Wednesday, January 28, 2015

New Illustrations and Original Paintings at GrayDayStudio


Hi all!

Well the past two weeks have been busy ones- with both my birthday and the husband's birthday, plus our not-so-fun work schedule this month... and yet I've still managed to bust out some time for new paintings and illustrations!

I update my site about once a week or so, and I did a bigger update this morning. So to see more hop on over to GrayDayStudio.com 

Hope you are having a great week!

Thursday, January 8, 2015

A Few Recent Commission Portraits, from the Holiday Season



This fall I started accepting more commission work, which has be incredibly rewarding and inspiring. I love to work new customers to give their special someone a unique gift of art. It was really fun to envision being a part of people's Christmases around the country.

To learn more about my commission portraits see my website HERE. And you can purchase your deposit to begin the portrait process- HERE.

ABOVE: this one was really special, quite the beautiful scene and relationship between child and cat. The customer also purchased a few prints of the original to give to the grandparents and Aunts and Uncles, which is a really great way to spread the love (and to offset the cost of a custom portrait).


Twin sister, watercolor 8x12


8x12" watercolor.



8x12" watercolor.




watercolor 11x14".


And this painting has a very sweet story. Pictured is a mother with her pregnant daughter. The unborn baby here commissioned this painting for her mother to honor their grandmother who passed away this past year. 

11x14" watercolor.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

DIY: Dyed Dinging Room Curtains



Well I finally dyed our dinging room curtains before Christmas, and I'm really glad I waited because I ended up abandoning my original indigo inspiration (as seen above). Don't get me wrong I still LOVE the ideas above, but after dining in the space for 6 months now I realized I wanted something more subtle and subdued. (to help promote calm children eating -wink) Plus I have a lot of blue in our living room and the runner in the dining room is an ikat busy little thing... so I didn't want to go overboard.


So after consulting the Rit Dye color chart online HERE, I opted for Rose smoke which combines petal pink and tan, and I gotta say I'm loving the results! It picks up the warmth in the brown walls and even the pink in the large painting to the right.


Here are the curtains the night following their dye day. I simply followed the dye instructions but let the curtains soak for extra time just to be sure. I used a pair of linen curtains from ikea see HERE. My original plain was to silkscreen a gold botanical print over top, but since time wasn't on my side before the holidays I opted to hang them as is. (since this picture was taken the curtains are now hung on curtains rings allowing them to pool just slightly on the floor, which is really nice!)


I love how the pink catches the sunlight, like a sunset on my window. We don't have a lot of pink in our house... it's not that I'm opposed to pink, I simply gravitate to blue and gray first. However, I LOVE our new curtains. They are so warm and inviting plus I love the texture of the linen. I've always felt that pink (along with red or any other warm color) works really great as an accent, pillows ottomans etc and now curtains! Perhaps by spring I will know what to print on them, but for now I'm enjoying them how they are.



Monday, January 5, 2015

GrayDayStudio Advent, a look back!


Hey All!

Well Happy New Year! Hope you had a great Holiday, that it was relaxing a perfect recharge to start 2015.  My Advent update here on the blog fell to the way side with the business of December, but here I am with a complete recap.











This was a really fun self-inflicted assignment. And it inspired me to start a new series called "GrayDayStudio Quotable Kid" where I illustrate some of our daughter's more quotable moments. I will share that new series here as well as on Facebook and Instagram- @GrayDayStudio.

I'm getting pumped for the new year! At this point in my career (Ie: the beginning) it can be a little daunting to stay optimistic when I'm hustling and trying to find the next nut that will lead me to the mother load of continuous projects.   But I'm pumped (she writes as she listens to Taylor Swift on her head phones, yeah I've scummed.)

So once again Happy NEW YEAR! go get em tiger!

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