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._(_ -_ )/  

Hallowee Night 6 - Beetle Lady

 

It's the sixth night and of all the creepy crawlies that I've painted so far, I'd totally be okay with a bulky beetle on my head.

Halloween Night 5 - Mantis Lady

 

 

I don’t really know how I feel about these insects, the mini sized ones seem okay and are adorable but the bigger ones I’m not sure about.

New Victorian Halloween Project!

Today's the start of my 13 day countdown to Halloween project. For the next 13 nights I'll be posting a new painting inspired by Victorian Halloween at 7PM GMT.

Nostalgic Treat - Liquorice

I have great childhood memories constructing houses out of these Liquorice Allsorts sweets. It was a pleasure to paint them. I'm also a fan of the red liquorice versions they have now.

My Site's Live, Check It Out!

Hey everybody, I'm happy to announce that my website is up and running! Check It Out!
It's main focus will be on creating a portfolio and promoting a cohesive body of work. 
I truly enjoyed working on the animations and putting the overall look of the site together, if you have any thoughts on it, I'd love to hear them.

All my latest paintings and creative projects will still be posted here on my blog, so if you'd like to be current with what's happening on my side of the world, you're all good to go.

Contact Page Animation - Part 2

A couple of months ago I started this little animation, I wanted to create a cute gif for my blog's contact page.   Here's the post about the beginning stages, Contact Page Animation - Work in Progress Part 1. The concept works around the tag,

Sending an e-mail is so much safer, get in touch!

kellysektchbook@gmail.com

I finally had the time to finish it and put it up under the contact tab. There are a few changes to the initial concept but I like the vignette styled background which complements the overall look.

Bitter Sweet July

The past 6 months have been a complicated whirlwind of farewells, preparations and teaching because come end of July I'll be saying goodbye to Japan and moving back to Cape Town, South Africa. I've enjoyed teaching English in Japan on the JET programme but after three years, it's time to move on to new goals and an exciting new chapter.

Between all the preparations and teaching this past week, I managed to get my hands on my watercolours again to paint a cup of tea which belongs to one of my favourite teachers. We both love art and I've enjoyed our friendship, sharing interesting teas and treats with each other. It makes a bitter sweet goodbye present.

30 Days of Watercolour - Day 11

Day 11 - Gatsby

Summer time in Japan is super hot! Luckily there is this item to help you survive the heat. Gatsby facial wipes leave a tingling sensation which can be very refreshing. I decided to paint this today seeing that I always have a pack in my bag during the summer time, they come in different scents too. 


Materials used:
Holbein artists watercolours and masking ink.
Wirgman 350g/m², Orion original watercolour paper.
Holbein Para Resable brush series.