Three New Pen and Ink Drawings, a mermaid, faery and a dancing pixie boy

Its Monday already?<br />Had a nice weekend relaxin and working on art projects. I managed to finish my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5708700299/in/photostream/"><strong>Warrior Woman</strong></a> painting, photos will be posted of that soon.<br /><br />I also managed to get off my butt and scan some of my most recent pen and ink drawings:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5724866087/" title="Graceful messenger by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Graceful messenger" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5724866087_45e044774f.jpg" width="339" /></a><br />"Graceful Messenger" Original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5725412320/" title="Merlady by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Merlady" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5725412320_a7012e5e9a.jpg" width="371" /></a><br />Mermaid pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5724866085/" title="Dancing Fae Boy by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Dancing Fae Boy" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/5724866085_620ec46509.jpg" width="326" /></a><br />Dancing Pixie boy - original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />.....Perhaps these will be made into paintings one of these days.<br /><br />Also check out my better half's most recent music release: <img src="http://assets.podomatic.net/mymedia/thumb/1302932/285%3E_4422526.jpg?1304552072" /><br />Bone and All: Audio Entheogens Vol. 3 - <a href="http://boneandall.podomatic.com/entry/2011-05-04T16_29_11-07_00"><strong>take a listen</strong></a>, let the vibrations transport you.<br />"Entheogens are a psychoactive substance used for spiritual or shamanic means. Entheogens are mostly derived from plants, but can also been found deep in the vibrations of audio waves.<br />In Audio Entheogens Volume 3 we have more original tracks produced by Bone and All. Opening with the vibrations of "be" that warps into "Persistence of Time", then we dive back into the rolling vibrations of the piece simply titled "be", followed by a voyage out into the aether realm with the "psychedelic eye", and finally, transcending the self through a track known as "up" that features a few words from Alen Watts."<br /><br />Much love!<br />-Chelsea Rose

Three New Pen and Ink Drawings, a mermaid, faery and a dancing pixie boy

Its Monday already? Had a nice weekend relaxin and working on art projects. I managed to finish my Warrior Woman painting, photos will be p...

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Art Market , Up Coming Gallery Shows and More

So, my face is a lil burned from all the sun we had over the weekend. My good sense was over ruled by my body's thirst for the warmth of sun on my skin...but i will survive!<br />Had a nice two days down at the <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>Portland Saturday Market</strong></a> during which we debuted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/sets/72157624413296038/"><strong>Danny's Ebru Screen print work</strong></a> for sale. Check out our setup with the addition of more art:<br /><a title=""><img alt="Portland Saturday Market" height="255" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5680623786_55acf8a493.jpg" style="WIDTH: 428px; HEIGHT: 207px" width="500" /></a><br />So far we have gotten a great response towards the new prints for sale!<br />We are at the Portland Saturday Market selling art every weekend, come say Hi and check out our work if your in town.<br /><br />I have been using the time spent sitting at the market to do lots of drawing:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5680922828/" title="Drawing time by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Drawing time" height="335" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5680922828_bafc7c8fc9.jpg" style="WIDTH: 429px; HEIGHT: 291px" width="500" /></a><br />....Now if only I could find the time to scan and post all this new work!<br /><br />In other news, I am very excited to be showing a few of my "Goddess In All Of Us" body art photographs in this wonderful group show:<br />"Body of Work-contemporary perspectives on the human form."<br />Opening is 1st Friday May6th 6-9pm<br />@ <a href="http://www.codapdx.com/first-fridays.html"><strong>The CODA gallery</strong></a> in SE Portland.<br /><img height="361" src="http://www.codapdx.com/uploads/6/9/9/5/6995007/6503972.jpg?573" width="456" /><br /><br />See you there?<br /><br />With Love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Art Market , Up Coming Gallery Shows and More

So, my face is a lil burned from all the sun we had over the weekend. My good sense was over ruled by my body's thirst for the warmth of...

