Painted Feathers!

One of my favorite things to do is paint feathers.

Literal feathers :D

These are all turkey feathers from a local family who raised the birds for food, painted with acrylics. Most of them have lovely iridescent detailing, because I'm kind of addicted to iridescent paints. This batch was painted over winter break. I think my favorite is the fairy.

This batch is on display and for sale at Gargoyles Statuary.  The kitsune and the phoenix in the top photo are $50, the red dragon $40, and the three big feathers in the bottom photo are $60 each.

Peacock Ruffle Scarf

I love ruffly scarves.

Sashay yarn is this fantastic yarn that's like a ribbon of multicolored netting with a little metallic thread along one edge. The idea is that you knit by picking up loops on one edge and using them as your live stitches, while the rest of the yarn makes these fabulous ruffles. They're super easy once you figure out how to handle the yarn, and they knit up super quick.

This colorway is called Twist, and the scarf is a gift for my mother.

(Note: the gorgeous winter fairy cross stitch in the top pic is not my work- that was done by my dear and wonderful friend Jessica for my birthday ^_^)

Pretty Pearls!

Some pretty pearl necklaces!

The top one is made with black and red freshwater pearls and hematite beads. The bottom is white and gold freshwater pearls and seed beads.

These are now on display and for sale at Gargoyles Statuary.  The black and red piece is $40 and the white and gold is $30.

Crosspost from Portfolio Blog: Digital Color: Stormchaser and Witchka

For some of my posts, I'll be crossposting from my portfolio blog. Here's the first look at some of what I do!

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I've long been a fan of an independent musician called S J Tucker. A wonderful singer and songwriter, her music touches on fantastic stories, mythology, and a kind of magic that never ceases to inspire me. It's become a tradition for me to sit during her concerts and draw, sketch after sketch drawn from the music Sooj and her companions are performing, and then present the sketches to them as a gift and thank you for the wonderful work that they do.

Sometimes the thumbnails I create during the concerts stick with me and beg to be worked into larger pieces. Stormchaser and Witchka are two such pieces. Stormchaser is a tale of Dorothy eager to return to Oz and braving the dangers of chasing down storms to get there; Witchka is a fun little story of someone who lovingly watches a young woman discovering herself.

Stormchaser was created in Photoshop; Witchka was drawn in pencils, scanned, and colored in Photoshop.

I've provided links to the songs that inspired the paintings. Witchka can be found on Sooj's Mischief album; Stormchaser has not officially been released but it has been performed at several of her live concerts. These songs are owned by S J Tucker and are posted here as unofficial companion pieces to my own artwork.

Stormchaser:

Witchka:

Welcome!

Welcome to the Create-a-Day Eyrie!

A little about what you'll find here:

My name is McKenna and I am an animation student at the Art Institute of Seattle. I draw, I write, I paint, I knit, I needlefelt, I make jewelry, I spin.

My intention with this blog is to post a little something I create every day, as a way to keep me inspired to create stuff and to share what I make- and, in the case of my non-scannable creations, to help improve my photography skills.

My schedule tends to be pretty busy, so I'm aware I won't always be able to create something post-worthy. On those days, I'll share an older piece, thoughts, or some other cool little doodad.

Sometimes I will post a piece available for sale (remember: poor college art student). When that happens, I'll provide links and information for purchasing. This will either be through my etsy shop or through Gargoyles Statuary, which carries most of my work.

I'll only post to the Etsy shop when I have something to sell, as between full-time art school and a part time job, managing an online shop is a bit more than I can regularly handle at the moment.

Mostly, I want this blog to be a fun place to post my work and thoughts. I hope you can enjoy it too.