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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Global Talent search -Farmers Market Tote bag part2

Hello, welcome to the second part of the behind the scenes of my submission for the Global Talent Search contest.
Here you can check the part 1 of my post about the creative process, inspiration and painting media.

In this post you will see the texture process which I added to create the illusion of raw hemp fabric, since I though that if I wanted to produce this Tote bag I will prefer doing it in recycled polyester material to create a more resistant & sustainable tote bag and with the possibility of keeping all the hand painted details of the illustration.

In the image below you can see how the texture was created with colored pencils and carbon pencil, vertical and horizontal lines helped to get the woven effect of the raw hemp fabric. In this stage the my beautiful autumn girl, didn't had a face, this was the very last stage & one of the most important parts of the whole illustration.

In the image below you can see the tiny detail of the facial expression, the pen there is a 0.1 pen! This for me was the biggest challenge in the process because a little mistake could actually ruin the whole illustration.
I practiced aside the eyes ,pinky cheeks and heart mouth I usually draw and part of the facial features for my characters.
I wanted to create a warm ,ethereal expression suitable of the delicacy of her body language. At the end she is a ballerina dancing ballet over a tiny mushroom with a tree in her head.

This is the picture of when I put pencils, brushes and pens down, the image was finalized and the next step was to move from the drawing table to the computer I planned to add the typography in Adobe Illustrator because I wanted a better definition on the hand written lettering I was going for.

This is the final image which I used for the assignement:

I had already hand sketched the lettering I was going for along the phrase I wanted to use. For me the first thing that came to my mind when I thought in a farmers market was "fresh" not only thinking about the products sold there but also the freshness of an open environment, the people relaxed around and even the music I was hearing in my inspiration story thatI had in mind since I started to work in this piece. The whole scene was playing in my head for over 2 weeks until I saw it in the reality of the illustration.

I wanted to create a coordinate for the illustration that I could use for the tote bag handles, sides, bottom and interior trimming. Since part of my inspiration was the Mexican market I created lines with the brightest colors of the main illustration with a stripes pattern in reference of a Mexican "sarape" fabric.

I wanted to play with a 3D mock up and I came with the idea to play with a miniature one. So I created the pattern of the tote bag , I printed it and constructed the mock up, then the fun started, I needed to find little nature that simulate what you can get in the market. Once you start observing you can find the smallest flowers and plants you can imagine with perfect shapes and colors.

I made 2 sizes of the mock up a tiny one and a super tiny, I just wanted to play around, in the image below you can see them compared with a normal size pen so you can get the complete idea of the scale.

I added a illustrated image/logo of my self and I submitted my final piece.

I can not express how much I enjoyed creating this piece, every part of the process was totally me, what I love to do, the way I love to create, and they way I would like not only to create an art piece but also how to incorporate this illustration to a real product, the materials I would use and even what I would like to put in it.

I put lots of work time & effort , lots of love & hope . I did my best and everything that was on my hands to make this piece stand out. Now I leave to faith.

On September 3rd the public gallery will be open for public voting, 5 designers will be selected by the jury and 1 more will be selected by the public voted. The 6 semifinalist will be announced on September 10. Here you can find the schedule.

I am sure you will enjoy the fantastic pieces created for this assignments, there is too much talent around!

I just want to wish the other 49 participants lots of luck because I believe all of us are putting our heart and souls in this contest.

Stay tuned!, I hope you enjoy the Global Talent search extravaganza in this upcoming days and of course if you like my illustration, I will certainly appreciate your votes and your help to get more of them so I can pass to the final!

Love

Rosie

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Brushes and acrylics out, getting ready for a new adventure!!

I am sooo happy I will be playing with brushes and acrylics in few more days!!
Thanks to the generosity of Flora Bowley I was one of the 10 lucky winners of a sport to take the fabulous e-course called "Bloom true".