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New Pen and Ink Drawings

<div align="left">Its April already? In Portland we broke the 60 degree mark for the 1st time yesterday. Still feels like winter to me! Thus in the evenings I am still tucking myself in a lot, puttin on a good movie and drawing.</div><br /><div align="left">Here are some recents:</div><br /><div align="left"><img alt="Do you like my Fancy Hat?" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5578789830_733c5a0b7a.jpg" width="366" /> </div><br /><div align="left">"Do You Like My Fancy Hat?" </div><br /><div align="left">original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose </div><br /><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5578789802/" title="Goddess of the Fields by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Goddess of the Fields" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5578789802_9d1ba0423a.jpg" width="371" /></a> </p><br /><p>"Goddess Of the Fields" </p><br /><p>Original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose </p><br /><p>In other news, I shall be selling my art this weekend at the <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/">Portland Saturday Market</a>. If you are in town, come on down and say hi! </p><br /><p>Peace n Love, -Chelsea Rose</p>

New Pen and Ink Drawings

Its April already? In Portland we broke the 60 degree mark for the 1st time yesterday. Still feels like winter to me! Thus in the evenings I...

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Finished Acrylic painting and new Goddess Posters for sale!

Good Morning! I have survived another weekend and have some fruits of labor to share with you.<br /><br />Over the weekend I managed to finish up this painting I have been working on:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5525802070/" title="finished painting by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="finished painting" height="339" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5525802070_c59764a2d3.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(Angel or Alien?<br />14"x14" orginal acrylic painting on canvas<br />by Chelsea Rose )<br />...I took this photo as the gloss varnish was drying.<br /><br />She started off as a pen and ink drawing i did a couple months back:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5326437220/" title="Alien or Angel? by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Alien or Angel?" height="240" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5326437220_0eef1bde4b_m.jpg" width="195" /></a><br />(original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br />...its always interesting to see what sort of changes the original concept drawing goes through as i work on turning it into a painting. I had a lot of fun painting this peice because I used my two favoerite colors as my pallete basis: green and purple. I did a video/time lapse recording of me putting the first layers of color on the painting. check out my work in progress video <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5406436223/in/photostream/"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />So now that she is done I need to decide on which of the following drawings to turn into a painting next....<br /><br />This one:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5467581518/" title="Mistress and the Orb by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mistress and the Orb" height="240" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5467581518_07aa3cbb44_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />(Misstress of the Orb, orginal pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br />Or this one:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5332512460/" title="Bulb Goddess by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Bulb Goddess" height="240" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5332512460_f70e13a486_m.jpg" width="196" /></a><br />(Bulb Goddess, orginal pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br />....which one do you think I should paint next?<br /><br />I am also in the process of releasing some new prints I had made of some of the photos from my The Goddess In All of Us series.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5525802064/" title="projects by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="projects" height="335" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5525802064_e606e98ea8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />In this photo you see the Goddess posters: size 13"x19" which I am selling for $20 each.<br /><br /><img height="332" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.226962267.jpg" style="WIDTH: 473px; HEIGHT: 301px" width="521" /><br />This shows the 8"x10" prints which I am selling for $15 each.<br />I am working on getting all of these new prints avilaible in <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>our etsy shop</strong></a> for purchase. Should be all listed and ready for purcahse by tonight. So keep an eye on the shop for our new listings!<br /><br />Thats it for now!<br />Much love and many blessings,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Finished Acrylic painting and new Goddess Posters for sale!

Good Morning! I have survived another weekend and have some fruits of labor to share with you. Over the weekend I managed to finish up this ...

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New pen and Ink drawing + Danny's PDX love show art sale!

Helloness!<br /><br />I wish I had more photos and things to share but we have been so busy there hasn't been much time for documenting all the happenings.<br />But!<br />I did manage to scan a new drawing of mine:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5467581518/" title="Mistress and the Orb by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mistress and the Orb" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5467581518_07aa3cbb44.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />"Mistress and the Orb"<br />original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />and then I have some exciting news!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab"><strong>Danny</strong></a> and I went to the closing night of the Portland Love Show and were thrilled when we realized that his Ganesha piece sold!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5443041545/" title="Portland Love Show 2011 by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland Love Show 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5443041545_354a3ed874.jpg" width="387" /></a><br />Here he is standing with his sold art piece: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5424746893/"><strong>Ganesha two layer Ebru(Turkish paper marbling) silkscreen mono print</strong></a><strong><br /></strong>We were lucky enough to meet the purchasers and they were very kind, sweet people.<br />The support is very inspiring :)<br /><br />In other news, we are busily preparing for the <a href="http://snackword.netfirms.com/seportlandartwalk.com/default.htm"><strong>SE art walk</strong></a> coming up this weekend! We will be in The GalleryHomeland building along with 30+ artists. We are sharing the space, some of us downstairs, some in the lobby, we are in the upstairs area( so far as i know.) I was up until about 1:30am last night doing a mock vending booth setup in our living room so we would know what our plan of attack is, what is still needed...stuff like that. We still have some printing/packaging that needs to be done but I THINK thats about it. I am very excited to participate in this- its my first time. More updates on all this soon.<br /><br />How was your weekend? Keepin busy?<br />Much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

