Christmas Art

 This ATC was for a swap on swap-bot.com. The theme was a dragon and Christmas. So here we go! A christmas colored dragon stringing lights on his little tree in the snow. And  lots of glitter of course!

These two sets of inchies are for swaps on swap-bot.com. I am hosting both swaps, one is winter themed, the other Christmas! Both sets have glitter and sparkles, because, why not?! I made these while watching Anime, yay!

Mermaids!

Because I can never have enough mermaids, here are two more! The top is an ATC done for a Sloth-themed swap on swap-bot.com. The bottom I sold on ebay.com. Both were made with watercolors.

Altered Text Poems ATCs

I created both of these for swaps on swap-bot.com. I have fun with these "poems." The pink one is a page from a book about knights, the purple is a page from Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert. I have never read Dune books, but they make good collage pages! And using them in my art makes me want to read it, it's on my list.

Star Trek ATC swap

I made both of these for a swap on swap-bot.com. It was a star trek theme, obviously!

Prideful Mermaid ATC

A prideful mermaid, drawn with colored pencil and a pen. She's for a swap on swap-bot.com, part of a 7 deadly sins series. I drew her this August.

Dragons Breath Fire!

Here's an ATC that I drew (back in March!) and then colored in with markers(gasp!) I don't usually use markers to color in, but in this case it seemed like a good idea. :)
The dragon is accented with gold glitter paint on the fire, and stick-on sparkly gems. I think I swapped this one...

Mermaid Painting ATC

I drew and watercolored this mermaid ATC for a swap on swap-bot.com. I love how the water/sky turned out, and her tail fins. :)

Green and Blue Betta Fish ACEO

So here's my latest listing on my etsy shop. I drew it a few weeks ago, in March. It's delightfully colorful! I reallly like how the fins turned out, with the blue/teal/green colors mixed together. This is ACEO/ATC sized, so 2.5x3.5 inches total. There are a few other photos of it on the etsy listing. :)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/128265458/green-and-blue-betta-original-black-and?ref=shop_home_active

Postage Stamp ATCs

Here's an ATC with two Noah Webster stamps.

And this ATC has a floral stamp from 2004. I remember when these stamps came out, 9 years ago now! There is sparkley paint on each of the 4 flowers. Neither of these ATCs were for any specific swap, so I will probably trade them in a Sender's choice swap, or as extras in other swaps.

 

 

 

Mermaid Art posted on Etsy

I posted new art to etsy, after a very long time of just re-listed the old art I had on there. I was inspired by the fact I've now sold a total of 5 items since the new year! Yay!
I drew both of these today while waiting to drive my brother back from his chemistry class! I feel like it was a productive time. I love the colors of orange and purple and red together.

This one is an ATC/ACEO.

This one is 4.5x6.5 inches.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RachelDeJager

Purple Mermaid ATC

ATC for a swap on swap-bot.com. The swap theme was Purple Mermaids. I just had to add sparkles too!

Lips ATC

The ATC I made for a swap I'm hosting on swap-bot.com. The theme is lips! 

This is ink and a wee bit of watercolor.

Shiney Valentine ATCs

Here are 2 more Valentines ATCs I made. I just love sparkly shiney stuffs! :D

Valentine ATCs and Playing Cards

 

A whole bunch of ATCs I made this weekend for various swaps on swap-bot.com. And my first playing card ATCs!

 

Water Themed Inchies

 Here's 4 water-themed inchies I made for a swap on swap-bot.com. I love watercolor! Its so organic and watery looking. Duh.

Pink and Brown Inchies

6 inchies I made for a swap. The theme was pink and brown. I really like the crinkly bright pink tissue paper, it was a super super easy way to add texture. :D I also love the Japanese book I just bought. I don't know what it says, but it makes pretty collage papers. I love how the cupcake turned out, too. :)

Mini-book

A mini-book made from a double-sided 12x12 scrapbook paper. I made it for a swap on swap-bot. This was the first page, inside the red pockets was a rainbow of ATC blanks, and the little doll below.

I made her/him! They're so much fun to make. Just wire and floss, plus a tiny tiny scrap of cloth, and a bead. This guy is about 1 inch tall minus the hair.

This is an ATC that was in one of the pages of the mini-book. The paper is kinda sparkly, if you can see it.

The last page in the mini-book. There were 2 other pages, but the first and the last are the best. The little house pulls out, and says Let It Snow on it.

The front cover of the mini-book, with another little doll. :)

Anubus & A Bulbous Bouffant

This is an ATC I made for a Halloween swap on swap-bot. I just love how the "ghost" turned out. :D I love the kinda jackel-shape it has, like Anubus. It was an accident, but totally fitting!

Just another seahorse ATC I drew. The seahorse is tinier than normal, though, so I had more room to add seaweed and currents around him.

This is for an ATC swap on swap-bot. The theme was purple mermaids. I like her "bulbous bouffant" hairdo!

2 ATCs

This is an ATC I did for a seahorse swap I just did on swap-bot.com. I wanted to do something a little bit more imaginative than my normal seahorse which I've done a million times, so I added another fish! He ended up being a betta fish, cus, why not? I think it turned out really cute. :D Plus, see the coral-stuff same as before?

This is a collage ATC I did about a week ago for a Halloween Cupcake ATC swap on swab-bot.com. The purple in the photo isn't quite so blue looking, I'm not sure how the colors got so messed up in this photo. Anyways, this was a lot of fun to do.

Lots of Drawing!

This past weekend I have drawn several things! Not only that, but I actually collaged something. I usually don't feel like my collages ever look very good, but I'm proud of the one I did this Sunday evening.

It mostly has images I cut out of a book I got from our used book store. Seahorses included of course! I'm very proud of it. Its approx. 5x7 inches.

I also sorta collaged/drew this inchie set!

Inchies are mini art. 1x1 inches wide, it's a fun challenge to collage art that small.

I also finished my drawing of the pig and posted it to etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/94998311/paisley-pig-original-black-and-white-ink

Piggy! Yay! Please click on the image and view it in its proper size, it looks a billion times better! :)

And while watching the boys play Modern Warfare 3, I drew a zebra ATC for atcsforall.com.

ATC = Artist Trading Cards! 2.5x3.5 art that is perfect for trading. :)

And in church I drew this zentangley ACEO for etsy, I think spring should hurry up and come! I want the fresh green leaves! This one will be posted for sale on etsy sometime tomorrow I hope.

I also drew an all-colored zentangle on Friday. It doesn't have any black at all! I drew it while listening/after listening to my sis sing in her concert choir. It was all spring/happy songs that made me want spring. It's posted to etsy already.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/95061022/zentangle-in-red-original-ink-drawing?ref=v1_other_1

Its all red! And also brown and a really deep royal purple (that looks a bit too dark in this photo. Alas).