ugly stepsister art
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“Cue to your face so forsaken Crushed by the way that you cry Cue to your face so forsaken Say goodbye” 2 things to share with all of your in internetland. First off, there is just one more week for my artist scavenger hunt! If you don’t know what that’s all about, I have hidden
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One of my art jewelry pieces is off to a new home! The Poe headband features a E.A. Poe painting set in a lightweight silver cameo frame, and is mounted on a black sequined headband. You can see more of my art jewelry (and hand-painted coasters, original artwork, and prints) at my shop HERE.
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It’s Friday the 13th! Hail, hail all things spooky! Now on to a few recent drawings from my sketchbook. Click below to check them out. I have some exhibition news coming soon. Keep your eyes peeled on this site and my Facebook.
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Recently, I visited Montreal and Vermont. I never leave home without at least a few art mediums, so I was able to capture sketches of the rooftop view from our lodgings in Montreal, Dieu du Ciel on Laurier Ave, a plein air watercolor of the view from the courtyard in the middle of Old Port
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Alcohol ink is an interesting medium. It has beautiful stained glass affects. I just started experimenting with it about a month ago. The chaos is part of it’s charm. While in my alcohol ink phase, I created Mother’s Day flowers. (Sunflowers are my mom’s favorite.) I’m so in love with them that I ended up
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I’m taking a little break in March from teaching classes so I can focus on creating some more original large-scale work. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m not busy. On Sunday, March 25th I’ll be participating in the All Kinds Pop-Up Art Exhibit happening at the Newark Arts Alliance in Newark, Delaware. CLICK HERE to
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I haven’t had much time to create something just for myself. Between creating images for library programs and art classes I’ve been teaching, I haven’t had much time to myself. I finally was able to create this small mixed media piece, The Elizabethan Librarian.
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The next class I’ll be teaching at Tulpehocken Exchange is Pastel Portraits for Beginners. I’ll be teaching participants the basics of using chalk pastels and the basics of drawing one of the hardest subjects- humans. We’ll be learning proportion of the face, blending and application methods with pastels, using light and dark, and more! Below
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Winter Storm Grayson kicked the east coast’s arse last weekend. The participants of my Winter Acrylic Still Life class braved the ice and snow last Saturday to make some beautiful paintings. I set up a still life with velvet pumpkins, an ornamental miniature bird cage, magnolia pods, a handmade faerie crown, and some plants from
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Last Saturday was the open house for the new Handmade Philly space at Tulpehocken Exchange in Germantown, Philadelphia. My holiday silhouette class was the inaugural art class in the space. We had a great group of people in a relaxed, fun setting. I taught them how to cut paper silhouettes freehand using their eyes to
Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley 