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!<br />First off i wanted to share some watercolor painting i did over the weekend which are all now available for sale in our <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>etsy shop</strong></a> :<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939021431/" title="Faery ah Glow by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Faery ah Glow" height="242" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4939021431_c257906228.jpg" width="430" /></a><br />Faery ah Glow<br />4" x 6"<br />original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose<br />On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55084034/faery-ah-glow-original-watercolor"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939606280/" title="Harpy at Full Moon by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Harpy at Full Moon" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4939606280_198327be6b.jpg" width="333" /></a><br />Harpy in Moonlight<br />4" x 6"<br />original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose<br />On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55083553/harpy-in-moonlight-original-watercolor"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939606198/" title="Fish of Perception by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Fish of Perception" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4939606198_b66efbb6d6.jpg" width="331" /></a><br />Fish of Perception<br />4" x 6"<br />original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose<br />On sale for $60. Check out the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55082954/fish-of-perception-original-watercolor?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939606142/" title="Conversation with a Pixie by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Conversation with a Pixie" height="336" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4939606142_6f8e5801e9.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Conversation with a Pixie<br />4"x6"<br />Original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose<br />On extra sale for $50. See the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/55082100/pixie-conversation-original-watercolor?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.<br /><br />And some snapshots danny took of me working on these:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939595602/" title="Playing with watercolor by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Playing with watercolor" height="379" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4939595602_ed3882b0d0.jpg" width="440" /></a><br />as you can see i took over the dining room table with my watercolor supplies!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4939595694/" title="Playing with watercolor by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Playing with watercolor" height="335" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4939595694_83d1345b47.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Honestly i had been itching to play with watercolor ever since i sold one of my originals- talk about inspiration and encouragement!<br /><br />In other news- we must now backtrack to Thursday the 26th which was the Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st for August:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4933097304/" title="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10" height="348" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4933097304_a3979838da.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />This was our booth set up. As always we were selling original art, silkscreen prints, tie dye and more.<br /><br />I painted my face up in hopes to entice some souls to have their own faces/bodies painted by me for a few bucks:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4934096310/" title="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4934096310_3ccee5bc41.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(photo by Bert Steele )<br />...and so it did attract quite a few moms and their kids to have their faces painted:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4932504453/" title="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st August '10" height="334" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4932504453_7b79b5fcd6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />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.<br /><br />...Oh and for those who are wondering why my dreads are suddenly red- i colored it with Henna( all natural plant based hair coloring!)<br />The process was pretty messy and looked something like this:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4925380815/" title="Henna Bath by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Henna Bath" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4925380815_5a745465d2.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />but i had fun making the mess as always and the henna was so soothing and healing for my scalp.<br />The color change was pretty dramatic as you can see- but i love it! Change is good.<br /><br />Danny has been super busy finsing these huge screens for a Buddha silkscreen/marbling project he has in the works:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/4942466536/" title="buddha screens by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="buddha screens" height="269" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4942466536_bd38bdf22d.jpg" width="440" /></a><br />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.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4935036795/" title="us by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="us" height="345" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4935036795_471b3d0a4c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />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.<br />I hope every one's weekend went well.<br /><br />more updates coming soon.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />-Chelsea Rose

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...

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Body Painting Commission Photos and Original Watercolor Paintings for sale!

