Illustration Friday & Inspire Me Thursday - Tea & Me
I am in the process of getting some work together to exhibit in a show called "About the Earth" at a local gallery - finishing up a painting and printing some pieces so I can take them to be framed, so I had to do a quick one this week. In fact, this is blatant double dipping - it is a self-portrait for this week's Inspire Me Thursday challenge, and it has a tea motif (that's a Camellia Sinensis behind me, and I'm holding a cup of tea) for Illustration Friday.
This was created by throwing together a little bit of everything - acrylic, collage, marker, colored pencil, and some photoshop.
posted by carla at 1:56 PM
85 Comments:
This is beautiful!
Very true to what you look like.
Wonderful Carla, I love it :o) Hope you do really well with your exhibit! Love your style.
Beautiful carla, I knew it was you before I read your post! Brake a leg with your showing!
good luck with the show carla...the camellias are in full bloom here :)
Love how you combined the two topics. It's very beautiful. I'm thinking of doing Inspire Me Thursday too. I love doing little art pieces. Small but still very gratifying.
Your exhibit will be fantastic!!
Lovely image.
What a lovely image! I am jealous of those people that will get to see your show. All the best.
this is simply beautiful. i really love the colors.
i am wishing you all the best in your exhibit.
I like the olive green markers and colored pencil blended together. I like the pattern you used for your kimono like long dress and how you captured holding a tea cup.
Hi Carla.
Absolutly beautiful piece of art, the mixture of techniques is awesome (acrylic, collage, marker, colored pencil, and some photoshop!!!!) WOW!
It's nice to see something non digital.
Nice work and reading, as usual. Love the flowers and all the diffuse background.
this is so wonderful. love the colors and the way the background and her dress are blended. love it. have a great time at your show!
It doesen't look thrown together, it has very traditional tea room feel to it, and it's lovely to look at.
absolutely beautiful! Good luck with the exhibition - show us some pics ok!
May i ask how u got that lovely almost linen / worn texture?
Hey Carla, I think this is a beautiful piece of work. Good luck with your show! I also loved how you could do both Inspire me Thursday and Illustration Friday together. Awesome job!!
Thank you all for the good wishes!!! The drop off for the show is March 12, and it opens on the 17th. I took seven pieces to be framed this afternoon...it took quite a lot of time picking out the mattes and frames, but we had fun. I'm really excited to see what my work will look like all gussied up.
heya carla - there wasn't an email addie when u commented on my blog but thank you for commenting and replying about the technique i'll have to try it its awesome:)
p.s. i just read about dropping your work off. Its nerve wracking and fun to drop your work off at the framers its so awesome to see the result. It should be greater i guess to see it on the gallery wall but at my first show i was too queasy and nervous to really appreciate it.
My second is coming up this week on thursday and i'm not nearly as tied up in knots this time:)
You're gonna have so much fun and looking at your work - you don't need to worry bout anything i love your stuff!!
Beautiful and a creative way to tie in two themes, fabulous! Looks 3D to me, maybe it is just the screen! Love it! Brandi
Lovely, tranquil colors, and very nicely done!
OH! I really like this one. It's beautiful!
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Hey Carla, congrats! I want to wish you good luck for the exhibition! I also checked out your website. The paintings on it are all my favorites:-).
I like the texture of this illo. The flowers are cool. The lady is kind of exotic and there is a very relaxing feel...
Your image is very springish with a light touch of Asian. You're walking towards the sun, I like that ! Take that feeling to your exhibit !
So nice work Carla, as always! This sun is to me some kind of signature for you now! I especially like the flower on the left, great texture on it, but on the other hand, the whole picture is just great!
Beautiful work as usual Carla, I love it.
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wow!
and the tree + flowers illustration below is another wow!
keep up the good working and keep on dood;ing!
Great colour combination.
Absolutely beautiful!...and, I do hope you share photos from your exhibit! I love all of your pieces!
...oops...I want to wish you well on your exhibit!
All the best on the exhibit.
Love the kimono look here, very YOU geisha.
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I think I've returned here to look at this about 76 times now and I can't think of anything really telling to say other than that I really like it...something about the face and how intentional her gaze and her walk seems to be.
Nothing like a multi-disciplinary approach now and then, is there? It requires an element of creativity to successfully combine these methods, just as it requires creativity to come up with the image. Good luck with your show! Fantastic! Will you post photos? And btw your mind will be blown when you see the results of the framing. In my need to keep costs low I either paint so a frame isn't needed, or do the framing myself, so rarely experience that "Wow! I'm awesome!" feeling...
Lovely :) congratulations!
this illo looks so elegant and it has a trenqual effect.. Your style is one of my favourate..especially your color combinations are always perfect and attractive..
very poetical!
the tree and flowers in the other posting too ...
Best of luck on the show Carla. I love the elegance of this self portratit. The entire piece reflects as if it were a stamp of some sort. The detail of the flowers and the sun - very nice!
just love your style.. very chick, elegant, sullen and dreamy.. and great mix of all those mediums.. very creative indeed!
Wow... congratulations for your show!
Mixed media worked so well... love the colors and details esp of the plant.
