Maternity body painting commision, new art prints for sale

Yesterday i did a maternity body painting commission for a local photographer:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4998961568/" title="Waterfall of life body painting - work in progress shot by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Waterfall of life body painting - work in progress shot" height="343" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4998961568_c7ddf05fa7.jpg" width="430" /></a><br />His idea was that he wanted a waterfall to come over his pregnant model's shoulder, flow over the breast, pool in the belly where a small/simplistic baby would be present.<br />...The idea was a clear departure from my usual style which generally consists of flowy/faery/alien goddess creatures so I wasn't sure how i would render this idea. i did some sketching to find my design:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4998957404/" title="Waterfall of life - concept doodle by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Waterfall of life - concept doodle" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4998957404_8da482972d.jpg" width="321" /></a><br />this was the sketch i decided to pull from. As you can see in the actual body painting the waterfall is really the main focus of the piece. I had fun painting it! I started out by outlining all the shapes with black. I then went in and added white highlights to the shapes, then the blue. I then colored in the infant and the sun. Once the sun was in i added some yellow/sun glow highlights to the waves as well. I had an hour and a half to paint it. I wonder how the photographer's shots came out of the body painting. I know he was shooting the photos in his home studio. I will share some of his shots when he posts them.<br /><br />In other news i listed a new drawing of mine for sale in our <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>etsy shop</strong></a>:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4964830399/" title="Tree Maiden by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Tree Maiden" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4964830399_7d053d29da.jpg" width="364" /></a><br />5"x7" art print of original pen and ink drawing<br />"Tree Maiden"<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />Print will come sealed in a crystal clear plastic sleeve to keep it safe. Our prints are made on archival canson artist card paper( has a similar feel to watercolor paper). Makes a wonderful card, gift or decoration.<br /><br />Print available for $7, see shop listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56593638/tree-maiden?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />Also have a new "Perception Mandala" silkscreen print for sale:<br /><img src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.174168081.jpg" /><br />Perception Mandala silkscreen<br />8.75" x 11"<br />hand printed by the artist onto yellow washed watercolor paper<br /><br />This original art work comes sealed inside an archival crystal clear envelope for protection.<br /><br />Selling for $20. check out the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56235185/perception-mandala-silkscreen-print-on?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />...Thats it for now!<br />I did have a body painting planned on Saturday but it was canceled and rescheduled for the weekend of the 25th. The model i will be using is of dark skin so it will be another white paint over black skin body painting for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/sets/72157623003286474/"><strong>my series</strong></a>. She will be my 13th model for my project.<br />So now that i have my Saturday free i think i will be begin a new painting inspired by a very wonderful experience i have just recently had involving a wise/shaman woman teacher who did a Life time animal totem reading for me which was a very powerful thing. I am going to explore...what my soul might look like. Should be interesting painting project, no? My core totem animal is the Otter but i also am surrounded by my other totems which are the black panther, the snake, the deer, the ant, the butterfly,the swan, the fox and the rabbit.<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend.<br />Best wishes and much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Maternity body painting commision, new art prints for sale

Yesterday i did a maternity body painting commission for a local photographer: His idea was that he wanted a waterfall to come over his preg...

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