It proved to be a fairly mellow week with some much better behaved weather that did not leave my brain melted into a puddle between my feet.<br />On Tuesday Danny and I drove out to Scholl Oregon to meet a photographer and his pregnant model for a body painting commission.<br />The photographer was hoping for a somewhat "earth mama" vibed body painting since he intended to photograph the maternity shoot amongst Oregon's lush greenery.<br />While i worked Danny took some photos of the process:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4902985729/" title="body paint commission by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="body paint commission" height="335" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4902985729_d99fa7b846.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />As seen in the above photo i started the body painting by blocking out some color and then going into it to create detail and shape in order to create flowers.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4903572064/" title="body paint commission by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="body paint commission" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4903572064_4b95522816.jpg" width="355" /></a><br />The flowers were inspired by the big "dinner plate Dahlia" flowers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4903001441/" title="body paint commission by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="body paint commission" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4903001441_3326193225.jpg" width="348" /></a><br />The lotus was a fun addition with its roots delving into a very mysterious eye. I liked the back piece the best.<br />With this body painting i was trying to part ways a bit from the body painting style i have been using for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/sets/72157623003286474/"><strong>my women's study body painting seires</strong></a>. I want to keep that look of mine soly under my name in hopes that my project will remain consistent and easily recognizable.<br />...Anyhow i am interested to see photos from the photographer and i will share a few with his permission on the blog when he does come out with them.<br /><br />Just yesterday i decided to list more of my original watercolor paintings for sale in my <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>etsy shop</strong></a> so i now pleased to announce that the following three have made it into the shop and are available for purchase:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/3828429394/" title="In Full Bloom by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="In Full Bloom" height="177" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3828429394_45fbe5d55d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Goddess In Full Bloom<br />9" x 12" watercolor painting on watercolor paper<br />by Chelsea Rose<br />Priced at $100<br />click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/54225951/goddess-in-full-bloom-watercolor">here</a> for the sale listing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/3848848951/" title="Evening Gown by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Evening Gown" height="240" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3848848951_94f3021599_m.jpg" width="174" /></a><br />Evening Gown<br />9" x 12"<br />Original watercolor painting on watercolor paper<br />by Chelsea Rose<br />Priced at $100<br />Click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/54225085/evening-gown-original-watercolor?ref=v1_other_2">here</a> for the sale listing.<br /><br />and also:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/3848907245/" title="Sweet Water Gem by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Sweet Water Gem" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3848907245_4109536db1_m.jpg" width="175" /></a><br />Sweet Water Gem<br />9" x 12"<br />original watercolor painting<br />by Chelsea Rose<br />Priced at $100<br />Click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/54222401/sweet-water-gem-mermaid-original?ref=v1_other_2">here</a> for the sale listing.<br /><br />....i will be listing 4 more watercolor paintings for sale in the <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>etsy shop</strong></a> very soon!<br /><br />Otherwise, summer continues to beat its drum and my morning glory flowers are blooming in a fever!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4899362387/" title="Morning glories by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Morning glories" height="422" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4899362387_c767dccb88.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4899377559/" title="morning glory by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="morning glory" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4899377559_e3b29dd2b0.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />....and this pleases me :)<br /><br />Danny got our basil clippings to begin rooting in some of my antique bottles:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4899362351/" title="Rooting Basil in antique bottles by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Rooting Basil in antique bottles" height="335" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4899362351_3efa9e5121.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />...so as of yesterday they have been happily potted on the patio.<br />I love the way the basil smells in the morning and i am greatly anticipating some of danny's home made pesto made from our home grown plant!<br /><br />And here is a look at a goofy pic i took of myself the other day when i was playing around with my locs:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4900001872/" title="mermaid hair by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="mermaid hair" height="240" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4900001872_6c92aba119_m.jpg" width="199" /></a><br />I enjoyed this style because it reminded me of the hair of my current mermaid painting that i am working on:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQiT7mJSp2ZcPgyJhi5DuFIWw-Ge9YPslaTwSUVY7XjPkjJpZnrqFCXxNO-m9gerIM2bKty9rlNAoK75pcDW3s1-RfJDWXN-GjpZvfpupGrtnE_1OzZYQS6O5sF4-cEoHHyjEdPzI9kk/s1600/hair.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507522806197952210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQiT7mJSp2ZcPgyJhi5DuFIWw-Ge9YPslaTwSUVY7XjPkjJpZnrqFCXxNO-m9gerIM2bKty9rlNAoK75pcDW3s1-RfJDWXN-GjpZvfpupGrtnE_1OzZYQS6O5sF4-cEoHHyjEdPzI9kk/s320/hair.jpg" style="WIDTH: 223px; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />see?<br />:P<br />I ordered some Henna dye for my dready tendrils just the other day so if the powder arrives today or tomorrow I may end up with "Irish red" locs for Monday. we shall see!<br />Otherwise, as far as this weekend goes i am pleased to say there are no "big plans." I hope to enjoy, relax and get a bunch of work done on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4894961340/"><strong>mermaid painting</strong></a>. wish me luck!<br /><br />Best wishes and much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose<br /><br />P.S.<br /><em>I am happy to share that my body painting work has been featured in Eva Beyond Reason's blog. Click </em><a href="http://inspirationbeyondreason.blogspot.com/2010/08/body-painting-by-chelsea-rose.html"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a><em> to check it out!<br />Eva, thanks so much for your kindness and support- it means a lot!</em>

