N is for NEW GOALS!✔️

Today's the last daily gif titled, "New Goals". ✔️
I'm a huge advocate for setting goals. I really don't think it matters how long it takes to achieve a goal, it's the hard work and consistency that gets you to the finish line.

N is for NATURE LOVER🏕️

Today's gif is titled "Nature Lover" 🏕️. Surrounded by trees, water and hiking trails is the way I like to relax and digital detox, no deadlines, no e-mails.😌 Tomorrow will be the last gif, based on the last letter of my name, N.

A is for ANIMATOR✨

Today's gif is based on the 6th letter in my name, A. The title is "Animator". I'm a 2D animator. 50% of the time this is what I look like while animating, the other 50% I'm most probably frowning. (/‿＼  )

Y is for YUMMY FOOD🍪

Hey everybody, here's the fifth letter in my name, Y. Today's gif is titled, "Yummy Things".🍪
This gif should sheds some light on how little self-control I have when it comes to sweet things. If only I could look this cute when I eat.

Just 3 more letters to go and then we'll be done! Tomorrow will be the letter A!

L is for LOVELY HUSBAND 🤵🍓

Day four and the fourth letter of my name is L, so the title of today's gif is,"Lovely Husband".🤵🍓
He makes me happy without trying, he owns many many hats and I love his jam dance which happens whenever a good amount of jam is being consumed. (There is a song that goes along with the jam dance, "Jam jam jaaaaam. Jam jam jaaaam.)❤️❤️❤️

L is for LOOONG BATHS🛀

It's the third day and today's letter is L, so today's gif is for Loooong Baths!🛀
I enjoy taking the time to soak and relax after a tough exercise but I haven't been able to enjoy this pastime due to the harsh drought that Cape Town is experiencing. Conserving water is essential and that means a shallow baths/quick showers and even then reusing the grey water to flush toilets & water plants. This is also why I've switched to eco-friendly soaps, I love the Earthsap range of products!<3

Tomorrow's gif will be based on the letter L again.

E is for ECO HOME 🏠♻️

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday morning! Today's gif is based on the second letter in my name, E. The artwork is titled, "Eco Home" 🏠♻️ because I'm in love with the idea of designing and building my own eco-friendly home where I can harvest rainwater and solar power!🌧️🌞It's sad that these type of homes aren't available on the property market today. I think the current generation are more in-tune with the concept of eco living and eager to lower their carbon foot print. It's a shame really because this is my idea of the perfect forever home.

I'll see you again tomorrow with a gif based on the third letter in my name, L.

K is for KILLER OF PLANTS 🥀💀

New daily art challenge! This will be a fun project where everyday I share info about myself through my artwork. My awesome friend Zoe (happy birthday!) and I have decided to do this challenge based on our names. We're thinking that these would be awesome hashtags! #NameArtChallenge #MeetMe #InTheNameOfArt

For every letter of my name I'll create an art piece that's relevant to that letter, so for the first letter of my name "K" I went with the title, "Killer of Plants". 🥀💀This pertains to the irrefutable fact that I'm horticulturally challenged. My full name is Kelly-Ann so my project will run for 8 days!

I've also decided to spice things up a little and instead of my usual watercolour paintings, I've gone with the medium of light-hearted animation gifs. I'm excited and can't wait to start sharing things about myself with you!

5 Top Tips for Daily Painting

So grateful to have my 5 Top Tips for Daily Painting feature, posted for a second year by Artists And Illustrators Magazine. Click HERE to have a quick read.
This project brings back such fond memories.#GreatfulArtist

New E-mail Signature!

Hey everybody, I've created a new email signature!
I kept this adorable sausage dog super simple along with the limited animation. It's so darn cute.
I would really love to own my very own Dachshund some day and call it Stretch. #LifeGoals

Nature's Lessons Paintings

Hey guys, for the past 3 weeks I've been painting hard core to get these paintings done for the Nature's Lessons Exhibition that openened at the Ahem Art Collective from Dec 14 - Jan 31.
This is my first exhibition as a new member of the Unblush Collective.  Below are my watercolour contributions for the show.

  

African Fruit Beetle

My first contribution is an African Fruit Beetle or aka a Rose Beetle. This painting was particularly fun to paint. I like the sharp contrast of the beetle's colours and the textures on the back were a joy to paint.

Shongalolo

This shongalolo aka millipede was tricky to paint, this was my second attempt, the first attempt was slightly too big for the short amount of time I had to get everything ready for the exhibition. Kinda bit of more than I could chew.;D

Cape Gooseberry

I grew up in Johannesburg and only after I moved down to Cape Town was I introduced to gooseberries. These berries are so resilient they grow all over the world, it just so happens that they flourish here in Cape Town, hence the name Cape Gooseberry.

  

AcornJust looking at an acorn makes me smile, I think it's because of all the fond childhood memories associated with them.

Fern

This Maiden's Hair fern was a joy to design the composition of the leaves and stem, unfortunately I need to focus a bit more on the finer details and texture of the individual leaves.

Halloween Night 13 - Bat Lady

Happy halloween!! It's night 13 of my project and the final painting is of a Bat Lady. 🦇 In my opinion bat's are THE creature of Halloween so I just had to paint it today.

I hope you have a spooktacular halloween night!

Halloween Night 12 - Mukade Lady

Tomorrow is Halloween and I'll be painting my final Halloween painting! Tonight's painting is in my opinion the most terrifying thing to put on a lady's head. A mukade lady or a centipede lady. I was introduced to these insects while living in Japan, they are scariest nonsense insects I can think of.

Halloween Night 11 - Moth Lady

It's night eleven and I painted a moth lady! My husband is not pleased with me and so not impressed with this painting because you see my husband had an intense dislike for moths and butterflies. It's hilarious for me to see the man I married flail, dodge and flee ever time a happy little butterfly or moth decide to flutter near him. It's quiet funny cause I swear he's blond hair is a natural moth magnet.🦋

Halloween Night 10 - Snake Lady

Tonight's painting is a few hours late but it's here now and it's a Snake Lady.
You know those days where you just need a veg day to recharge your batteries? That was today and I really don't know how this happened but I surprised myself by leaving the comfort of the bed to come and paint the tenth painting. I'm still not sure if I'm proud of myself for getting this painting out tonight or angry for leaving the bed... perhaps I'm "prangry".

p.s I just realized how cool this painting would have been if I added a few more snake to get that Medusa effect.

Halloween Night 9 - Cat Lady

Happy national black cat day! Night 9 is a black cat lady.
I really don't get how black cats are more often than not still seen a bad luck in this day and age. I just do see it.

Halloween Night 8 - Rat Lady

It's night 8 and I painted a lady and her rat. I absolutely adore rats, I was lucky enough to have a cool mom who let me have pet rats while growing up. I fondly remember taking them everywhere with me. They are such intelligent and lovable animals.

Halloween Night 7 - Scorpion Lady

 



Work is proving to be an intense workout but I managed to get this brave lady painted on my coffee break, late last night I got all the line work done._(_ -_ )/