available at the festival.

In other news, I have officially changed this blog url to shelbyandtheblooms.com.  You can still type in the old address and get here, but it's now a lot easier to remember without the added ".blogspot" part.  It also saves you time and energy!  Isn't that GREAT??!!!!!  You're welcome!!!!!

Cupcake Wizard and Sophie (Final)

Cupcake Wizard's Lament; 11" x 14"; mixed media on cut paper; 2013

Detail

Cupcake Wizard and Sophie

This is set to be a 3-D diorama for an upcoming sculpture show at the Hive Gallery.

Prints are now available for purchase at my etsy shop!

Hey fans!  Now you can buy any (or all) of the three prints that I've recently made!  Click here to see and buy them!  The three prints I'm offering are pictured below.

Shelby in Wonderland

Here is a study I tried based on John Teniel's 1886 print, "The Mad Tea Party".  Below mine is the original.

Cupcake Wizard and Sophie's Picnic Adventure

14" x 11"; marker and colored pencil on paper; 2013

Valeria's Transformation

In the Valeria comic book/ zine, Valeria undergoes a dramatic transformation.  I colored this scene with copic markers and prismacolors.

Valeria is Finished!!!

This 9-page comic tells the story of how a young necromancer came to be.  They are now available at my etsy store! 

Drawing Day!

These are two of the things I taught my students to draw today.  

Hind Legs of a Horse Face Wizard encounters a hostile fairy (notice the flower darts)

Beardo charms a fairy with his magic.

Cupcake Wizard's Fantasy

There it is!  My last painting of 2012.  Happy New Year!  Cupcake Wizard wants so badly to be tough and strong, so he can potentially come to the rescue of his fairy girlfriend, Sophie.  Mixed media on paper; 11.5" x 8.5" 

Flora Transformation Study

This is Flora, the fairy queen of plants in Shellrim.  She is in the middle of becoming more plant-like.  Ink on paper (colored in Photoshop); 3.5" x 2.5"

ATCs!!!

These are ATCs (Artist Trading Cards).  It's a fun activity I do with my students.  You start out with a 2.5" x 3.5" piece of paper, then you add art to it.  When you have made a good collection, you trade with someone else.  I traded these originals with my 6th graders today.  I'm going to do color studies of some of them, and post later.

Cupcake Wizard's Girlfriend

People have been asking what C. Wiz's girlfriend looks like.  This is what I have in mind.  Her name's Sophie, and she's a total ditz, but she has nice hair, so there's something.

The Map of Shellrim

This is what the inside of Shelby's shell looks like.  It is where she goes on perilous journeys and encounters various creatures, wizards, fairies, dragons, monsters, and spirits.

Map of Shellrim; 12" x 18"; linocut (ink on stained paper); 2012