Away in the Woods Art Show

Day of the vernissage's arrived! I can finally display online the illustrations I made for this show at Bear and Bird gallery!

The Flyer of the Show.



Let's start with the illustrations! 'Mother Hulda' - final version.


'The Juniper Tree' - final version.


'Snow White and Rose Red'


'Rapunzel'

Below, the first versions of Mother Hulda and The Juniper Tree. I didn't ship these images to the gallery. Probably I'll sell them on my Etsy shop. They're both a little bit larger than the final illustrations.

A wip of the Juniper Tree.



Soon with photos of the show!

Thank you!

A big thank you to all of those who left comments. I will spend the rest of the day to manage all the posted comments and I will let you know asap who is the winner! Again, thank you for participating!

GiveAway!

My Blogger journal celebrated its first birthday just few days ago and I've thought it's time for a new giveaway!
One of you, 'Angels and Insects' readers will win a copy of 'Precious Things', an art-book featuring some of the illustrations I made during 2007/2008 and published in France in 2009. The book was sold out in 2009, the copy I'm offering you is one of those I received as author, and you will have the chance to win it! You can see photos of the book and the featured illustrations there » link.

What you have to do:

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here any time today until 13:00 (GMT + 2) of Friday, the 29th of April.
1. You don't need to write anything special, just leave a comment! As you can see, it's very easy to enter!
2. You don't need to have a Blogger/Google account to comment on this post.
3. BUT, anonymous or private comments will not be counted!
4. This giveaway is open Worldwide. I will ship the book via Registered International Mail.
5. Comments on this blog need to be approved before being published. So, don't panic if you don't see yours shortly. I actually don't check out my blog any second of the day ^_^
6. Winner will be picked by random.org, will be posted on this blog and will be contacted through e-mail (if I have the e-mail address). The winner will have 48 h to reply to the mail, otherwise I will pick another winner.

Good Luck!

Updated nati-art.com and new art in progress!

I updated my website and I've just realized that I don't update it too much as in the past...that probably should give you a clue on how busy I'm in these days! Anyway, I love being busy with so many amazing projects so, you just need to be patient with me and my delayed updates and replies!

So, let's start with the new art!
This is an illustration made for an online art show at ANATA gallery. The show will open the 30th of April, you can also vote your favorite illustration online and...I'll give you more info soon! You can also see some 'in progress' photos of 'Aura' on a previous blog post.

My entry for Gothology III. I'm not sure if this image will be featured in the book yet, anyway that was a good opportunity to do a B/W piece after years!
Winsor and Newton Black Indian Ink on paper.

Finally, some 'in progress' photos for a new illustration I'm doing. It's an art trade with the amazing painter Lara Dann!
Sea Maiden - WIP

Sketches and new projects!

Hello everybody!

After vaguely mentioning it in a couple of my previous posts, I can finally tell you a little bit more about one of the big projects that will keep me busy during the next months. It's a fantastic story for children written by my friend Estelle and it will be published by Norma Editorial in 2012.
Below, one of the sketches I drew when me and Estelle tried to submit the project to publishers. You can see Mina - the main character of the story - with her little friends. I'm uber-happy about this illustrated book, one of my not-so-secret dreams has always been to work on a book for children! Finally, the dream comes true!

The sketch for a new art-trade I'm doing with the amazing Lara Dann! She asked for one of my Victorian ladies and, here the Sea Mermaid!

A sketch for a new steampunk illustration. It will something like my latest 'AURA'.

And, last but not least the sketch of my entry for the third Gothology art-book. And yes, it's another portrait of the Little Mermaid!

...by the way, I'll update soon my Etsy shop with some new merchandise and original illustrations. Stay tuned for news!

New art: Aura

The making of....

A small handful of inspiring things

Neoclassic buildings and gardens!

Shows!

April, time for art shows! Below, a photo taken at the Sakura 2011 Exhibition in Tokyo. [thank you, Ken!]. My illustration is at the right of Chelsea Greene Lewyta's pieces. So happy we are in the same show - I'm a huge fan of her work - and soon we both will be in a new collective art-book about emerging illustrators as well. Super happy!

And, my illustrations for the 'Away in the Woods' show at Bear and Bird Gallery are ready to be shipped!

A small handful of inspiring things

Anything cute!

Floating in a sweet lullaby....

My entry for Sakura 2011 Exhibition. I finished it just in time for the Tokyo show , that will open in just few days - April the 8th.
This illustration will be available as print, for purchase. All profit will be donated through the Japanese Red Cross society to the recent earthquake's victims. More info on Sakura Website.