Iris. 26. London. Artist, thinker & time waster. This blog contains everything and nothing. More nothing than something because more often than not I am afraid of sharing or doing.If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed to keep up to date with new posts. Thanks for visiting!
I’m currently taking an online art class which is run by my friend Tam. It’s called World of Whimsy and it’s a lot of fun!
As much as I enjoy painting I’m not that prolific creating it (not because I don’t want to, but usually because of self doubt and other such issues). Beside a few sketches the below portrait is the first ‘finished’ piece I’ve created using the skills and techniques Tam is teaching. I absolutely love the shading techniques she uses, they’re quite easy and produce a subtle but nice effect.
I’m really proud of this one actually! The scanner hasn’t really done it justice though. Come to think of it, I really need to clean it, there’s a ton of dust and little specks on everything I scan.
she is, like you, divine.
so nice to see some of the work you’re doing sweets! X
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that simply is beautiful.
keep it up!
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Hello gorgeous Iris. I know this is a really old post of yours but I just wanted to pop in to thank you so much for posting it. You see this painting totally inspired me to join Willowing a little while back and started me off on a creative journey I could never have even imagined before. I have just written a little blog post about you and your whimsy girl (see link below). I hope you don’t mind. If so just let me know and I’ll remove it.
Thank you sweet Iris. Honestly I don’t know where I would be had it not been for stumbling upon your painting.
Sincerely,
Brooke
aka Run Away Violet.
http://www.runawayviolet.com/2011/09/i-heart-willowing/
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Iris Reply:
September 18th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Wow what a wonderful comment Brooke! I’m so pleased that my whimsy girl inspired you and led you to Tam/Willowing’s network! It’s great that you’re getting into creating art now, even after not having done it for such a long time. I love your girls, they’re very unique, I can definitely recognise your own style.
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Brooke Reply:
September 19th, 2011 at 2:30 am
Thank you ever so much Iris. My life has really changed because of you. I replied on my blog but not sure you will see it either so here’s what I said :
Thank you so much for dropping by Iris and thank you for your lovely reply. I really cannot thank you enough for steering me towards living a creative life. I’ve never been happier and it’s all thanks to you and your beautiful painting. You totally rock Iris!!! Thank you a million times over for inspiring me through your art. I shall never, ever forget it
Brooke.
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