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Week by Week Art – Beatrice Ajayi 22/04/13

A Mother and Her Twin Daughters
A Mother and Her Twin Daughters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone, hope you had a great weekend, I know I did, and am ready to continue the week on the same train. I blogged last week about my new project week by week art. So here is the first Pic of the week. This work is entitled ‘The Empress and herDaughters’ it’s a  piece I drew along time ago on watercolour paper. It was black and white, but for the purpose of my week by week art, I coloured the background as a start towards finishing the piece by the end of this week.

i still doubt myself far too much when it comes to painting in colour especially my figurative work. Hope to have a progress pic tomorrow. At the end of the week I will upload it to my shop on etsy. See you soon.

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Busy Beatrice – more artwork at Etsy store

I haven’t been blogging for a while, which isn’t good. But between having a new baby and still trying to set my goals regarding my art for 2013. I have been a busy bee indeed.

So many new goodies created by moi. I really don’t know where to start. So I will say hi for now and that you should check out my Etsy shop for my latest work for sale as prints.

My shops name is HSSOPARTS, put it in the Etsy.com search box.

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The Launch – PosCatDesigns – by Beatrice Ajayi

Milo Wow! Finally its here, follow this link to view my Posh Cat goodies at Redbubble PoshCatDesigns is my new brand featuring cute tabbies on a wide range of products. PoshCatDesigns is a new brand of products. All Deisgns make wonderful gifts for cat lovers. They are Cute, Fun & Exciting. You will definately find one to love and take home. If you would also like merchandise designed for a specific mully or tabby of your own, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can find Milo above and all his friends in the Posh Cat gallery in my website menu above.

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Artist of the Week – Aubrey Beardsley versus Beatrice Ajayi

Hi everyone my famous line, ‘its been a while’ is used once again. I decided to get back to my artist of the week segment. This sunny week in april i am looking at Aubrey Beardsley. I have lost count of the amount of people who have said my work reminds them of his work. So I made an effort to looking at some of his work.

We do have similarities, our subject is the female form, we both have alot of Black and White images, and we love to use ink, be it pen or printing techniques.

We both have a narrative within our images – in this area is were we diverge strongly. Beardsleys content have been recognised as being quite erotic. I aim to look for an innocence in my subjects. Even though my Empresses are sometimes adults, their focus is on the wisdoms they can gain to govern their countries well. So since being aware of Beardsley it has been with a pinch of salt that I take our comparism.

It gives me great comfort when someone actually asks me what my work is about and doesnt just base it on the visual connections of other artists.

Regardless of my rantings Beardsley’s skill as an artist, illustrator and storyteller are undeniable. To read of artists that made an income in the medium of ink in his days and compare with our modern times is intriging. Alot of viewers of my work always wish i worked in colour. Appreciation of my medium is not that great, which is amazing considering they usually like my work.

Beardsley likes his silhouette and dark backgrounds, which I tend to stay away from. I use the patterns and detail on my images to to show a richness possibly missing in not applying colour. My patterns are the colour.

Check out the link above in bold of Beardlsey’s name to look at his work. See if his or my work share similarities in your mind.

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Illustration Mundo – Beatice Ajayi


Hiya, I have my Tree Hug image linked to the Illustrationmundo.com site as my advertising logo. Illustrationmundo is a place online for Illustrators to advertise their work and website. You are also linked to a large worldwide illustrator community, its great. I love finding outlets like this.

You can temporarily find me on this page here.

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The Empresses – Beatrice Ajayi

Hi folks, hope you all had a lovely weekend. I have been busy as usual trying out new techniques. I have added new images with the results. The first is The Bored Empress and the second is The Frightened Empress. I did the outlines some years back and filled them in a couple of days ago. I hope you like my colour experiment. I have uploaded them onto my Redbubble shop as objects for sale. They are shown below enjoy.

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Art Post – Beatrice Ajayi

Lawn Empress

This is my Art Post for the day. I did the drawing of the empress then used digital software to put the background in and the overall colouring. I am trying to get more comfortable using my digital software. It is fun when it eventually produces a result. Look out for more in the coming days on my Art Post. Have a bonny day everyone.

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Caia Koopman – Artist of the Week

Hi everyone, Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was quiet busy, but all good fun time relaxing and shopping. My artist for this week is Caia Koopman. You can link to her website here. Caia Koopman works on her paintings using airbrushing. She has really mastered her technique and style. She paints female figures in unique environments. I really love their hairstyles. Link to her site and explore more about who she is on her biography.

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Redbubble Shop – Beatrice Ajayi

I haven’t mentioned my Redbubble shop of late. Just click onto the link here and you will get to the main page. There are T-shirts, framed pictures or prints and babywear. Have fun!

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Artist of the Week – Dan May

Hi everyone, Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was quiet busy, but all good fun time relaxing and creating art. My artist for this week is Dan May. You can link to his website here. Dan works on his surreal paintings using oils. He has really mastered his technique and style. He paints strange little fairytale like characters he created. He also paints figurative narratives emersed in sublime worlds with unique yet almost recognisable surroundings. I like his skill with oils. Link to his site and explore.