New pen and Ink drawing + Danny's PDX love show art sale!

Helloness! I wish I had more photos and things to share but we have been so busy there hasn't been much time for documenting all the hap...

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New Pen and Ink drawings

Hello all,<br /><br />I have been getting back into the habit of drawing and wanted to share with you these two new pen and ink illustrations I did this week:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5326437220/" title="Alien or Angel? by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Alien or Angel?" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5326437220_0eef1bde4b.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />(original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5332512460/" title="Bulb Goddess by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Bulb Goddess" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5332512460_f70e13a486.jpg" width="408" /></a><br />(original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br />With the cold and darkness of winter it seems I have fallen into a bit if a routine involving a lot of time cuddled up on the couch with my cat, my man, my sketch book and movies. Although recently I have been watching not much else other then episodes of Doctor Quinn Medicine woman( I love that show! I am so glad i can get the episode discs from netflix), Full Metal Alchemist( such a strange story line!) and X files( of course.) Recently I have found that i feel a lot less guilty about sitting around on my rump so much if i happen to be doing some drawing at the same time. So yes, I am sure there will be more drawings soon enough.<br /><br />I was looking through some pictures files the other day and came across this photo:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5326437186/" title="window into summer2010 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="window into summer2010" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5326437186_86c66b2f69.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />This was taken during last summer. Right-now in winter with all this cold and dark it is strange to realize only a few months ago our lil patch of world was so much hotter and brighter. The weather report claims snow for Tuesday and Wednesday, we shall see about that.<br /><br />Anyhow, I cant even begin to tell you how thankful i am that its Friday.<br /><br />Do enjoy the weekend.<br /><br />Much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

New Pen and Ink drawings

Hello all, I have been getting back into the habit of drawing and wanted to share with you these two new pen and ink illustrations I did thi...

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New Drawing, tie dye, Buddha Project work in porgress photos

