IN PROGRESS: Midnight Spell Painting

One look into the mystifying eyes of Dracula; one could soon fall under the spell of doom.

She is quite dazzling and lost in a Midnight Spell, walking the grounds in search of her prey. This is new painting in the works, my second dance with oils. They are quite getting used to, I am finding that I like oils more and more, even though I had to start over about three times, I need to let myself just go with the flow instead of being constrained to tight spaces; it is so hard to be free. 

I am quite drawn to her skin, a blue magically color, looking like dying flesh in the moonlight. Her eyes I am still mastering, I have used a technique with the Linseed oil adding a thin layer and moving a paint around in flourishes, to make the feather like mask in black. I'm sure I will start over at some point, once time passes and it dries. Her eyes are some what rough at this point, but I love that I made her with two different irises, adding some color to her pale deathly look. I am unsure yet, as to whether she is going to have a bleeding neck, but we will see what spell I fall under.

Lucy and Other Treats

It is Monday again, and I have spent several hours this weekend creating, while getting over this horrible virus that I had. Along with 11 new jewelry pieces I have also finished a new painting from the Sweet Heart Collection. I thought I'd share my process with you and give you the scoop on some new arrivals coming this evening at Red Heart 13.

I introduce Lucy, she is based on the lovely Lucy Westenra from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Lucy Westenra, was Mina's best friend. Being a vivacious young woman, she fell under Dracula's spell, and turned into a vampire where she had banished her soul from the promise of eternal rest. In the end Van Helsing's crew hunts down the vampress she has become and slays her and returns Lucy's soul to her body and to heaven.

 

LEFT: This is Lucy in the second stage of painting. I picked her up in Salem, MA at this fabulous jumbled antique store. She was originally bw and had a very gray undertown, it was actually a journey to bring out her paleness, I had to eat away the film of gray that was on her face; but in the end the I left some of the film as her shadows around her neck, eyes and nose. The image to the RIGHT: is another portrait I picked up in Salem, this is the third session with this deathly lady. She is going to be added to my Skeleton Krew™ Collection once she is complete. I am still in the process of figuring out her hair, so hard.

I finished Lucy over the weekend and she is just marvelous, her eyes are so striking and is perfect for any bloody Valentine. She comes in an antique wooden frame with a gold border, glass and cute red bow at the top. She is now available at Red Heart 13.

N E W  A R R I V A L S:

Stop by this evening around 10pm for these new pieces at Red Heart 13. I have also changed my shop sections around a little bit, I've added a Valentine's Day and Sweet Heart Collection section. Hopefully it will be a little bit easier to navigate.

8 NECKLACES:

Crossbones and Pearls necklace

Fawn Sweetheart necklace

Royal English Rose necklace

Nautical Daydream necklace

Folsom Prison Blues necklace

Cupid Adornment necklace

Dark Love necklace

The White Rabbit and Queen of Hearts necklace

3 PAIRS OF EARRINGS:

Heart of Black earrings

Golden Dollop earrings

Pink Blush Darlings

The Royal Vampress

A lovely lady named Marie Louise sits looking abroad to the unknown with a slight red smile to match her blood stained pearls and gown. She was the second wife of Napoloen Bonaparte, and was born in 1791 and died as royalty with an unknown death in Parma, Italy. Could she have been seduced by the undead…her dark secret lover vampire. 

This Royal Vampress comes framed in a black aged flourish wooden frame with glass, with a black velvet backing with stand. This painting is from my Sweet Heart Collection, and is perfect for any Valentine's gift for that dark duchess you love. She is available at my etsy shop Red Heart 13.

For more from this bloody countess collection, click here.