Body Painting Commission Photos and Original Watercolor Paintings for sale!

It proved to be a fairly mellow week with some much better behaved weather that did not leave my brain melted into a puddle between my feet....

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Sold an original watercolor, working on my mermaid + summer patio garden pics

So its august, and my birthday is this Sunday! I am turning 23.<br />and so far... I started off my birth week with some awesome surprises/presents such as:<br />I sold an original watercolor painting of mine via <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>our etsy shop</strong></a> the other day!<br />See it here:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/3260470899/" title="Bathing in Babylon by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Bathing in Babylon" height="367" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3260470899_0a20692d85.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />---SOLD---<br />"Bathing in Babylon"<br />original watercolor painting by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />....Yes! she has found a good home and is going to New York, in fact.<br />It is always such an uplifting and exciting thing to sell original work- very inspiring. My heart goes out to those who support the arts!<br />I was pretty surprised that this watercolor sold in our etsy shop seeing that i tend to do better selling inexpensive prints on etsy and have been reluctant to put much of my original painting work up. However, this proves there are certainly interested art collectors on etsy willing to pay an artist a fair sum for original art. Perhaps i will be putting more of my watercolor and my acrylic paintings on etsy for sale in the near future!<br />.....seeing that this watercolor has sold also seems to have made me itch to play with watercolor( its been too long!) so i hope i can manage to play with some this weekend even though its supposed to be retardedly hot.<br /><br />I got another birthday present in the form of a body painting paid commission. A fellow flickr photographer came to me, asking for my body painting services for his planned maternity shoot which he is doing for his portfolio. I happily agreed and i am excited to see how it all comes together since the theme is very "earth mother."<br /><br />Here are two super quick sketches i made to show him my floral ideas for the body painting( i wanted them to look very different from my current <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/sets/72157623003286474/"><strong>women's study body painting series</strong></a>.) :<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeHHXOnY64zVD7GGLX1m_Vyh9q24NWC1FaZGkh6aCLetMvT18SUbbkyXoN2oG5O5HV18ZDYO_fFFAGyzOBwlvUWWKh4qKAVCmygpHVn3SOs5ni7nQ1RYMCVh1qd3KdeF0w6nS8x6LZg/s1600/body_paint_sketch%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504915727099475394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeHHXOnY64zVD7GGLX1m_Vyh9q24NWC1FaZGkh6aCLetMvT18SUbbkyXoN2oG5O5HV18ZDYO_fFFAGyzOBwlvUWWKh4qKAVCmygpHVn3SOs5ni7nQ1RYMCVh1qd3KdeF0w6nS8x6LZg/s320/body_paint_sketch%5B2%5D.jpg" style="WIDTH: 192px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> front details<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSQBB5JL4sY9dAt6cbIKzF6FBnu6YIBmUrCbZK0lqC9PcuXtlgU9kYnPy-CLfp-xFvKLvwPIcXlCOV27XGw_3M7sUL4orhR-4bBRRjpGuBhD3mvkLCriaSXy0_AyrxNVf-kBdHJ1aAvU/s1600/body_paint_sketch%5B2%5Dback.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504916127157529938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSQBB5JL4sY9dAt6cbIKzF6FBnu6YIBmUrCbZK0lqC9PcuXtlgU9kYnPy-CLfp-xFvKLvwPIcXlCOV27XGw_3M7sUL4orhR-4bBRRjpGuBhD3mvkLCriaSXy0_AyrxNVf-kBdHJ1aAvU/s320/body_paint_sketch%5B2%5Dback.jpg" style="WIDTH: 190px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> back details.<br />The photographer said he loved these roughed out ideas- which i will be painting with earth tones of green, brown and reds. The shoot has been set for the 17th. It will be exciting to see how the project comes together. and yes of course i will have Danny with me and he will surely take some photos of the body painting process so i can share in an update entry.<br /><br />In other news I have been doing some more work on my "work in progress" mermaid acrylic painting:<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="308" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4884303844_85e40a04af.