30 Days of Painting

I've decided to take part in the annual 30 paintings in 30 days challenge that Leslie Saeta puts on each year.

http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/

I will also be posting all the pieces here.  If you would like one of your photos to be turned into a small 4x4 to 8x8" acrylic painting, keep reading. 1. You can supply a photo and if it's something I believe will work for this challenge, I'll do it as one of the paintings. You can purchase or trade for the painting if you want it. 

2. By supplying me with a photo, you are giving me permission to use it as a reference and show/sell the finished piece if you're not interested in purchasing or owning it.3. Willing to trade for certain things!  Other people make wonderful items, and I'm all about bartering for food or handmade goods.  Not a definite, but maybe we can trade.

Pricing:

4x4" - $25

6x6" - $40

8x8" - $60

Message me if you're interested or have any questions. The cat portrait above is an example of the style I'll be using.

The subjects I will be covering are animals, landscapes, and still life.  I may attempt a few portraits of people as well.  

I can be contacted at meganmerz@gmail.com regarding reserving a piece for yourself.  

Waterfall

My Christmas present to my parents.  11x24" acrylic on canvas.  I think I'm finding my painting style.  Something about painting more consistently, getting better through that...

Lion Skull and Goethite

Mostly just playing with color in my digital painting.   But I rather like the results.

Now through December 14th, free worldwide shipping on my prints and $5 off!

Lion Skull And Goethite Print

Full Print Shop With Discount

Book Buddy

Lions make the best book buddies!

Illustration just for the fun of it.

Also, I DO have a tumblr, in case you're so inclined.

ALSO ALSO!  If you like this, my printer is currently running a print sale, $5 off each print and free shipping.

Print Shop + $5 Discount

Book Buddy Print

Horned

Sheep skull turning into pretty amethyst geodes.  Digital painting, about 4 hours.  Photoshop, about three brushes.  

Prints and such: http://society6.com/hootbark/horned-5vh_print

Unicorns FOREVER

Unicorn sketches!  For a personal project.

Valkyrie Illustration

This is for a spaceship model!  Commissioned by Myrmidon Design Bureau.

Utrecht Pittsburgh Art Show

If you're in the Pittsburgh area and would like to see some of my work in person, three of my pieces are currently in the Carson St. Utrecht's All Hallow's Eve show. Opens 5-7PM tomorrow evening, and runs through November 10th.

South Side Utrecht Art Store

1930 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA‎

 

October Owl

Ohhh, autumn is upon us!  Have some lovely owl goodness. 

Digital owl layout... might make this a real painting, not sure.  And by real, I mean acrylic.  Maybe in time for Halloween.

Skull and Leaves

Just a little spot illustration for #inktober !

Black Cat

Fall is upon us!  

I've also moved!   So back, finally...

Antelope

Not quite sure what this fellow is.  He was a taxidermy mount at a museum.

Not sure what to do with this guy, he may end up on a notebook of some kind.  

Also, if you do enjoy tumblr, feel free to follow me there!  Hootbark.tumblr.com

"I Will Keep Your Secrets" Notebook

Belted Kingfisher.

What do you prefer?   The scanned notebook version, or the cleaned-up-for-print version?  I think I may do a tutorial for notebook cleanup, since a lot of people doodle or seriously draw on these and would probably like a nice record of them!

This is for a CF benefit in September.  The notebook and some of my paintings will be auctioned off.  

Prints: http://ow.ly/AuQ7c

ACEO Lioness

And here is the lioness to go with the lion!

Lioness

Watercolor

2.5 x 3.5"

Matted to 5x7"

http://ow.ly/AsUff to purchase!

ACEO Watercolor Lion

A little lion watercolor I did a while ago.  

2.5 x 3.5"

Watercolor

$20

http://ow.ly/AsU1c  to purchase!

Blue and Gold

And we are finished with this lovely fellow.   Very pleased.

Blue on Gold

8x10" acrylic on masonite panel.

$125

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200354570/blue-bird-on-gold-perch-8x10?ref=shop_home_active_1

Bird Progress

Just a little something I'm working on.

Custom Journals

Making these, I think.  Going to order a few Moleskines to play with.  Here are some little samples, little ideas for compositions that I'm kicking around.   The results will eventually go into my Etsy shop, hootbark.etsy.com.

Red Rottie Cider

This was a bit of a challenge for me... keeping things loose, but coherent.   Might scan this in at a better resolution, but I just wanted to share. Maybe the next stage in pet portraits is the dog-as-label painting?

Tumblr Antlers

I'm having an art identity crisis.  I'm never sure what to actually brand myself as.   Anyway, here are some antlers.   Did you know I have a tumblr?   It's hootbark.tumblr.com, should you be inclined.

This is an in progress piece, about 2/3 of the way done.   I think it will look nice with 5-6 more antlers to the right.

Streaming Image!

Sometimes, I stream drawings, was using this as an alert.  I really like this drawing, though!

Just some DOGTHINGS

Because I wanted to.

Animal tags!

The latest in my little watercolor collection:

Prints on Wood!

SO HEY!   I am trying out this prints on wood service!

http://www.printsonwood.com/artists/meganmerz

I will be ordering some prints to test out the service, so wish me luck!

MORE MORE Pet Portraits

Here's some more cats and dogs.

New Paintings!

Here's my latest batch of paintings.  It's been a flowery week!  All of them are for sale on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/megmakesart

Geraniums

8x10"

Acrylic on Masonite Panel

Impasto Sunflowers

6x6"

Acrylic on Canvas Panel

Bold Sunflowers

8x8"

Acrylic on Canvas Panel

New Fabrics on the Way!

So!  Made a sample for a client, and then made a bunch more fabrics to go with.

Check them out! http://www.spoonflower.com/collections/86891

Etsy Store and Lemon Cupcake

What a perfect way to start my 100th post, with a cupcake and a shop opening!   I have gotten it all together at my shop, Meg Makes Art.

After all, I needed somewhere to sell my paintings...   And here is one of them:

Lemon Cupcake

6x6" Acrylic on Canvas

2014

Just a few paintings up for now, but I will be photographing and uploading more every day.  

Kaiju As Far As You Can Throw A Building!

SO!

I made this super awesome shirt for my company Reagency Design:

If you'd like one, they are here:

S-XL URBAN RENEWAL

2XL-5XL URBAN RENEWAL 

And Kerberos Productions took notice and asked me to make them one in the same style, but with their monsters and their city!  And thus, I did.  They have a Kickstarter for their game, Kaiju-A-GoGo, which you should also check out.

What can I say, I'm happy to have a job where I get to draw little monsters more often than most. 

Owl Study

Quick digital snow owl study.  

Floral

Not sure how this semi-abstract flower happened, but I like it.

Costa Rica!

This is a gift for my friend Dana (www.zelaphas.com) for being awesome and letting me crash on her couch for C2E2.   Unfortunately, it was too big to fly with, so it needs to be shipped to her. 

This is a volcano in Costa Rica.  Good landscape practice.