Tag: Art

Art Styles and Movements

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Dear Readers,

Today’s blog is going to be a mixture of research and general rambling thoughts, all centred around art style and movements. This is something that has been on my mind a lot and something I want to explore further so I thought that I would take you on my journey with me.

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VOD 1 Uwmei

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I have been streaming my art live on Twitch lately and I decided to download and edit some of the VOD’s (saved copies of the live stream) down into art timelapses which are spedup. I will be posting them on my Youtube. Here if my first one.

In this video I dew my new avatar / faesona. Her name is Uwmei. In future videos you will see that I made an animated version of her as an overlay.

I hope that you enjoy.
Peace and love
Ellie

AWOL again!

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Sorry friends that I have been so quiet.

Over the Christmas period I started doing a lot more digital art and I even managed to get some of them licensed to be turned into Diamond Art Painting kits which is so exciting! (Don’t know what those are? I have a video here explaining Diamond Painting.)

I have still been knitting and crocheting but I now do them more like a hobby and I have been focusing on my art more like a job. I wasn’t sure what to share here but I guess I can keep sharing my arty endeavours with you too. How have you been during my little hiatus?

I have cast on a pair of socks for a friend and I have orders for another 3 pairs all from friends and family.

Have a Crafty Week,
Peace and Love
Ellie

P.s. You can find more of my art on Instagram as @diellataylorart or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Elliementalist

Acrylic paint: Matt varnish test

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Dear Readers,

A few weeks ago I used some heavy structure gel in one of my paintings to give it an impasto look. However I found that from certain angles it reflected light a lot more than the acrylic paint on its own and therefore changed the colour of the painting.

The sun set painting is the specific painting I am referencing

So this week I decided to do a test painting and then varnish it with a Matt varnish to see if I liked the results.

The middle of the painting that looks impasto is done with acrylic and structure gel, the smooth parts are just plain acrylic paint.

Before varnish face on

Before varnish side on

I used one coat of Matt Liquitex varnish to see what the effect would be.

Front on after varnish
Side on after varnish

At the end of the day I think that I prefer it before/without varnish. I think that although the Matt varnish has homogenised the painting I think that it looks more muted and has lost a lot of definition from varnishing.

I don’t think that I will be varnishing my paintings in future. 🙂

Hope that you have been having a lovely crafty weekend.

Peace and love

Ellie xoxox

Art Portfolio update

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Dear Readers,

I am sorry to have neglected you for so long! I have been very absorbed in my painting and creating lately!

Today I updated my art portfolio on this blog and it was a long time coming. It had last been properly updated in 2018 Eeep!

Looking at what I have uploaded this year seems to have been particularily productive in the painting sphere so far. Other years where I painted less I definately knitted and crochet more!

I hope that you are all keeping well.

Peace and Love
Ellie
XOXO