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />( sorry for the horrible photo- was taken at night in very low and yellow lighting.)<br />So far i have added a lot more side fins to help fill up space and add more flow and detail. However the painting was striking me as being horribly flat so i started adding bubbles in hopes of concocting some much needed depth. I am still far from finished. I have everything sort of roughed out and now i have to go back in and fine tune. I intend to add more layers of bubble also. And eventually i will have to paint the hands- which i am sure i will avoid till the very end :P<br /><br />On a personal note i have come to terms with my addiction to hats. And while i am comforted by the truth that there are certainly worse addictions to be had...its still a shame!<br />My newest addition to my ever growing collection:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4883696837/" title="Summer gaze by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer gaze" height="450" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4883696837_f21b1724af.jpg" width="341" /></a><br />I found this one in downtown Portland at the skidmore fountain market which we cruised before heading over to the artful Saturday Market. It is purple and green/my favorite color harmony and It was $15 and is made of hemp. It works as a less dramatic sun barrier then my other sun hat which Danny has likened to a sombrero.<br /><br />While this summer has been a relatively mild one- the sun has still been out in force and so my patio garden in flourishing:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4884297216/" title="One summer evening by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="One summer evening" height="410" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4884297216_0bbf9db84b.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />the wild flowers were the first to come up and thus are most mature. However my morning glory vines have sprouted and quickly matured. They are now happily climbing the lattice and the iron work of the patio. Its a shame i took this photo in the evening because by then the 6 big morning glory trumpet flowers had gone to rest so they are not pictured here. But in this photo you can see some of my chamomile- which i just recently harvested a few flower heads to dry and make tea from.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4884293196/" title="summer patio garden by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="summer patio garden" height="364" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4884293196_a2606f9084.jpg" width="450" /></a><br />The basil isn't seen here but its doing well and has gone through its first clippings-Chile sprouts are is still maturing and our fuscia hanging plant is producing all sorts of blooms and attracting hummingbirds to our windows. However my cilantro went to seed before i could even use it for tacos or something!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4884289382/" title="summer says hello by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="summer says hello" height="460" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4884289382_007d69ab24.jpg" width="295" /></a><br />our little growing space may be small but i am thankful for it! I love hanging out on the patio on these long summer evenings with Danny and sushi cat. Summer is full with life right now. In fact just the other day Danny went outside and came back in with a huge pot full of freshly picked wild black berries from the big bushes around our neighborhood- they are everywhere and laden with fruit. Yum Yum.<br />As much as i am enjoying summer I am eagerly awaiting fall which i think is my fave season over here in Portland Oregon. The trees turn such psychedelic shades of orange, yellow and pink! And it starts to get a lil chilly so i get to dress in lots of layers, snug beanies and scarfs. yes! I cant wait.<br /><br />So thats it for now i believe!<br />I wont be doing anything extra for my birthday this year- just hoping to be able to honor, remember and realize all the love and fine points of this super odd world and existence on it.<br /><br />Much love to all,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Sold an original watercolor, working on my mermaid + summer patio garden pics

So its august, and my birthday is this Sunday! I am turning 23. and so far... I started off my birth week with some awesome surprises/presen...

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