Saturday, November 22, 2008

Night Child



Here is a piece I did for myself....I was sketching out ideas inspired by a story by George MacDonald "The Day Boy and the Night Girl" that I read in my younger years. I decided to put most of stars in her hair when I was finished painting.

I am going to work on a piece next that incorporates both the girl and boy (from the story), a two piece that flows into each other...

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Lawrence.com



Here is a piece that I did for Lawrence.com about gender in politics. The Art Director particularly liked the heels in one of my sketches in part due to Palin's ubiquitous quote: "heels are on, gloves are off"

I wanted to allude a little to the negative side of the story a bit with the heel about to possibly step on the white house and the suggested darker clouds above the white house.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Beyonce




Here is a crop of my favorite parts of new piece I put up on my website.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Wine Label

I am currently working on an image for a wine label...so all personal work aside. Also be on the lookout for other new work being posted up soon!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Dance!



Here is a sneak peek at a piece I am in the process of working on....

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Travel



Here is the final piece... I brought in layers of watercolor textures in Photoshop. I had alot of fun working on the swirls and details in her hair and in making the scarf look translucent while still keeping the watercolor texture.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Travel Sketch


Here is a piece Im currently working on...I worked on the sketch last night and got the composition just the way I wanted...I cant wait to paint it and put the finishing touches on it...

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Stage Dreams






I thought I would try and do another piece similar to that of "Golden Dreams" and it gave me alot problems...
but I learned from it...and so there it is...

Friday, June 6, 2008

New Work Coming Soon...


Just thought I would let everyone know that I am working on some new work and that I will post soon in the next month or so...See you then!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sketchbook




from one of the pages in my sketchbook...

Friday, May 2, 2008

The Dallas Morning News





Here is the piece that I did for The Dallas Morning News, sketch to finish. The article was about a womans travels and her gratitude towards having seen all the beauty along the way...
I really enjoyed working on this project...and I loved the title with it.

Here is the link to the online article: Gratitude Article

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sunset lake



I used watercolor and ink and to get some interesting texture with the ink I used sticks, dried flower stems and pods.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lake




Here is a watercolor and ink piece I did not too long ago. I love what ink does when it hits wet paper....

"Such an emotive and sublime work! In my opinion, this captures the true essence of the total serenity of a starlit lake twinkling under a summer's evening sky and it contains all the elements of what a perfect watercolor should be." -Michael Sprouse

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Pink Lady


Watercolor and Photoshop...a softer feel to Golden Dreams.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Golden Dreams




Here is a piece that I originally did in watercolor...and then took into Photoshop. I brought in layers of watercolor and ink texture and tried to build up depth. Its different from the way I usual work, but I found it refreshing and I think it turned out allright.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Welcome!!

I will be posting new work here as well as any recent news and upcoming events. Please visit my online portfolio at www.rebekahnichols.com

Welcome to my new blog!