I am pleased to introduce you to Her Imperil Majesty, Elephantress:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5092110535/" title="Elephantress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Elephantress" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5092110535_c0f17a89bf.jpg" width="391" /></a><br />Original pen and ink drawing<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />.....I have always though Elephants held an air of majestic and regal grace so honestly putting one in a fancy court dress wasn't to big of a stretch for my imagination. Also, Elephants are my cousin Allie's fave animal as well as my boyfriends....so i had to try my hand at them at least once. I like her fancy trunk glove/sock or cozy..whatever you want to call it :P<br /><br />...so yes, as you can see i did a bit of drawing over the weekend. I also prepped some painting surfaces for new works in progress. This is what my art table looked like over the weekend:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5092237872/" title="work bench by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="work bench" height="335" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5092237872_af2c954a48.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />...the art room got a lot of use in the last couple days.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab">Danny</a> has been quite busy working on his Ebru( Turkish marbling) and silkscreen Buddha project. He has finished the marbling portion and moved on to silk screening his 3 color Buddha prints onto the marbled sheets.<br /><br />Here some shots i took when he was "Dropping Paint, Not Bombs" :<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5092673572/" title="drop paint not bombs by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="drop paint not bombs" height="448" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5092673572_d832490a0a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />...and then the screen printing madness over the weekend:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5093920294/" title="buddha project by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="buddha project" height="285" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5093920294_c389507458.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />....getting the line up right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5092793904/" title="buddha project... by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="buddha project..." height="285" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5092793904_1dce807f7b.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />...taking a deep breath before putting down the first layer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5093920496/" title="buddha project by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="buddha project" height="289" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5093920496_964e416370.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />pushing the paint for the first layer- note the ridiculous HUGE squeegee!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5093320975/" title="buddha project by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="buddha project" height="285" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5093320975_9fd60489fb.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />...pulling the second color. The final color went on as a light lime green for the Buddha's highlights. I have no posted pictures of that yet but i imagine they will be up soon for viewing.<br />Neat huh?<br /><br />In other news i had rather nostalgic moment this weekend when digging around in various boxes in the art room i came across news articles that my mom must have saved for me from the West side Weekly- one of which a photo of me participating in a sculpting class at age 7 is shown on the front cover followed by a quote in the article saying "I love doing the painting, you can make anything you want. What I love most of all is getting the paint on myself."<br />The photo below the main photo was taken of me at age 7 also in one of the Arts Mecca's painting classes:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5091891982/" title="Venice Arts Mecca by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Venice Arts Mecca" height="242" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5091891982_169d116579.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />( to read the snip it of article just click on this thumbnail and view large.)<br />...the Venice Arts Mecca was an amazing gift. their classes were more like free-for alls where freedom of expression reigned supreme before rules of technique. The program was given freely to the "underprivileged" youths of Venice, CA. I took many classes there ranging from photography, dark room, Polaroid transfer, painting, clay work, creative writing and more.<br />I wish that more programs like this existed today, throughout the world- they really do make a huge difference. <a href="http://www.venice-arts.