A mermaid in a bottle :painting process

Hello! I want to share the final result of the new piece I have worked in the past days.
In my previous post I described to you my creative process, sketches and inspiration, now I want to share the painting process and the final result.
I decided to actually paint this piece in a common canvas, because painting in canvas make me feel very artistic!
This piece was painted  with acrylic, which is a medium I enjoy working with, although a bit messy is quite fun and friendly to achieve lost of colors and cool effects; the down side of painting with acrylic is the difficulty to paint very small and detailed lines, which I normally incorporate in my work.
I added a beautiful quote from Rumi, that I found perfect for the mood of this piece.
Personally I loved the result, please let me know what do you think of it? Do you like it?
Very soon I will be making a downloadable version so you can use to decorate your computer of phone screen.
Stay tuned!

Love
Rosie

My colors            

Background

Work in progress

The final result                                                                                                          ©2014 Believe Creative Studio

If you are interested in seeing other artists from different parts of the world work and their  approach to the nautical theme for wall art in all sort of media and handwriting, visit the online gallery of the Lilla's Roger Make art that sells Bootcamp. 
Eye candy!

Getting inspired for a new assignment!

Hello!
Aside of my busy days creating  baby and children's patterns collections for the Japanese and for the European market which we will be presenting to the customers in few more days,
I am  also currently working on a new assignment for the Make Art that sells Bootcamp which I take more as a treat to my self to enjoy and to discover new possibilities for my work.
The theme of this assignment is nautical and we were asked to create a piece for wall art featuring the theme and subjects as boats in a glass bottle, sea creatures, textures and typography.

Although I immediately had an idea in mind, I did my usual research in pinterest and find out amazing images, colors, techniques, ohhh a great visual treat.

Here is a glance of my pin board:

Images from different authors and published in pinterest.com

My sketch below was my initial option  before research, I have a particular obsession with hair, so I was pretty married with this idea, but I am a firm believer of  lateral thinking , therefore I always push myself for exploring new ideas and concepts.

Sketch by Believe Creative Studio                                                                                Option 1

During my research in pinterest I found this beautiful image (which I could not track the original author) I was amazed me by its beauty and  uniqueness, and inspired me to create a second option.

Author: Unknown                                                                          Source: pinterest.com

I wanted to make sure I was being inspired and I was not ripping of an original creation. I think I achieved to create  my own take from the beautiful original piece of art.
What do you think?

Sketch by Believe Creative Studio                                                                               Option 2 

Getting inspired by another piece of another artist is always a controversial topic; I do my best to respect other people work and to honor an original idea by taking it to my personal style.

I have asked Believe Creative Studio facebook followers which option they liked the most for me to use in my assignment, although initially was almost equal the votes, we majority selected Option Number 2, so I will be working on this piece next and I will share the painting process and the final result here in the blog.

Since I loved also the option 1 too I will work on that option too next!

Wishing you a great week!

The images published from pinterest.com belong to different authors,we are not claiming ownership on those. No copyright infringement is intended.

The biggest design of all!

Hello! Hope you are enjoying of a lovely summer.
Just recently I have designed for the biggest space I have ever done.
I have created a design for a  200 square meter factory wall in Roermond, The Netherlands.

This design was created as a submission for the contest organized by Archello and Euramax, featuring a new product called Alludesign, which basically is a multilayer digital desing coating to print any image over flat panel and aluminium sheets, specifically directed to facades of big scale.

I am very particular about entering contest, one because I want to be very cautious on what I invest my time and second, because since design contests are a growing trend is very important point to consider all the fine prints.

When I first learned about this opportunity, I found that this will be a completely different challenge of what I normally face when designing: the surface was huge, and the market is completely different for what I usually work, therefore I decide to enter and did my best.

Althought the contest is global I was lucky enough that was here in The Netherlands, so in order to understand the surface and the project I decided to drove 2 hours to the Euramax location because I not only wanted to decorate a wall, but rather to decorate the whole surrounding for what I was designing.

Can you find me??

After the visit I sketched some options but decided to go for a tree, which is one of my favorite subjects to create but also because around the street where the factory is located there were just few, so I wanted to create something full of color and life that if selected will attract the attenton of every person around it and will feature all the color possibilities of the product.

