Merry Christmas! These are ‘Angelflakes’ which were directly inspired by the ‘Swimflakes’ synchronised swimmer snowflakes I sprinkled liberally on wrapping paper and hats. I’ll be back with new artwork next year on the blogs (if not sooner…) in the meantime I wish you a fabulous Christmas and a healthy and happy new year. Nancy xxx
Welcome to this year’s edition of “Quick & Simple Christmas Product Ideas Which Actually Take At Least 10 Times Longer Than I Anticipated” I am not complaining, I am having fun, and I am also finding Adobe Illustrator indispensable for this project (and getting to grips with limited parts of it), and that makes me happy, because some weeks ago I paid for the annual licence for the whole of the Adobe creative suite, which, while it doesn’t actually require you to sign away your soul and your firstborn child baby cats, it does at least come closer to that…
Just dropped in to say…
The Book of (Paper) Angels, which I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks, is almost ready to be printed. Here is Angel number 6. I am only waiting now until I have had time to do some coloured-in versions, which will be available as sparkly sheets for those who don’t want to colour in their own angels. For more information on this project, ordering, and a glimpse of angels number 4 and 5 which i didn’t post on the actual blog, have a look at this page: https://nancyfarmer.wordpress.com/portfolio/the-book-of-angels/ I like this angel, he’s a sort of Victorian…
I can tell you, those intertwined wiggly lines would have been easier with pencil and a piece of tracing paper not with the tablet! …Angel with a voluptuous bottom. If you have missed the start of this story – this is a little collection of colour-in and cut-out angels (and a few demons) that I shall be selling as a collection. For those wanting to get orders in, I shall be putting the collection up on Etsy tomorrow I think, even though I’ve not actually finished – I have 4 finished now, the rest will follow shortly, and I’ll add…
Ok, this fellow is… a bit of a little devil, but in the interests of equality one should not forget devils at Christmas. My plan is to have a group – I think it will be 7 – as a collection compiled in a booklet that you can deconstruct, colour in and make up. Technically the booklet aspect is completely unnecessary, EXCEPT that I feel it will make a nice presentation and a nice gift, better than a handful of printed sheets. So, that’s the plan, more to come soon. I’m now working on angel number 3 and yes, another…
My studio will be once again open to visitors for the first weekend of December. Along with calendars, cards, prints and originals, plus a few coasters and decorated candles, I shall now have colouring books! I have created a little group of 7 paper angel designs (though two are devils and one is a fairy) that you can either buy as colouring-in books, or ready-coloured and printed on shimmery card, which you can cut up and make at home. If you would like to buy these, and also calendars & cards, outside of this weekend, please email me, or have…
A couple of the Spelling Animals (and things) have been quite lengthy recently. Not only was there the Carbodeon pistons picture, I also recently did this one. Now framed and displayed. Pleased to hear it was met with approval.
Christmas Exhibition: I would like to invite you to my pre-Christmas Exhibition. My apologies, I know it is not even December, however from 21st – 23rd November in Moorlinch we are planning a pre-Christmas exhibition and sale of arts and crafts: a perfect opportunity to do a bit of Christmas shopping, for others or just for yourself! I shall be in my studio, and there will be more to see just up the road at Spring Farm Arts. Opening Times: Open 11am – 5pm Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd November Venue: The venue is my studio, please scroll down for…
I have finally finished enough candles to supply 3 exhibitions, and have time (barely) to photograph some of them. Sadly no time yet to tell you how it’s done… later… All candles decorated with original drawings, no prints. Angels and Demons is the general theme, it being near to Christmas, though personally I find such characters have a year-round appeal 🙂
Art by Nancy Farmer 