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.venice-arts.org/</a><br /><br />...and Lastly:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5091727931/" title="Saying goodbye to summer by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Saying goodbye to summer" height="285" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5091727931_3a3a10c395.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />I know summer is long gone but its just begun to really feel that way. The wind is cold, first frost approaches, my morning glory vines have died out including my other potted wildflower garden. This weekend i took down the wasted vines, flowers...consolidated the left of soil and stacked empty pots. My patio is now bare save for my basil, chamomile and Chile plants which i will be bringing inside very soon in hopes of keeping them alive for winter. while i am sad to watch the "abundance" of summer come to a close i am elated at the changes in the air, the glow of fall in the trees...the inevitable "rest" of winter.<br />....but its photos like this, taken in summer's height that will help get through the coming months of getting up in the dark chill( but i really do love winter!!)...and spring is such a miracle- to watch the green roll back in with such force! i cant wait to have my morning glory vines growing and flowering again. this time i will start the seeds indoors as soon as spring hits. should be good.<br /><br />So that's it for now, more coming soon as always.<br /><br />...and remember kids, Drop Paint, Not Bombs.<br />-Chelsea Rose<br />Lucid Optic Lab

New Drawing, tie dye, Buddha Project work in porgress photos

I am pleased to introduce you to Her Imperil Majesty, Elephantress: Original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose .....I have always though E...

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Spirit Walker pen and ink drawing + painting in progress and new tie dye shirts

This weekend was one of those rainy, stay at home, draw, bake goodies and watch a bunch of movies kind of weekend.<br /><br />I drew Spirit Walker:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5005697391/" title="Spirit walker by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Spirit walker" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5005697391_a948ae018e_z.jpg" width="466" /></a><br />( original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose)<br />I have made 5"x7" prints of her available on etsy- <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56923551/spirit-walker-goddess-pen-and-ink"><strong>click here</strong></a>!<br /><br />and then i hastened to start a lil painting of her:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5005266196/" title="Spirit painting work in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Spirit painting work in progress" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5005266196_112516f73d_z.jpg" width="428" /></a><br />...work in progress shot of my lil painting. I think its a 6" x 9" stretched canvas piece. I wanted to do her large initially since she has lots of detail and the image is long but realized i had this 6" x 9" to work on. I guess small is better these days because if patron's are interested in purchasing they are generally less then the bigger paintings. But i really do adore working larger and have often dreamed of doing a mural- it will happen one day!<br /><br />Speaking of big check this out:<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs670.snc4/61072_1644411229994_1228268935_31790896_3791535_n.jpg" /><br />A photograph from my body painting series has been hung in the Portland Museum of Art!!!<br /><br />...just kidding...<br />I WISH i could print my photos this big and have a place to display them but no. I had waaay to much fun playing with this <a href="http://www.dumpr.net/museumr.php"><strong>website</strong></a>.<br /><br />In other news..... new tie dye creations for sale:<br /><img src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.175971107.jpg" /><br />Divine Purple Green tie dye shirt<br />size: large<br />bust: 40"<br />hips: 50"<br />On sale for $20. check out the shop listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56773027/divine-purple-green-tie-dye-shirt"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />Also done up in Green and Blue:<br /><img src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.175976576.jpg" /><br />Green Blue Vortex tie dye shirt<br />100% cotton<br />bust: 43"<br />hips: 44"<br />also selling for $20 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56774837/green-blue-vortex-tie-dye-shirt?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />and lastly:<br /><img src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.175968725.jpg" /><br />Divine Blue Green Spiral tie dye<br />100% cotton<br /><br />Size: 2XL<br />bust: 48"<br />hips: 50"<br /><br />also for $20 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56772447/divine-blue-green-spiral-tie-dye?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />Anyhoo....my 13th body painting session of my series was canceled for the 18th and is now on for the 25th. So hopefully some new body painting photos shall be created soon and i shall be sharing them next week.<br /><br />Peace n Love!<br />-Chelsea Rose

