Sweet Breams Art Show

I'm posting this a little last minute, but this Saturday I'm in another fun art show at Sweet Breams! The opening starts at 8PM Saturday, November 20th. It's located at a great little shop in San Mateo called Sweet Breams, where they serve delicious little Japanese desserts called chibi taiyaki. The show runs through January, so come by anytime after this Saturday, too! I have 3 pieces up in the show and will post them here on my blog after the show opens.

I have a few pieces left from the last show that I'm putting up for sale. Here's an earlier post so you can take a look http://stewystuff.blogspot.com/2010/09/illos-for-show.html I'm selling the 11 x 17 prints for just $30! Email me if you're interested in buying one :o) joystewy@yahoo.com.

Thanks!
Joy

IF- "Spooky"

I'm back! Well, I've just been busy with work, didn't really go anywhere :o). This is my post for this week's  Illustration Friday's topic "Spooky". Poor monster doesn't stand a chance with this ghost, He's scared!

On my group blog The Sketchables we're all posting illustrations for this weeks topic, so be sure to check there to see what everyone did! My day to post is Friday, so that didn't work out too well for the IF schedule. I figured I'd post it here first.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!
-Joy

IF- Acrobat

So, this is part of an alphabet book I started a while ago. I wrote the copy myself as well, probably why I haven't done anything with it yet. I think there are just 5 more letters I need to finish, too! I'm tempted to start over in my new style, rethinking things a bit. Isn't that just how it is with us illustrators...ugh. I have a few other letters up on my website if you ever feel like checking them out. Let me know what you think :o)

Thanks!
-Joy

Illos for the show!

"Crabby Doxie"

"Sad but Cute"

Here they are! These are the 2 illustrations I submitted for the Sweet Breams gallery show. They are both printed on 11 x 17, watercolor paper which pleasantly gave them a watercolor look, even though they're created digitally. I am pretty happy with how they turned out, especially since I had no idea what I was going to do for the show! It was such a nice opening reception at the shop. Lots of people and many of my wonderful friends and family showed up for support. I look forward to doing something like this again. It was my first time and a pretty fun experience.

Thanks!
-Joy

I'm in a gallery show!- Sweet Breams

Sweet Breams is a little shop in San Mateo, CA.They sell yummy, teeny-tiny contemporary taiyaki-ya, a dessert shop focusing on chibi taiyaki: delicious, soft and spongy, Japanese snack-sized fish-shaped cakes filled with premium ingredients. They also feature art work from local artists on their walls. The show opens on Saturday September 4th and runs through October 30th. I have 2 illustration pieces on display and am selling prints! Each 11 x 17 print is $40. I'll post them here on my blog after the show gets under way. It's something really different for me and I'm really excited to see how it goes. Even if I don't sell much, it will be a fun experience!

If you're in the area, come by the shop and look at some wonderful art and treat yourself to a yummy dessert!

Thanks!
Joy

Double

This is my illustration for this week's IF topic, "Double". Originally I had a different idea, but then just had a picture of one of these frogs in my mind. I figured I'd put the little guy in an illustration and just make 2 of them to fit the topic. I really should be doing some work, but wanted to do something with this frog and get him out of my mind, plus I wanted to participate in Illustration Friday!

Thanks for any comments and have a great week!

Breakfast

Here's a real quick one for this week's IF topic "Breakfast". Weekday mornings at our house, it's early and we're all just waking up barely able to put spoon in mouth...hehe. Thanks for your comments and for stopping by!