Recent Work: Originals finally listed for sale.

I went through my recent stuff (things I hadn't listed the originals for since december) and made some of them available for sale on ArtFire

So here are the new originals available for sale, in no particlular order

Onion

Green Glass Bottle

Red Hots On Plate

The Logic Of A Glass

Worn

False Spring Triptych

Crumpled Diptych

Santa Cruz at Sunset

Across the Street from the Pacific Ocean

number crunching and why there's not been dailies

In looking over the financial stuff for the last year, I realize that the dailies just aren't supporting themselves. Print sales are going okay, but I really need some of the original dailies to go. I mean we are really broke, and they are taking up WAY too much room in the studio. and the amount I get from the prints only justifies advertising for more print sales.

I am not talking "sell out" here I am talking the difference between having materials, food, rent, electricity etc.

Of course having enough to fix my car would help then I could get some art fairs and galleries going, as it stands now I can't get anywhere to get more art out there. Even just sitting out at a busy coffee house on a sunny day and doing aceo's watercolors all day would help, but I can't do that. (see previous entry about being loathe to ask someone to give up a day sitting around and doing nothing while I do that)


So I think for now the dailies are just gonna have to wait till I sell a few. I am seriously low on matierials, and I need to stretch them out. It just doesn't make sense to spend time and materials on them just to do them at this point.

That said,

if you want to help out and buy an original some of them are for sale here and more of them are for sale here

If you saw one posted here you want but it is not listed for sale on either site, leave me a comment and I will make a listing for it and send you the link.

If you would like to help with supplies my dick blick wish list is here Supports (papers, canvas, panels etc) are the main thing I am running out of fast.

Across The Street....

Daily Painting - Across The Street From The Pacific Ocean -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 6"  Oil on Ampersand Claybord
Daily Painting for 2-6-2011

Cards And Prints Here

Surf

Daily Painting - ACEO - Surf
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-30-2011
Watercolor on Hot Press 140lb watercolor ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Cards and Prints Here

Santa Cruz at Sunset

Daily Painting - Santa Cruz at Sunset -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-29-2011

Cards and Prints Here

Worn

Daily Painting - ACEO - Worn
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-25-2011
Acrylic and Collage on Strathmore acrylic cardstock ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Cards and Prints Here

Another little bird ACEO

Daily Painting - ACEO - Little Swan

©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer

Daily Painting for 1-24-2011

Prismacolor Pencil on Vellum Bristol ACEO

2.5" x 3.5"

Cards and Prints Here

sometimes...

...I will just pick random things around the house to use as fodder. Today I was thinking of these glasses we have. One thing about glass and metallic items that appeal to me, is working thru the breaking down of light and shadow. The fascination of how all the shapes fit together to make a finished thing. While I am drawing or painting something I often think about what went into the original manufacture of the item.


Like was this glass molded or blown? Who made it? Were they just mindlessly making glasses or were they hoping this was the best glass they had ever made? Were they satisfied with the color? Did they wonder about where the glass would go and who would use it? Did they know I'd use it to wet the fork when I was making the criss crosses on peanut butter cookies? Did they wonder if someone would think it was beautiful enough to catch an artists' eye? Will they see this and think "That looks like those glasses I made 20 years ago!"

Also I think, about where it will end up going forward, not the glass itself, I'm such a klutz and I only have two of the six I bought left, plus The Georgie Cat is also a klutz. One day Tony will be cleaning up what is left of this glass after one or both of us knock it over.

But about the drawing itself, will someone hang it on the wall, and if so which wall? Will it end up in a yard sale for a dollar or fought over by someones heirs?

Who would have thought so much goes into and comes out of the simple act of choosing an old glass from the cupboard?

Daily Painting - The Logic Of A Glass -

©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Washed Graphite on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-23-2011

Cards and Prints And Yard Sale Bargains Available here

A little something for the kinder

Daily Painting - ACEO - Little Chicken
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-22-2011
Watercolor on 140lb Cold Press ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Cards And Prints Here

I was feeling a little whimsey-ish today, so here is a serious portrait of a silly chicken.

Also as a sheet of tiny stickers

Well, another watercolor challenge piece

I was only going to do that first one, but I absolutely had to take a crack at painting the next one they posted, it's just a spectacular photo... I'll post the actual challenge page for voting when voting starts but for now it's today's daily

Daily Painting - Dawn Watch Kieran O'Connor for challenge -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
5.5" x 10.5" Watercolor on Strathmore Watercolor 140lb Cold Press paper
Daily Painting for 1-21-2011

Cards and Prints Here

mmmmm cinnamon candy

Daily Painting - Red Hots on Plate -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 6"  Watercolor on Strathmore Watercolor 140lb Cold Press paper
Daily Painting for 1-19-2011

Cards And Prints Here

And this is yesterday's

Daily Painting - Waterfall -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-17-2011

Prints and Cards Available Here

today is a tee

Grown Up Sizes Tees And Hoodies, Children's Sizes and Stickers Available here

Size Charts are below the art... scroll down for measurements.

Keeping the tigers away

Daily Painting - ACEO - Banana
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-15-2011
Watercolor on 140lb Cold Press ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Prints and Cards here

some glass and light for today

Daily Painting - Green Glass Bottle -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-14-2011

Cards and Prints Here

And here's todays'

Daily Painting - Crumpled II -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-13-2011

Cards and Prints Here

I lied... there was one yesterday

There was a blog post on redbubble about the online drawing tool called scribbler so I went and played with it, it's pretty cool and very engaging, but I ended up with one I really liked, so it became yesterday's daily

"Phoenix" Digital in Scribbler, Ps CS3, ©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer, Daily for 1-12-2011

Cards and Prints Here

Starting another series

These are going to fall firmly under the category of "That problem with my brain"

There's gonna be four of them, crumpled paper still lifes. The shadows and twists have attacked the obsession part of the brain and need working out.

so here's the first

Daily Painting - Crumpled I -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9"  Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-11-2011

Cards and Prints Here

Today's is part of a challenge

The watercolor group on redbubble asks for photos for challenges, so there's a photo that wins a challenge and that photo is then a challenge for the watercolorists to paint from. Basically a collective art project.

The painters vote for the photo reference they want to use, and the winning photographer gets the ego boo of the painters drooling over their work and the painters get a work challenge of translating it to their style.

It's not the most creative endeavour as you are working off someone else's photo, but the meta-moebius appeals to my geek bone so I participated in this one.

The challenge is not open for voting for three weeks, but when it is I will post a link to the voting page.

Here is my entry

Daily Painting - Bluerabbit Canyon Path for Challenge -
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
6" x 9" Watercolor on Montval Watercolor 140lb Cold Press Block
Daily Painting for 1-10-2011

Cards and Prints of this Watercolor Painting are here

The Original Photo used for the challenge is here

The photo is by bluerabbit

The last three day's worth of dailies

it's a set so I waited to upload them till today

Daily Painting - ACEO - Matryoshka I
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-7-2011
Acrylic on Acrylic Paper ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Card and Prints Here

Daily Painting - ACEO - Matryoshka II
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-8-2011
Color Pencil on Smooth Bristol ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Card and Prints Here

Daily Painting - ACEO - Matryoshka III
©2011 Amy-Elyse Neer
Daily Painting for 1-9-2011
Watercolor on 140lb Cold Press ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"

Card and Prints Here