Flora is a painter with 18 years of international experience, with a successful career, a book, beautiful work and lots and lots of fans. Her approach to painting is very unique involving intuition , braveness and self trust. Flora's work is not only visual beauty full of colors, shapes and textures, is also an inspiration of freedom & trust.
Flora describes her art in this way:
"I find joy in allowing my paintings to unfold naturally as I experiment playfully with color, form and composition. Ultimately, I consider my work to be a celebration of life; chaotic, subtle, beautiful, mystical and ever changing.” Source Braveintuitiveyou.com

I am so grateful with Flora and her business partner and organizer of fantastic e-courses Beth Nicholls of do what you love for life for this opportunity and also the lovely fellow designers and my beloved husband that knowing how much I wanted to take the course took the time to nominate me and to write very nice words about me.

Big thanks to:

If you want to know more about Flora Bowley here you can find lots of info and videos:
Check a recent article in the Huffington post about Flora called Artistic Abundance
An interview with Flora in Smart creative woman by Monica Lee
A fantastic video of Flora's Brave Intuitive Painting from a blank canvas to a beautiful painting
Follow Flora's blog "Brave intuitive you"
Read her "Brave intuitive painting" book
More info about the "Bloom true" e-course that will start on May27th, 2013
Like Flora in facebook or Follow her on twitter @florabee

Since painting is something has been with me since I was a child, here is some of the stuff I have paint, all of them has been a gift for someone dear to my heart. I have fascination with blues and trees as you can see... I am sure after the course my choices of colors and shapes will evolve with more freedom.

I will show you the results in the upcoming weeks!, for now below you check out my previous paintings.
Love
Rosie

Painting during a course in the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland OR
Displayed in Temixco Mexico In my Father house.

Painting during a course in the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland OR
Displayed in Beaverton OR, in the Luna-Berna family house.

Painting created for my hubby Vincent Dekker as an anniversary present
and displayed in our homein The Netherlands

Painting created for my hubby Vincent Dekker as his 38 bday present
and displayed in our homein The Netherlands

Monday, May 6, 2013

Back to school!

I can describe myself as an eternal student. I love to learn from everything and everyone. Since I was a child I have been in lots of classes and that is something I will always be grateful with my parents for.
I was always the kind of girl who had always things to do after school,things like painting, tennis, karate, swimming, piano, gymnastics, and all kinds of dances where in my list of things to learn, I had to try all and at the end stick with the ones I liked the most, then swimming and painting where the ones that actually make a mark in the person who I became.

I believe education is a privilege and and an opportunity , a big one actually! If you for instance think in a girl like Malala Yousafzai and her history you will realize how lucky we are to be able to be able to study and to learn things in freedom. "Malala, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan, was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 because she believed girls should have the right to go to school. Her story of bravery, determination, and passion for learning in the face of almost unimaginable odds captured the attention of the world and inspired a global movement for girls’ education".(source abc news)

In 2011 I joined the course "The Art and Business of surface pattern design" by Rachel Taylor & Beth Nichols, this course was fantastic , full of information, inspiration and motivation where I could refresh my knowledge in the design industry and where I could see all the possibilities I had for my design business in addition to designing for textiles and I also meet a group of talented and supportive group of fellow designers.

This year I enrolled to a new course called Make Art That Sells by Lilla Rogers & once again Beth Nichols.

Lilla Rogers is one of the most respected illustration agencies in the world, representing 38 international artists globally. The Lilla Rogers studio was established in 1984 by Lilla Rogers, a successful artist and a illustration teacher that decided to initiate a big adventure to represent other talented illustrators and help them to achieve their dreams.

This course will be divided in 2 parts and will start in June (Part A) and in October (Part B) and it give insight in depth into the most lucrative markets for art. Experts who actually buys art for renowned brands will be giving advise and Lilla Rogers herself will be giving feedback about the students work.

So.. as soon as I heard this course will be available, I didn't thought it twice and enrolled myself, because I want to learn from the best and specially because Lilla is an inspiration for her amazing talent as agent & artist and for the way she supports and promotes other talented artist to make their art profitable.

Last year I exhibited in Indigo-Premiere vision in Paris the Believe creative studio design collection for 2nd time, then I got the idea to invite other designers to contribute to the design collection and suddenly I found my self being an agent, having the honor to represent 15 other talented designers from around the globe.If you want to hear more here is a post about it.

I wanted to share such a fantastic opportunity I had and helping others to sell their art was a fantastic experience which I would like to keep doing.

I want success and abundance for me, but I also want to share it with others, and Lilla Rogers definitely knows how to do that.