Spirit Walker pen and ink drawing + painting in progress and new tie dye shirts

This weekend was one of those rainy, stay at home, draw, bake goodies and watch a bunch of movies kind of weekend. I drew Spirit Walker: ( o...

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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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Mermaid Dreams- finished painting + painting process photos

I finished her...i finally finished my mermaid, whom i have been fighting with for months now!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4984952861/" title="Mermaid Dreams by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mermaid Dreams" height="481" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4984952861_e8c0eacbe4.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Mermaid Dreams<br />20" x 24"<br />Original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose<br />$330( see sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56233789/mermaid-dreams-original-acrylic-painting"><strong>here</strong></a> )<br /><br />....I am kinda surprised at how long i took to paint this one! I began painting her on canvas in July but the initial pen and ink drawing that inspired the painting came way way before then:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/3879438665/" title="love thy self by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="love thy self" height="391" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3879438665_387a2a4a05.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />"Love thy Self"<br />original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br />Prints are available for $7 <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/43547928/love-thy-self-mermaid-art-print"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />......she was a quick drawing that i made last year sometime. Initially i loved her pose and the feelings she conveyed but disliked the drawing. Eventually i decided to make prints available and quickly noted she became one of my best selling drawings.<br /><br />I also ended up making a pen and ink over acrylic version which was done on masonite for a commision. I created an extra one in yellow... which i still have:<br /><img src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.154472056.jpg" /><br />...she is up for sale as well, going for $40. Check out the listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50347401/yellow-mermaid-ink-over-acrylic-painting"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />After some time i felt the need to do a big acrylic painting of a mermaid and decided to model it after my pen and ink drawing above.<br />So i used the original drawing and projected the image onto canvas where i traced the basic outlines to create the framework of the painting.<br /><br />A snapshot of the paintings humble beginnings:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4816821249/" title="work in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="work in progress" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4816821249_4de12df6d0.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />...this shows the very first layering's of color i began with. I was still in the "feeling things out" stage at this point. If you compare it to the finished product a bunch of these changed!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4827974753/" title="Working on my Mermaid by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Working on my Mermaid" height="359" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4827974753_c11946a553.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />....as you can see here the very first thing i did was restructure the face and remake the headdress/hair. I got rid of the lil bindy and added a third eye instead. The lil "nubs" i had sprouting from the head wasn't cutting it so i added, tentacles, fin like dread tendrils instead- which was a lot of fun to paint because of all the lil loops and spirals i got to play with.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4874075534/" title="work in progress- mermaid by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="work in progress- mermaid" height="383" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4874075534_8cc109fda2.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />....I took the painting out to a few of the local art fairs so that i could work on her while i was tending the booth. It was this day that i did a lot of work on the tail. As seen here i added a lot more side fin to the lower tail. I was also beginning to contemplate the stark emptiness of the background and was throwing around the idea of adding fish, another mermaid....anything!<br />I was happy to get a lot of questions and general interest when out and about with the painting but what was most bazaar is almost everyone asked me if i was painting MYSELF as the mermaid. I really had not intended this to be some kind of self portrait but a lot of people insisted on it. This made me smile and remember something someone very close to me said as a lil girl. My mom worked for an old Hebrew mystic who was also an amazing painter( he was very old school and used egg tempera paint that he made himself) and he used to always say to me " A true artist only ever paints themselves," wether they mean it or not- this always made me giggle.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4884303844/" title="bubbles-work in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="bubbles-work in progress" height="358" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4884303844_85e40a04af.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />( sorry for this photos horrid quality)<br />....Here you can see i added big poofy hip side fins and finally began to remedy the "emptiness" of the background with bubbles.<br />The bubbles started out here and there...and i really liked the depth they began to suggest so i decided to keep them and expand upon them bit by bit.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4894961340/" title="Mermaid-work in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mermaid-work in progress" height="379" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4894961340_97bc34f1e9.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />....the bubbles kept on multiplying. I started adding smaller lil jets of silvery bubbles and made the bottom of the canvas a darker blue to help hint at deep dark sea.<br />I took the above photo on my birthday- Aug.15 and so the painting sat untouched for quite some time. I was pretty unhappy with it at this point. I felt all the bubbles crowded the image...and i detested the fact that it was now time to work on the hands( my least fave part of any drawing/painting i do.) The painting was pretty much in this same state when i finally promised myself i would finish it up this past weekend- no matter what!<br />I did all the finishing work in about 6 hours which included darkening the bottom sea again, adding more bubbles, removing some bubbles, adding more shimming light from above, going back into all the of color for one last "ping" of color, going over all the black outlines and adding more spiraling and detail, added a few more spiral tendrils of hair, more color and volume to the closed eyelids, blue to skin and lips( to make her look more like she is in water), and finally the hands( which i spent about a half an hour muttering and cursing under my breath as i worked at them in a frenzy to some extremely horrible and chaotic sitar music...and was very close to having a nervous breakdown. Luckily Danny saved me by turning the music off which kind of broke the spell and i was able to get the hands to somewhat behave finally.)<br /><br />So yes...she is done! Did i mention i love mermaids very muchly so and they have always been a folk symbol that i deeply identified with? I was drawing bare breasted mermaids when i was 5 and never did stop. I grew up at the beach, lolling in the whiteraff with my legs firmly held together as i pretended to be a lovely flesh eating mermaid hunting the local tourists and surfers.<br />They will always fascinate me and when ever i am in the water- be it a pool, ocean or river you ll see me swimming fast and furious, legs held firmly together like a mermaid.<br /><br />Much love and many blessings,<br />-Chelsea Rose<br /><br />P.S.<br />Lots of body painting coming up. This Thursday i will be doing a paid commission body painting with a local photographer. On Saturday i will be doing a body painting of mine for my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/sets/72157623003286474/"><strong>body painting series</strong></a>. So stay tuned.

Mermaid Dreams- finished painting + painting process photos

I finished her...i finally finished my mermaid, whom i have been fighting with for months now! Mermaid Dreams 20" x 24" Original a...

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New Pen and Ink drawings + weekend projects and news

