Treasury by natalya1905

Yay, someone featured me in their etsy registry! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4bee9d2b15706d91e2628bc7/somewhere-sometime

Photography shop!!

Due to some encouragement this weekend, and some photos sales in the Craft show I was in, I decided to open up an etsy shop for phototography. It is nice to find a use for the photos that I accumulate.

My new shop is called Julia Mark Photography.
http://juliamarkphotography.etsy.com

Courage is Very Important

Dog drawing started months and months ago, but finished last week. Original is for sale on Etsy here.

Heart Flipping Map

I made these two images separately, several weeks apart, but decided they work together.
The flipping heart original is available on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/JewelsandGhouls

So long Ink Tree, but maybe I'll make some more of you...

Someone bought my tree of light drawing today! It's exciting when someone buys something, but that means it's the last time I'll see it (if it's an original work anyways...). I find it very satisfying when someone buys something, especially an original piece. Since my sales are really quite low, I love it when I sell something that I was really proud of. This time my work is heading over to Ontario. My first Canadian buyer!

Trying out ARtfire.

I have heard of Artfire, and decided to see what it's all about. I started an account, and so far only have one piece posted. It is similar to Etsy, but I don't like the layout as much, and there are aspects of it that are appealing, but I don't think I'll venture very far from my etsy shop. I wanted to see if there was a major difference in the kind of traffic get through Artfire versus Etsy, and so far it appears to be similar. I think the main difference is that Artfire deals more do with Art whereas Etsy has a whole variety. I find etsy more intiutive, though naturally there are benefits to Artfire as well.
I finally finished my Tree Drawing. I don't feel completely satisfied with it, I'm not sure what it is. Something about it is too calm. This is the one I posted on Artfire. You can go to it here.

What is Gocco?

I have been purusing Etsy, as is normal for me at any time of the day, and I have been coming accross these artpieces called Gocco prints. I didn't know what a Gocco was, so I looked it up, and now really want to buy one! Gocco is a simple, easy and compact printing system that originated in Japan. It allows users to create multiple card-size prints without re-inking.

The prints shown above are by artist Olivia Jeffries who regularly re-uses paper in her art-making process. Visit her etsy shop called Restless Things, and I'm sure you'll appreciate her somewhat delicate and subtle hues that her drawings and prints have.
I found a site called save gocco, as the company who was manufacturing it had decided to stop making it and there was a surge of Gocco users who petitioned to keep up the gocco production. Unfortunately, my research has told me that they have closed the doors to production in 2009 which means that Gocco supplies will be hard to come by. I may try to find one on Ebay...

Here is a link to a Gocco tutorial video, which explains how the system works.http://www.savegocco.com/what-is-gocco/

Colouring Drawings with Photoshop

I digitially added colour to a drawing yesterday, and I am quite pleased with the results! I've never altered any of my work digitally before, besides photographs, but I decided to see what I could do with photoshop. Even though I was only using photoshop at a very basic level, it served its purpose well, and will certainly go back with other drawings to alter them, as I found it very satisfying to work this way. The two pictures I have posted show the image before and after.

Please check out my new creation, I've decided to sell him as a greeting card, but certainly would also sell it as a larger print in my etsy shop if there is an interest in it.

Here is the link to the new card:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30295866

Art/Craft/Vintage/Homemade Goods!

The Winnipeg Etsy Street Team is hosting an Etsy Goods sale!

Where: The Costume Museum of Canada. Located at 109 Pacific Ave, in Winnipeg.
When: Wednesday, July 15th. 6-8 PM.

Come check it out, there are some awesome sellers/crafters/artists(myself included)...