Monday, August 30, 2010

Mega Update: New Watercolor paintings, Artwalk photos, henna dread details

So i have some catching up to do seeing that i have not posted anything since the 20th!
First off i wanted to share some watercolor painting i did over the weekend which are all now available for sale in our etsy shop :

Faery ah Glow
Faery ah Glow
4" x 6"
original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose
On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing HERE.

Harpy at Full Moon
Harpy in Moonlight
4" x 6"
original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose
On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing HERE.

Fish of Perception
Fish of Perception
4" x 6"
original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose
On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing HERE.

Conversation with a Pixie
Conversation with a Pixie
4"x6"
Original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose
On extra sale for $50. See the sale listing HERE.

And some snapshots danny took of me working on these:
Playing with watercolor
as you can see i took over the dining room table with my watercolor supplies!

Playing with watercolor
Honestly i had been itching to play with watercolor ever since i sold one of my originals- talk about inspiration and encouragement!

In other news- we must now backtrack to Thursday the 26th which was the Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st for August:
Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10
This was our booth set up. As always we were selling original art, silkscreen prints, tie dye and more.

I painted my face up in hopes to entice some souls to have their own faces/bodies painted by me for a few bucks:
Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10
(photo by Bert Steele )
...and so it did attract quite a few moms and their kids to have their faces painted:
Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10
and all was well and super fun until the unthinkable happened....Wells Fargo set up a table to "sign up accounts" right next to us!!! I was truly outraged by this and confronted them about it. I pretty much said that i was very uncomfortable with their presence at what is supposed to be a community based independent artwork festival. I hope i made my disgust known enough for them to think twice about setting up again. This may be a sign that its the beginning of the end for the Alberta arts festivals but i am determined to not be too disheartened. We will see how it goes for September's last Thursday art walk.

...Oh and for those who are wondering why my dreads are suddenly red- i colored it with Henna( all natural plant based hair coloring!)
The process was pretty messy and looked something like this:
Henna Bath
but i had fun making the mess as always and the henna was so soothing and healing for my scalp.
The color change was pretty dramatic as you can see- but i love it! Change is good.

Danny has been super busy finsing these huge screens for a Buddha silkscreen/marbling project he has in the works:
buddha screens
As you can see- he is all done with the three screens needed to make up his 3 color Buddha print. Instead of using the photo emulsion method of creating these silkscreens he hand painted them with drawing fluid. The next step is getting all his supplies ready to begin marbling big sheets of paper that he will then print the buddha onto. i cant wait to see the outcome but we have to wait awhile and let the $$ come in so that he can purchase all the supplies.


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a quick snap of Danny and I over the weekend. We spent a good amount of time hanging out on the patio, conversing and drinkin tea.
I hope every one's weekend went well.

more updates coming soon.

Best wishes,
-Chelsea Rose

7 comments:

  1. Wowwww..you look beautiful..love the red dReds my dear..

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  2. Wow! That red henna looks sensational on you. I love the picture of you with your hair and hands all covered in goop!

    I wish I could use henna in my hair. I've tried the black henna several times but my hair doesn't "take" it - after all that mess and fuss my hair is exactly the same colour as when I started!

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  3. Your hair looks beautiful. I love Henna but the red dosen't suit my skin tone it makes my face look red and washed out for some reason...? But I seem to suit blue black hair dye.
    I also love your painting too...:)

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  4. I really like the Harpy! and I agree with Anne-Marie about how fabulous that picture of you with the black goop on your hair is! its stylish in a funny way. The red is fantastic.

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  5. Love the new paintings! What was Wells Fargo doing at an art walk? Horrible. Your hair looks great!

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  6. Really?? Wells Fargo?? Maybe if all the festivals would simply drop their booth rentals more real artists could display their work. The henna is amazing in your hair! Anne-Marie... Have you tried indigo fir your hair?? Totally natural way to dye your hair black. Www.HennaArt.ca is my supplier.

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