Author: Scarlett

Photography

Zombies at the Museum

Last Friday, the Blanton Museum had a party with some unusual visitors…. Everywhere you looked, there was something unexpected… The Dead Music Capital Band showed up with jazzy sounds that echoed through the galleries… Very lively music for a band of dead folks! And I couldn’t resist capturing this bloody […]

Autumn Art, Drawings

Candy Corn Queen 2014

This year’s Candy Corn Queen is Celtic~ As always, I started with some sketching to work out the composition. I decided to stylize the drawing (see below). I used ZIG pens and Copic markers to color the copy I made onto aged parchment. This year’s Queen, while a warrior, also […]

Painting

Little Turtle By the Sea

Another baby turtle for a special little girl in Germany. Her mother gave me some of her favorites to work from: the colors pink and purple, and the sea-side with sunshine and seashells. Just like the baby turtle with cheetah print that I painted for Miss B in California, this […]

ATCs

“Ladybug Plus One” ATCs

Just a quick 3 for 3 ATC (artist trading card) swap over at ATCs for All.  I haven’t done one of these in a while and forgot how much fun they are.  This swap’s theme was hand drawn ladybugs and we were to add in at least one additional object […]

Painting

Sea of Memory

A scene from the American West left unfinished and found in a dumpster. For this one I decided to try something new.   No sketch.    No plan. I turned it vertically and started painting… I cut a custom stencil using my x-acto knife.  I wanted to create a large teardrop […]