New work & Instagram

Sorry for the long wait between posts. I had to deal with the death of my Grandmother a few weeks back, and a lot has been going on after that. I will dedicate a post to her soon. I’m just not ready yet. Have to get everything written down for it.

In the meantime, I did get myself an Instagram account to spread my work out in the world. You can find me at the screen name “angela_deriso“. If you want updated art on the go, that’s where I’ll be posting it.

I’ve been working on some new pieces on canvases ranging from 11″ x 14″ to 12″ x 16”, and larger. Here are a few unpainted but drawn designs I have going at the moment.

Octopus frontal pose
Octopus frontal pose
A seahorse pair
A seahorse pair
Octopus side pose
Octopus side pose
Manta Ray. Remora fish were added later.
Manta Ray. Remora fish were added later.
Manatees
Manatees
Dolphins
Dolphins
Moray Eels- Flotsom & Jettsom
Moray Eels- Flotsom & Jettsom

 

And since I had extra canvases… Dragons. 😀 I’m excited to see how they’ll turn out.

Dragon2
Dragon2
Dragon1
Dragon1

 

I also ended up making a gift of one of my paintings to my brother. He has loved my previous octopi paintings, so I sent him one in secret! He loved it, and called me just to say so. Definitely going to be trying this color scheme with a few other octopi.

octi-fire

 

I have been working on all of these in the last week, and my wrist has been twinging. Went and got a wrist wrap-thing to help. Only problem is that I can’t wear it to do the work. It restricts mobility somewhat.

More finished paintings will be posted soon.

PS:

I forgot this one was done.

Seaturtle with Jellies 16" x 20"
Seaturtle with Jellies
16″ x 20″

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sea Turtle Art Pieces, Part 1

I’ve started two 6″ x 9″ color pencil artworks on gray pastel paper of sea turtles. They will be completed with framing and will be sold as a pair once finished.

Here are the starting shots of the two.

seaturtle1 seaturtle2

Started by outlining the lightest parts of the turtles with a cream color.

Below are a few steps through the process of laying down colors one at a time, and then skipping ahead to the finished product.

st1 st2 st3 st4 st5

I never realized just how much color these big turtles have on their skin. Not to mention the markings on the shells.

Part 2 coming soon. 🙂