3 day weekends are a total blessing, i got a lot of work done!<br />Too bad i was oblivious to this fact come Monday morning. I got up for work 10 mins after my alarm was to go off... so i threw on my clothes, grabbed a hard-boiled egg and ran out the door to get to my bus stop. Got there 2 mins early and waited....and waited...and waited and then thought to-myself " why have i only seen a few cars go bye? why is this Monday so eerily quiet?" And... then i looked across the street to a stores signboard that read " Happy Labor day!"<br />.... So i laughed at myself, went home, watched "Howls Moving Castle" for probably the 42nd time and did some drawing:<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 />Original pen and ink drawing by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />-this was drawn for a commission I am working on currently. A patron requested I do smaller somewhat more "approachable" version of my other tree maiden painting called <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4513340531/in/set-72157610826099576/"><strong>Rainbow Roots Dread Goddess</strong></a>. Hopefully she likes this preliminary drawing and i will soon be painting her on canvas.<br /><br />I like the drawing enough to be considering offering prints of her for sale. what do you think?<br /><br />Saturday and Sunday were also project filled art days.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4962524370/" title="Projects by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Projects" height="235" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4962524370_887446922b.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />As you can see my art table got quite busy in the process which resulted in a few finished pieces that are now available for purchase:<br /><br />Green River Spirit:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4962134646/" title="Green River Spirit by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Green River Spirit" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4962134646_343f8260a5.jpg" width="399" /></a><br /><br />Green River Spirit<br />8"x 10"<br />pen and ink drawing over acrylic paint on Masonite board<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />Gloss varnished and ready to hang as is.<br />Just listed for $40. check out the listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55614691/green-river-spirit-pen-and-ink-drawing"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />also in blue:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4962134362/" title="Blue River Spirit by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Blue River Spirit" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4962134362_08450b80c0.jpg" width="391" /></a><br />Blue River Spirit<br />8"x 10"<br />pen and ink drawing over acrylic paint on Masonite board<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />Gloss varnished and ready to hang as is.<br />also selling for $40. Check out listing for more details and photos <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55615409/blue-river-spirit-pen-and-ink-drawing?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />Also made one that i put on SALE :<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4961539089/" title="Purple Gowned Fae by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Purple Gowned Fae" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4961539089_6d7e1f422e.jpg" width="396" /></a><br />8"x 10"<br />pen and ink drawing over acrylic paint on Masonite board<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />Gloss varnished and ready to hang as is.<br />(colors in picture may vary slightly from original art work)<br /><br />* This is a SALE item due to a small defect in the gloss varnish that can be seen in the last photo of this listing.<br />On SALE for only $20. view this sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55615842/sale-purple-gowned-fae-pen-and-ink?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />And lastly here is my Yellow Gowned Fae:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4962134242/" title="Yellow Gowned Fae by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Yellow Gowned Fae" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4962134242_3dcb028e6a.jpg" width="398" /></a><br />9" x 7"<br />pen and ink drawing over acrylic paint on Masonite board<br />by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />Gloss varnished and ready to hang as is.<br />Selling for $25. available for purchase <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55616936/yellow-gowned-pixie-pen-and-ink-drawing?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>here. </strong></a><br /><br />And if you are curious about how i make these here is the scoop:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4435425408/" title="works in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="works in progress" height="161" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4435425408_6c030c63ce_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />First i start out by painting a canvas or board with a single color of acrylic paint. I am then using india ink pens to draw directly ontop of the acrylic color. Often i am by hand reproducing some of my original drawings this way and because of this hands on process each one comes out slightly different in lineweight and detail. I have found this process works really well in creating an elegant and original art piece that i can sell for a very affordable price.<br />I have many more available for purchase in <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>my etsy shop</strong></a>.<br /><br />Also, over the weekend i had fun matting and framing some of my recent 4" x 6" watercolor paintings:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4962539726/" title="Watercolor Harpy framed by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Watercolor Harpy framed" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4962539726_bcb10c9bf0.jpg" width="371" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55083553/harpy-in-moonlight-original-watercolor"><strong>Harpy in Moonlight</strong></a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.172099003.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55084034/faery-ah-glow-original-watercolor"><strong>Faery ah Glow</strong></a><br /><br /><img src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.172099847.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55082954/fish-of-perception-original-watercolor"><strong>Fish of Perception</strong></a><strong><br /></strong><br /><img src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.172100306.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55082100/pixie-conversation-original-watercolor?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>Conversation with a Pixie</strong></a><strong><br /></strong><br />......i found it really interesting how different the paintings looked when framed! Honestly its the first time i have nicely framed any of my work and i really enjoyed it. Too bad matting and framing can be so expensive because it can really make a huge difference presentation wise.<br /><br />...Anyhow the ongoing list of projects continue. For this week's Friday blogpost i will be showing a step by step "work in progress" documentation involving silk screening and the drawing fluid method.<br />I also have a few body painting sessions coming up so stay tuned.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />-Chelsea Rose

New Pen and Ink drawings + weekend projects and news

3 day weekends are a total blessing, i got a lot of work done! Too bad i was oblivious to this fact come Monday morning. I got up for work 1...

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