This is one of the paintings I have been working on this week. It only needs a few last finishing touches so maybe I will finish it this weekend - I hope so! The gorgeous colors of autumn are really inspiring me as they do every year. I have a hard time not painting autumn all year round - well, sometimes I just go for it anyway. But this time of year it is pretty much required and I am happy to oblige.
I've also been working on more little paintings with pencil and watercolor. One can really make art on the go with very little luggage - I carry a few bits of paper and a mechanical pencil w/ an eraser and I am ready to go! (I usually do the watercolors when I get home but I did sit at a restaurant early this week with my homemade travel it of Daniel Smith watercolors and got a lot done!) I was there for a drawing group and a man at the next table over was working on an amazing piece using just a number 2 pencil so the message is this : you don't need a lot of trappings to make art. All you need is the willingness to open yourself up and come to the page.
In other news! To celebrate a month of spooks, I am having an Etsy sale. Use the coupon code:
october2013
to get 13% off through Monday at:
www.etsy.com/shop/meinoel
Friday, October 25, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Meandering Watercolor
Watercolor, a photo by megan_n_smith_99 on Flickr.
This is something I was working on last week, and should get back to. I miss having more time to paint but I am making an effort to at least paint for a little while most days. I can really tell a difference if I stop for even a few days -- I have to ease my way back into it if I do. Maybe my paints and brushes miss me when I'm "gone." Actually I have a couple of paintings I am working on now - though more usually I focus on one at a time.
This painting is a good antidote to today. The fog never entirely cleared. I work on First Hill - also called Pill Hill, because there are several hospitals there. Looking down across downtown to the water, I could not tell where the water ended and the sky began. The horizon was lost. You just had to take it on faith that there were mountains there, across the water, that you were not looking out from the end of the world.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Halloween Tree
"The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats.
Tom Skelton shivered. Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells: gourds being cut, pies being baked.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
The title of this painting was taken from Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree, quoted above. The inspiration was all around me - tree changing color, piles of pumpkins at the market, and the glorious autumn sunsets.
Halloween Tree
8 x 10"
watercolor & ink
Available on Etsy!
I've also got some sugar skull prints on etsy, if you want to celebrate the season!
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Update & Some Monsters, for your consideration
I have been in the mood to paint and draw monsters lately. The friendly kind, like Muppets or things Where the Wild Things Are.
I've also, after some experimentation, found a print vendor who produces work that meets my exacting standards. I've added a few to my Etsy Shop.
These are beautiful giclee prints on somerset velvet paper, which is 100% cotton rag watercolor paper. The quality is excellent. Some of the artists I have shown them to thought they were originals. I've got a few for sale now and will be adding more in the future. Let me know if you have any suggestions for what you would like to see prints of. I also have 1 greeting card design from the same printer. It's on thick watercolor paper with a deckle edge and comes with a matching envelope.
I've also started back working a "real" job - I guess here I am using the word real to mean a job with benefits and that involves leaving my studio! I'll still be doing as much art as I have time for.
If you are in the Seattle area, I have artwork up right now at:
Cupcake Royale
1111 East Pike Street
Seattle, Wa 98122
(206) 883-7656
Mon 7am-10pm
Tue-Fri 7am-11pm
Sat 9am-11pm
Sun 9am-10pm
I will have work up there through the end of October and will be there for Capital Hill Art Blitz on Thursday October 10th.
I will also be hanging art at Miro Teahouse next week, which will be up until the end of October, and I will be there for Ballard Art Walk on Saturday October 12th.
Miro Tea
5405 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 782-6832
Mon-Sat 8am to 10pm
Sun 8am to 8pm
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Megan Noel at Oddmall!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Fall Shows & News
Hello, dear readers. I have some good news to share. You'll be able to get out in this crisp late-summer-early-fall air and see my art in public!
From September 1st through October 31st
Cupcake Royale, Capital Hill (Seattle)
Mon 7am-10pm
Tue-Fri 7am-11pm
Sat 9am-11pm
Sun 9am-10pm
You may want to come during the artwalks, Sept 12th and Oct 10th (2nd Thursdays, 5pm to 8pm.) I'll be there with more work for sale.
Sunday, September 22, 2013, 10am--6pm:
Oddmall Seattle: The Emporium of the Weird
Lynnwood Convention Center
3711 196th Street S.W.
Lynnwood, Washington 98036
There will be lots of vendors, great food, and live music and entertainment!
From October 1st through October 31st
Miro Tea
5405 Ballard Ave N.W.
Seattle, WA
Mon-Sat 8am-10pm
Sun 8am-8pm
I'll be in attendance for Ballard's Artwalk, Oct 12th (2nd Saturdays, 6pm to 9pm)
I hope to see you!
Megan
also, you can always visit my etsy shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/meinoel
Monday, August 19, 2013
Sweet Pea Vase Pattern to fit over Stabucks bottle
This pattern I've written is now available for sale!
These vase covers are hand crocheted using scraps of sock yarn and fit over Starbucks Frappuccino bottles. The bottles come in two sizes – 9.5 oz and 13.7 ounces. I’ve included patterns for both. These vase covers don’t have a bottom, but just slip down to cover the bottle, so it’s easy to remove them when the vase is washed. You can whip up a flock of these in short order, using up your yarn scraps as you up-cycle a glass bottle – it’s earth friendly all around.
Most of the yarn I’ve used here is Koigu KPPPM. I’ve also used some Cascade Sock Yarn & some Curious Creek Wasonga. This pattern works great with any sock weight yarn – but I particularly like it with hand-dyed yarn – it’s a great place to show off those amazing colors.
The pattern is easy and includes how-to photos and includes several variations- you can do this even if you are a beginner!
You can purchase and download this pattern on Etsy!
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