Happy Halloween: Pumpkins From The Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns at Descanso Gardens

I love Halloween, it is one of my favorite holidays.  Dressing up, candy, and pumpkins; what's not to love?  Last week I went to The Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns at Descanso Gardens, a pumpkin extravaganza!  The pumpkins invaded one of my favorite spaces and made it completely different.  There were so many jack o'lanterns, it was incredible.  These are lots of images, but there were many more, it was difficult to winnow it down to just these ones.  I'm saving some of the Dia de los Muertos themed ones for tomorrow.  I took a few with the flash on to show the design and construction details, I hope you will enjoy them.  Happy Halloween!

Giant Pumpkin Flowers

Giant Pumpkin Flowers Construction Details

Aliens and Space with Pluto in its Rightly Place as a Planet

Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall

Elsa from Frozen

The Adams Family

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Portrait Details

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs

Dinosaur

Dinosaur Construction Details

The Wizard of Oz

Malificent

Aurora

Chinese Zodiac

Happy Halloween from me to you!

Original Art 11"x14" Big Eye Fairy Painting, 8"x10" Giclee Prints, & LE ACEO Prints available here...

A Photograph of an Iris at Huntington Gardens...

This beautiful iris was blooming at Huntington Gardens the most recent time I visited.  I had not seen this color combination before.  I thought the soft yellow with the whites and soft purple violet color combination was just lovely.  I hope you will enjoy this photo.  

My Snow White Big Eye Fantasy Original Painting! Art Prints & ACEOs!

This Week "Apple of My Eye" Original 11"x14" Painting here

8"x10" print here

ACEO 2.5"x3.5" Limited Edition LE 1st of 25 here

I am listing "Apple of My Eye," an original gothic Snow White with some princess friendly apples.  She has big green eyes and the original has hair touched with a copper iridescence.  I was trying to complete my large white water lilies painting for today, but I'm not quite done with them, hopefully I will have the painting ready to share next Tuesday...

I also have additional giclee art and ACEO prints here  this week from Tuesday to Tuesday with a theme of fairytales and myths...

Most of my art is also available on my website at http://www.lisarusso.com; however, I like to offer some art on ebay at a lower promotional start rate for the duration of the auctions...  I have started at updating and adding payment buttons to my website.  It's a very slow project, but one I am working on.

After the auction, "Apple of My Eye" will be available on my website here.

Athena & Her Owl Original Painting Work in Progress...

Here is a work in progress view of my large 16"x20" original big eye Athena Greek goddess (known to the Romans as Minerva) with her little owl painting.  The sketch is down and I have begun painting the sky.  Still quite a ways to go with her, but I think she's starting in a good direction...

Big Eye Angel Fairy Sketch Art & Little Barn Owl Website Update...

Here is a sketch of a big eye angel fairy face.  It is my first sketch, I'll probably do another to refine her further, but I think she's right for the small frame I am doing the painting for; although she will definitely be cropped differently, the frame is nearly square.  I have so many paintings that I want to paint, but I'm very much a mood based artist, I usually work on whatever my heart tells me to work on on any given day...

I am also participating in Sunday Sketches.  To view more Sunday Sketches, please visit:

http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/

Little Owl Original Painting SOLD

Open Edition 5"x7" Giclee Prints & Limited Edition Giclee ACEO Prints Here

Little Owl is a small barn owl.  He has a soft realist impressionist quality and seems lost in thought...  I sold the original, but I do have this available as prints and LE ACEOs!

Every week on Tuesday, I try to list a small original, some giclee art prints, and giclee LE ACEO prints at promotional prices. Visit here to see what I have available this week!

A Photograph of an Iris for my Garden...

Yesterday I went to the Huntington Gardens fall plant sale.  Although I haven't had good luck with irises, I thought this iris was so beautiful and had such a fragrant aroma, I decided to chance it and take it home.  Irises are one of my favorite types of flowers.  We haven't planted it yet, but I wanted to share it with you.  I'm not even sure how to describe the colors.  I didn't realize that irises bloom twice a year, I thought it was just the once...  This variation of iris is called Bernice's Legacy, if you're in the Southern California area, the sale is still on today and tomorrow.  We also bought some other lovely plants, but I will endeavor to share them another day.  

The Work Before the Art...

Alex of The Strange Art of Ledante is helping me to prep some canvases here.  I bought some hard boards to paint on and I've discovered that I like the smoothness of them.  Canvas can be great, but sometimes I end up fighting with it...  Alex suggested some gesso and sanding, so he's helped me to prepare some canvases to try this way.  Alex used to do traditional art, but is now strictly digital, except when he helps me...

Work in Progress Original White Water Lilies Painting...

Here is a work in progress view of my white water lilies painting.  I have only a few petals left to go, then I have to decide if I want to give the background a little bit of a dark wash on the brightest parts (right now in broad daylight, I think the lily pads steal too much focus).  Then after that I will decide if I need to do any more layers on the petals of the waterlilies and then I'll be done!   

My Black Gothic Big Eye Mermaid Original Painting! Art Prints & ACEOs!

This Week "Three Friends" Original 11"x14" Painting here

8"x10" print here

ACEO 2.5"x3.5" Limited Edition LE 1st of 25 here

I am listing "Three Friends," an original gothic black mermaid with some of her clownfish friends.  She has big brown eyes and her clownfish friends love to be near her flowing hair...

I also have additional giclee art and ACEO prints here this week from Tuesday to Tuesday with a theme of mermaids and mermaid sea friends...

Most of my art is also available on my website at http://www.lisarusso.com; however, I like to offer some art on ebay at a lower promotional start rate for the duration of the auctions...  I have started at updating and adding payment buttons to my website.  It's a very slow project, but one I am working on.

A Photograph of a Cloudy Sky and Some Palm Trees Outside of my Home...

I'm looking at photographs of the sky for a background for my Athena and Owlie painting.  I took this photograph outside of my home, obviously I wouldn't use the palm trees or the telephone line, but I thought it was a pretty scene and the clouds have potential.  I hope you will enjoy this photo...