Original Sketch @2014 Believe Creative Studio

The final outcome made me really happy, I definetly won already with this challenge, in things like streching my self to create for a project completely different of what I normally create , to think on the brief and technical specifications of a huge wall and to open the posibilities to create for the biggest surface I ever imagined.

My design is called "The tree of possibilities"  and you can read more in Archello website"

Euramax factory wall in Roermond, The Netherlands                     Design by Believe Creative Studio. All rights reserved

The results will be annouced very soon, so stay tunned and please wish me luck!
Love

Update: The winner, runner up and special mentions were announced, unfortunately  my design was not the winner, this design will be converted into a collection for fabrics and home decor… available soon!

Believe Creative Studio 3dr Anniversary celebration!

Hello everyone!
Few weeks ago we celebrated Believe Creative Studio 3rd anniversary! YAY!

©2014 Believe Creative Studio                                        Believe-cs.com

Is so exciting what has happened with in 3 years… we open more horizons for the studio, in Europe and Asia, we have new costumers, friends, followers, guest designers and we are thrilled of getting new projects to create for.

I started one day working in my kitchen table and hand painting every single design and now we have a fully equipped studio, even with a meeting table, I can not be happier and proud!

We have successfully exhibit our designs  in Paris and London and we have expanded our product range not only to develop textiles for children products but also we are designing all for all sort of products, such as stationery, editorial, party wear and even creating original painted pieces. Our house style is now is welcome by different age groups that enjoy of a children like, colorful and whimsical style.

All this have been possible by working hard, believing in my work and in my dreams and having a husband, friends and family that believes in me and keeps encouraging me even in the difficult times.

I also want to mention that my mind has open to a complete new world thanks to have the eternal student spirit. By joining courses such as Make Art that sells from Lilla Rogers, The Art and Business of Surface Pattern design from Rachel Taylor and Bloom True from Flora Bowley, all organized by the inspiring team of Do What you Love for Life managed by Beth & Paul Kempton;  I have develop my style, techniques, color management and I have gotten different perspective on the design business and most of important of all I have surrounded myself with positive and inspiring artist.

Thanks to everyone that inspire me and help me to keep believing in my dreams!!

To share with all of you we will have a giveaway of 2 original posters from the Marimekko Exhibit at the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (59X42cms approx)
What you need to do? Leave us a comment and let us know what the world believe means to you  this before June 3 and winners will be announced on June 9.

 Marimekko flowers -Unikko- designed by Maija Isola 1964

We will choose randomly the 2 happy winners and we will send them the original poster to anywhere in the world. Also the 2 happy winners and their work  will be invited to be featured in the Believe Creative Studio blog in an interview.

But wait!!!  everyone that leave us a comment will be invited to promote their blog for FREE, we will publish your blog button on our side bars linked to your blog  for 3 month this to get some promotion for your wonderful work and to give you some love back.

Million of thanks
Love
Rosie Martinez-Dekker

The Rules 

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2. Leaving a positive comment about the meaning of believe world to you. Products promotion or spam will be counted as valid.

3. Please leave a valid email address within the comment section.

4. The 2 Winners are selected randomly and notified by email. 

5. This Giveaway is open worldwide.

8. Contest/Giveaway gifts will be shipped by post.nl contained in a protected way.

9.  We are not responsible for damage ,item lost in the mail or the time to arrive to its destination.

10. We DO NOT ask winners to pay for postage.

11. No purchase necessary.

12. No exchange for cash or otherwise.

Thank you for taking part in the giveaway.

We are back!

Hello!
After a glorious month of holidays in the warm, sunny and beautiful Mexico, I am back in the Believe Creative Studio studio in The Netherlands. I came back to find the dutch spring in its own splendor, beautiful sunshine, green everywhere,singing birds, flowers and all the beauty that this season brings.

During the month of holiday I had the opportunity to completely rest my mind and to the amazing experience to have my soul filled with love, good energy and happiness by being surrounded by my  family and friends; and what better way  to feel inspired and  recharged?
I am fully ready to continue the mission of making beauty and filling this world with color and joy.

During the month of April  we also celebrated  Believe Creative Studio 3 years since we found it and of course we celebrated with some cocktails in the beach, but of course we will be sharing this joy as well with a little give away… so stay tuned!

Happy Monday!
Rosie