Curious Fawn Art Card

Curious Fawn

I've just added another art card to my Artfire Studio, Curious Fawn. This one is also from an airbrush painting. Previous cards were printed on photo paper, this one is printed on an art paper with the look and feel of fine watercolor paper. It has no sheen at all so it looks more like the original painting.

It's a card size known as ACEO (art card editions and originals) sized 3.5 by 2.5 inches: a miniature work of art to collect, include with a greeting card, or frame.

Selling Art Card (ACEO) Prints

Ground Beetles
Doe and Fawn
Fawns







I'm excited to now have a few tiny prints of my airbrush paintings for sale in ArtFire. These are known as ACEO which stands for Artist Card Editions and Originals, always 2.5 by 3.5 inches. They are a great way to collect art on a budget or with no wall space. Also they make nice enclosures with gifts, or as a little gift included with a greeting card.

The ones I'm selling are open editions of my original paintings. They're printed on photo paper and sell for $4 each. The next ones I print will be on Somerset Velvet paper which is much like watercolor paper; it's a bit more costly so the price will be a bit higher, but still under $10.

Overlapping Fawns Airbrush Painting

Another airbrush painting, this one is about 5 x 7. There is still a lot to learn about painting a scene like this with the airbrush. It was interesting to overlap the fawns. Is it one fawn at two different times? A friend said it reminded her of the way deer will be eating, then hear something and suddenly look up. What do you think?

I overworked this a little too much, and am thinking of trying it again.

In my Artfire studio I don't have any fawns, but do have Buck Deer Wood Carving and Doe deer wood carvings.

Artfire Collections: Oct 20-23

Turkeys seem to be popular in Artfire Collections these autumn days! 

There are a lot of these this time, so I haven't included all the photos. But the links on the animal names will lead you so a whole series of photos of each animal. The link on the name of each Collection, goes to that collection of 12 items from different studios.

• "Back Home...", curated by AppelJarVintage "These things seem so comforting." (Wild Turkey)
• "The Wise ol' Owl", curated by OsuCowgirl "Owls have made a comeback in recent weeks. What a beautiful collection of owl items." (Barn Owl)
• "Give Thanks", curated by SunshineSight "enjoy!" (Wild Turkey)
• "Spiders and Snakes", curated by WindysDesigns (Rattlesnake)
• "American Wildlife", curated by ManateeDreams (Wild Turkey)
• "Give 'em the Bird", curated by ChristyBeckwithStudios (Mockingbird)
• "OH DEER", curated by LULUSCLOSET (Doe Deer)
• "Science Geekery", curated by ShadowDogDesigns (Ivory-billed Woodpecker)
• "Fossils", curated by BadgerBeads (Trilobite)
• "Bear With Me!", curated by ViragoCreations (Bear and Fish)
• "Gone FISHING!!", curated by KeriMae (Red Snapper on sale) 
• "I Just Want Some Bunny to Love...", curated by ChristyBeckwithStudios (Cottontail Rabbit)
• "Do You Like Ducks?", curated by GlassandWireGems (Ruddy Duck)

Bear and Fish carved wood sculpture

Fawn and Doe Airbrush Painting

Fawn and Doe Airbrush Painting
Originally uploaded by sandrahealy
Painting this was quite fun. I learned a few new techniques. At first I was going to use some old frisket film I had lying around, but it was too old and was no longer sticky. I ordered more, and anticipate more fun seeing what I can to with it. I had tried it for my animal carvings but it didn't work very well on the three dimensional shape. For this painting I used some art masking fluid, which I also use from time to time on the sculptures. This painting is 4 by 6 inches.

SandraHealy in Artfire Collections: Oct. 6 & 7

Here are some of my carvings which appeared in Artfire Collections.

• "Penguins of ArtFire", curated by LaDeDaCreations, features of course, cute penguins - Emperor Penguin
• "The \"Black Market\"", curated by islandkatt, features items with black - Chickadee
• "Oh deer", curated by ShinyAdornments who says "Did you know Artfire had so many deer themed items? Go Bambi. :-)" - Doe Deer 
• "Flip n Fly... Little Bat Up in the Sky", curated by CTurtlezOddznEndz who says, "At least these won't dive bomb you...." - Fruit Bat (Flying Fox) Magnet