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I’m Going to College!!

Faerydae — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:38:02 +0000

I’ve decided to go back to school and get myself a honest to gosh degree!

And even better, it’s the college of my dreams, the Academy of Art in San Francisco! I have wanted to go there since I was a teenager!!

Now I’m just totally obsessed with trying to earn enough money selling whatever I can to cover the enrollment fee, the application fee and the basic supplies!

Once I actually an enrolled THEN I can start trying to see about loans or financial aid – turns out … while there is aid and help for people that already ARE students, *nothing* appears to exist out there to help a person *BECOME* a student. You actually have to be accepted AND enrolled as a student before any institution will apparently even consider you at all.

Which is REALLY frustrating – I was hoping to get a loan and then use THAT to pay the initial fees, but it doesn’t appear that is remotely a possibility.

Anyways. If you are someone that likes to support my work – NOW is the time to buy, I’m going to be offering a LOT of things that I’d decided to keep for my own collection again, and I’m only really to do this because I’ve decided that my education needs to come first.

My “sale” isn’t so much a sale where I reduce prices – because the truth is, I need to cover these fees if I want to go to college this semester and things just aren’t selling like they used to in this economy – but it is a sale in that I’m willing to let choice pieces go that I had previously decided were not ever going to be for sale ever or ones that I had decided I’d never offer for sale again.

Art Buddies …

Faerydae — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:23 +0000

Man sometimes I miss school (even though it’s been like 2 decades since I’ve been in school, lol) because there was ONE really cool thing about school – my art buddies!

I’ve been having a long term fight with myself to re-find my inner artist – those of you that know me, know that part of my story well. Those that do not know me, well – suffice it to say that I somehow, in my teens buried a very large part of myself without realizing it, and part of that was my art.

I figured it out in my mid-30′s – and have been battling to reconnect to the wildly creative and productive and prolific artist that I truly am inside. It hasn’t been easy, progress has been painfully slow and sometimes there hasn’t been progress at all, but ever so surely, little step by little step, I have been moving back into myself.

I’m really close right now. I can smell it, sometimes – I can almost touch it. It runs under my skin, teases my nerves, flirts with my muses, but dances away, like some succubus that appears and leaves seductively in the night.

I know it’s connected to my spirituality – or rather that it is missing for the same reasons that my spirituality went missing … whatever happened, happened to them both at the same time, awnd they ARE deeply and unabashedly connected and entwined.

I’ve been reclaiming my spirituality at the same time, and I think I’m RIGHT THERE too – almost plugged in … so close, so close. It taunts me even as it lures me in deeper, closer, darker, lighter, until I am doing a strange lurching waltz with some shapeless intangible thing that exists outside of myself whilst at the same time, inside of myself.

I think what’s missing is that communial thing artists have when they get together in a group and create. When they come together and talk regularly. Yes, I know I get this from my myriad of groups, mailing lists, forums, and artist communities online, BUT .. there is something special about when artists are right THERE – in the flesh with you.

It’s a pristine and magical kind of connection – it’s fun and it has it’s own unique charge, it’s own vibe. I seriously need to find me some good art buddies – who like to get together for gab sessions and maybe even a get together to create together. Yeah, that sounds SO cool! I’d love to have art buddies that were local to me and that I could visit regularly!

Does any of this make sense? Shoot, maybe it’s the extra shot of espresso talking. LOL! But all I want to do right now is create, and here I am stuck at work. Ugh. But in my mind, in my psyche, I’m waltzing with my paintbrushes and boogieing down with my clay right now, unchained, untamed, and utterly free. Whee!

Enchanted Doll Artists Conference

Faerydae — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:06:24 +0000

So the OG (OOAKguild.com) is donating things for the EDAC Welcome Bags, and so I made a bunch of keychains to donate!

Thought I’d share a picture of a few of them here just for kicks and giggles!

ADO Challenge – Wonderland

Faerydae — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:18:11 +0000

So I actually DID make this deadline – and I actually finished the DOLL on the morning oif the 8th!

You cannot imagine HOW freaking PROUD I am of myself.

Sadly I did get pretty sick – went home from work even which I try to never do – and have been down with a nasty flu bug until this morning. So I was not able to post my pictures up until now … but at least I’m feeling much better so yay anyways!

Anyways … here’s my challenge doll …

Mad Hatter Merman

Hopefully I will get better pictures of him soon – I didn’t get time to finish his base, and I screwed up his platter to hold the teacup and teapot, and I need to get some mousse to style his hair and then deal with the whole unbalanced issue and whatnot … but still, I FINISHED A DOLL BY A DEADLINE!!!

Which – if you do not know me – you cannot understand what a MONUMENTAL achievement that is for the likes of myself! LOL!

Getting Closer …

Faerydae — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:18:41 +0000

Well I have a lot more left to do, but I am a heck of a lot closer on finishing my ADO challenge!

Yay me!

Mermaids and Sexy Nudes, oh My! ACEOs, Paintings & Bookmarks

Faerydae — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:29:28 +0000

I’m sculpting again! :)

Faerydae — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:01:40 +0000

Last week a certain friend of mine *coff*jesi*coff* has boldly challenged me to take the ADO challenge.

Soooo I have been working on my little guy .. albeit a little slowly … but I’m actually making strides!

I am giving myself permission to be as imperfect as I want to be and just GET HIM DONE! LOL

Soooo we shall see what we shall see!

New Fairy and Mermaid Art listed on eBay!

Faerydae — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:03:39 +0000

Just listed a bunch of stuff on eBay!!

Tieve : Woodland Fairy Double-Sided ACEO
Auction starts tomorrow at 5pm Pacific Time

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485956771

Keelin: Leaf Fae Double-Sided ACEO
Auction starts tomorrow at 5pm Pacific Time

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485946891

Noya: Mermaid ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485833370

Tish: Sexy Nude Original ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485836072

Layla : Mermaid Watercolor Painting (4 x 6 painting – not a print)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485039599

Jacqueline : Mermaid Watercolor Painting (8 x 10 painting – not a print)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230485039508

Bella: Mermaid ACEO Print

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230482166473

Raelin: Mermaid ACEO Print

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230482123053

Black & White Mermaid Printed Art Bookmark

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230482166193

Thanks for looking!

New! Mermaids & a Woodland Fairy!

Faerydae — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:30:09 +0000

So I’ve been busy, I have! lol

I finally finished a couple of WIPs and also started and completed another one.

Layla : Mermaid OSWOA

Layla is my first painting that I did not ink in the line art first before painting, and I really like the end result!

Muireann : Irish Mermaid ACEO

I did this for St. Paddy’s day, but only got her finished this weekend, LOL!

Tieve : Woodland Fairy ACEO

This is my second try at painting without inking in the line art first and I think that she turned out wonderful!

This it the backside to Tieve:

I will have these listed on eBay tonight, so keep an eye out for them!!

New sexy ACEOs on eBay! Even a guy! Hah-cha-cha!

Faerydae — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:23:03 +0000

Going going gone!!

Jenn: Sexy Nude ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230429453387

Original ACEOs…

Goblin Queen ACEO : Marvel Comics X-men

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430242296

Wonder Woman ACEO #2

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430239225

Jake: Sexy Nude ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430440359

Mariah: Sexy Nude ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430442343

Yvonne: Sexy Nude ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430443334

Makenzie: Sexy Nude ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230430447324

Kathy: Doodle-Art ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230429454305

Millie: Sexy Doodle-Art ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230429453704

Dee: Sexy Doodle-Art ACEO

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230429453953

Thanks for looking!