BTW...thanks for Inpire me Thursday link :-)
This is the first time I've seen your blog -- though I think maybe I saw one of your illustrations on another site, an ATC maybe? Anyway, really beautiful!
Beautifully done, Carla...and, congratulations on the show. When's the opening?
Sorry to be rushing like this. Isn't it amazing what we can "quote throw together" and this piece shows you know your work and your boundaries. Just beautiful.
Good luck with the show. And hope you have many more in the future. Framing can be fun if you work with the right person. have a great day!
Good luck on the exhibit! I love this piece. And thanks for the kind words about my first IF post. :-)
Have a glorious day.
This is wonderful, looks just like you! Congrats on the show & best of luck, please keep us posted. Thanks.
Ah. A self portrait! I thought it looked uncannily like your profile picture!
Your work is so elegant, feminine--and often beautifully botanical. I went to your web site and checked out your gallery. I love the detailed lines of your flowers and hair adornments and dress patterns. You draw modern goddesses! Your "Flowerhead" is exquisite.
Very fragrant tea you have made! And your gown is lovely, lovely, lovely!
Muy buena técnica y creatividad en tus ilustraciones.
El color es muy especial.
Saludos.
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Lovely. Definitely resembles the profile pic and the you that reflects through your writing..er..that make sense? :D All the best with the show!
It looks like it has some really great texture to it. It has an old look to it which is way cool!
This is really beautiful. You have some lovely colours and textures in there. I also like your use of pattern...her red dress is great.
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wow, that's beautiful, carla!
Beautiful self-portrait and lovely illustration! Lily.
Have FUN AT YOUR SHOW!!!Beauty Full Art!!! I'll have to check out your web site in a bit!
Gorgeous textures and colors! Sublime!
scribblesk beat me to the perfect description of the illustration; the first word that popped into the noggin... sublime. Beautifully so.
This is exceptional. Love the duality of purpose and feel you have outdone yourself - as usual!
Marie
Beautiful, I love the textures
thats so so lovely ¡¡¡ really nice awasome i love your compositions
Beautiful image. Good luck with show. Post pics from the show so we can vicariously participate.
Double Dipping worked great! This is beautiful. I really like the soft colors and wow does that ever look like you!!
Great job and good luck with your exhibit!
ps thanks for the comment on my tea piece! That would be quite a tea party!
I Heart This. I like the oriental look and feel of it. Do more.
Gorgeous piece here. It seems to have a very ancient , print quality to it. Good luck on the show (post pics of it in the future if you can)!
Absolutely gorgeous! You're such a talent! Holly
Hey just wanted to say thanks for the comment on my blogger. When you say vermeer's painting do you mean the girl with the pearl earing? Maybe I should add one to mine haha! Thanks!
Like the print-like effect and you're multi media. Good luck organising for the exhibition, I'm sure you'll do the earth proud!
I like the combination of colour and media. It's very nicely done. Never thought that the red/maroon can go well with green. But, now I do! Great work!
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Quick but Beautiful! Lovely work and Good luck with the show!
very, very nice. Beautiful and natural. I love it.
Reminds me of those midevil paintings- the type animated by Terry Gilliam in Monty Python & the Holy Grail. Great work!
Throwing together works! Best wishes on your exhibit/show. I'll take the other's word for it that it looks like you... but the camellias are on target, too.
I love the peaceful face of the girl, gorgeus illo!
That is a wonderful self portrait. How special, you look so serene and 'at one'. Lovely job.
Lovely!
And congrats on the gallery showing, enjoy it.
Beautiful. I like the flower.
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The result looks great, I thought it looks like a print on rice paper. Have fun with your show!
Lovely painting!! Very elegant and poetic!!
I like the texture on the picture. It's just the right touch.
What a beautiful piece! I love the flowers and sun. The woman's face - she looks like u! :D
Congratulations @ the exhibition! Wish I could go see your work at the gallery. Well I'm sure there will be plenty of ppl there going OOOoohh and AAaaaahhhs at your work :)
i just love the way you throw things together!!! Have a wonderful show!
All I can say is that this is beautiful! Good luck with your exhibit!
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To add to the masses, this is fantastic!
This is so charming...a nice likeness, and the texture here reminds me of that of a tea bag. This also reminds me of a Japanese print - maybe it's the lovely gown you're wearing. Love the flowers and a hint of the sun as well! I love it!
I like her zen-like pose. Beautiful.
It's fun to see one of your signature suns in the background too!
This is really lovely. It has such an elegant stylish look.
Beautiful and so facinating. Hope you enjoy the exhibition. Again ..... so beautiful you!
You are blowing me out of the water, Carla! You are growing by leaps and bounds. Lovely illo, and congrats on the show!
Classic triangular/pyramidal structure and a beautiful image. We are drawn to the tea by her eyes...
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Hi,
For some reason this illustration makes me think of a tarot card... Maybe it's the sun in the background. I love the lovely flowers, like chery blossoms. The whole illustration has a slight Japanese feeling to it, the composition, the red dress.
Great combination of colors and textures too. I love it.
Cheers.
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