Dots and Spots

My weekly routine starts to annoy me, because I usually don't have the time or the mood for art. It seems that I manage to draw/paint only when I am in a group of people who make art as well, and it's not usual for me not to work when I am alone.
My 2012 art summary looks rather good, but this year I almost never painted on canvases, just on wood boxes. I guess it's a way of working on something instead of nothing, better to complete a good quality little size work than not working at all.

The original meme is by dustbunnythumper and it found right here , and you can find all of the artworks in my Deviantart gallery 

And a little preview -  

My new watercolor flowers series. 

And a closer look.

I wish us all a Happy New Year!!! May it bring us creativity, happiness and fulfillment in every aspect in our lives. I hope that we all have/had great holidays and celebrations!

Gali

Tea Box Magic

Front View

Side View

This wood box I painted especially for - me! :) I wanted a tea box for a long time and I also wanted to paint this impressive stag by moem-photography . She is an amazing photographer that supports artists by letting them use her beautiful photos for references. 

So I bought the box itself in Romania the size is 22x19x7 and it has inner separation for the tea bags.

Painted with acrylics, and sprayed with a protective spray coat. Took me some hours of work, I think around 8-10. 

I remind you that you are welcome to order one custom made especially for you! A wood box like that can be a great present for your loved ones and yourself of course.  Just mail me via golous@gmail.com for all the details. The price depends on the size of the box and the complexity of the painting. 

Paypal only and full payment ahead.

WIPs

This time I forgot to shoot the initial sketch stages (the first 1\4 of the work) so here you have the 3\4 of the working progress.

The tools for the front painting

Starting to work on the stag and keep improving the background. 

Fur progress.

Almost done!

From Romania With Love

Beautiful steps outside Castle Bran

Myself at the Peles Castel

Hello,
I haven't updated for quite long time now, but it's only because there was a lot going around and I had no motivation to post about it at all.So this post is a kind of photo reportage about our (my boyfriends and mine) little vacation at Romania at the end of this September. We visited (with a rented green Mazda2 - believe me we saw only one besides ours :) all the interesting places in Romania including Bran, Brasov, Sighisoara, Sibiu, Rasnov, Bucharest, Peles Castle and probably some more places that I can't recall now.









Romania is a very beautiful country,with rich history and plenty of castles and nature to visit. I literally felt that I am somewhere at medieval period of time at some places that we visited! So here is only a tiny selection of photos that we captured in Romania, just to sense a little of the this interesting country!

At Busteni Mountain

This post was postponed for too long but I really love to share some of the beautiful moments we had in Romaina.

So enjoy this little photo guide! :)

Medieval armory from Castle Bran

Here we are on all-terrain vehicles in Romanian forest  

At Sighisoara :)

A homeless dog at Bran - he has such "I am a survivor" look. If there was something that shocked me in Romania in the huge number of homeless dogs, it's so sad...

Rsanov Castle

Sighisoara

Streets of Rasnov

Evening at Bucharest