Good Morning all!

Starting the day with some very good news, I received the Spectrum Acceptance Email and, TA DA! It's 'Black Pearls' my selected work for Spectrum Fantastic Art # 20
*does the dance of joy*

www.spectrumfantasticart.com



'Black Pearls' on deviantArt: [link]

The original of 'Old Garden Roses' is at Emerald City ComicCon, booth 2903 across from the art exhibit in room 305 on the Gaming Floor - Krab Jab Studio!

www.emeraldcitycomicon.com

If you are in Seattle WA well...here your chance to see one of my illustrations in person!


The illustration is for SALE. Contact me if interested

Wishing to enjoy my paintings in person but you don't live in Europe? Good news, I have three of my illustrations currently displayed in Art Galleries in US!
Below, all the info you need!

'Nancy Drew's Mystery Stories'


'Young Adult' Group Show
Original is at Gallery1988
7020 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 9003
Interested in buying this illustration? Go there: [link]

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'Where no Man has Gone Before!"



Start Trek Tribute Show
Original is at QPop Gallery
128 Astronaut E S Onizuka St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

- SOLD -

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'The Mysteries of New Venice'



'Venice' Group Show
Original is at Modern Eden Gallery
403 Francisco Street, San Francisco CA
Interested in buying this illustration? Go there: [link]

Have a look at my online shop for mini-prints and original illustrations for sale

Prints of 'Black Pearls' available very soon through Fine Grime Gallery!!!



[link]

1st December 2012.

COMMISSIONS SLOT IS CLOSED! Next one will be in 2013
Thank you!

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Commission slots open! Here's how it works. I will open 3 slots for a small size illustration done in markers, watercolors and pastels on paper. This is not for a limited time, when those slots are filled the commissions are closed.

Here what you get!

Description: One character portrait with simple background.
sample 01 . sample 02 . sample 03 . sample 04

Size: 14,8 × 21 cm / 8.27 x 5.83 inches

Price: 70 USD plus shipping via International Registered Mail. You will receive the original OOAK illustration, of course
Terms of Payment: Paypal only!
Estimated time of completation: end of November

Just note me if you're interested! Only 3 slots available!

Anyway, originals are always available there: [link]   and there [link]

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

My Fan-Page celebrated its first birthday yesterday and I've thought it's time for a new giveaway! What you have to do is just to leave a 'smile' on that post and you can win a print of my 'She slowly floated away' illustration"!

Have fun!



MINI PRINTS!

Last chance for mini-print lots on my Etsy shop! I'm currently working on a big shop update with lots of new items, and I will not renew the mini-prints listings when they expire. This is a great time to buy your favorite prints so, go there:
Mini Prints

Thank you!

I posted an entry about frequently asked questions some years ago but I couldn't find it in the archive folder, it seems my very old entries disappeared for some reason. So, I think it's time to post some FAQs again!

1. What your favorite drawing tools?
I work in a variety of tools - markers, watercolor, ink, pastels, gouache, graphite - though I enjoy mostly markers and watercolors.
My favorite drawing tools are Letraset products (Tria and Pro markers) and I like Italian watercolors like Maimeri. Foreign materials - I mean, not European - are usually quite expensive and I really don't like to purchase expensive art tools or paper. They don't give me any chance to experiment since I'm always afraid I can ruin them

2. What is your preferred paper?
My favorite paper is Fabriano. I can easily find it in local art-stores and I can buy it in large individual sheets or drawing pads, smooth or rough, heavyweight or lightweight, white or creamy, depending if I'm working on a piece mainly done in watercolors or markers. I have some Moleskine notebooks too, the watercolors ones are the best to me!

3. Do you take commissions?
I currently accept commissions on a very limited basis, I'm quite busy working on my first graphic novel for Editions du Riez, a French editor. However, if I was asked to draw something I find very, very interesting I would probably accept it! Commissions are always a challenge and it's great when you can push yourself in new directions!
Don't hesitate to contact me for info, prices, etc, etc

4. Do you sell originals, prints?
Yes, I do. Originals, prints and merchandise can only be bought on my Etsy store at: www.etsy.com/shop/nati
Contact me if you're interested in buying an original and you don't see it listed on Etsy. Most of my original work is sold but maybe the illustration you like is still available.

5. Tutorials?
No time to write a tutorial but I often post Work in Progress shots on my fan-page or on my Flickr gallery

Would you like to win an original illustration of mine?

I will hold a contest over on my Facebook fanpage as soon as I reach 2000 followers. The final prize is the original of 'She dropt as softly as a Star'! Follow the page for more info!

Cheers,
nati

. contact info .

Please, for any question, request, info about commissions and so on, contact me through my personal email at: natalia_pierandrei AT alice.it
Thank you!

Please, for any question, request, info about commissions and so on, contact me through my personal email at: natalia_pierandrei AT alice.it
Thank you!

Easter time! I came back hometown for holidays and I'll be not online often in the next days....anyway, to celebrate the first year of my blog at Blogger, I'm giving away a copy of an art-book of mine published in 2009. More info on 'Angels and Insects'! It's very easy to enter!



You can buy PRINTS and products there:

Deviantart Shop


my Etsy shop


ArtFlakes shop



Thank you ^_^





g r o u p s



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Thank you very much, and for today's Daily Deviation ^_^



My Daily Deviations>> [link]





You can buy PRINTS and products there:

Deviantart Shop


my Etsy shop


ArtFlakes shop



Thank you ^_^

February 15, 2011

Commissions closed for now, thank you for writing ^_^


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February 13, 2011
Commissions are open again for a very limited time! I will take two new commissioned pieces that will be completed in the next weeks. Details as follows:

Image size: 24x33cm or 42x29cm
Description: one character plus detailed background, full color
Technique: markers + colored pencils + soft pastels

Examples for 24x33cm commissions »
1. [link]
2. [link]

Examples for 42x29cm commissions »
1. [link]
2. [link]


Pricing:
. 24x33cm image » 230USD plus shipping via Registered mail or courier service, as you prefer.
. 42x29cm image » 300USD plus shipping via Registered mail or courier service, as you prefer.

General info:
. You will receive the original, one of a kind illustration.
. Half payment is required up front via Paypal once I reply accepting your request. I will also email you all the information about payment.
. Final payment must be done once the illustration is completed and before I ship it to you.
. This entry does not refer to commercial use commissioned illustrations. If you're interested in hiring me, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or send me a deviant note. Thank you!

How it works:
I will start working on your piece middle of February. Your commission will be completed in few days. Send me a personal note through Deviantart giving me a short description of your piece. The first two ones who do that, will receive a note back from me with details about the payment/shipping.



You can buy PRINTS and products there:

Deviantart Shop


my Etsy shop


ArtFlakes shop



Thank you ^_^

Hello there!
I should keep this journal updated more often but I prefer wasting my time posting silly entries to my Blogger one ^_^
Anyhow, since some people asked me for a tutorial, I think a writing about this matter might be helpful for anybody who follows me on deviantart.

Accept it, I've never made/written any tutorials ^_^ Reasons are the following:

1. I'm too lazy
2. English is not my mother-tongue. Good tutorials are not just a list of photos/images. Images should be connected to a series of instructions. And instructions should lead the reader through the key features of a technique. Obviously they should be written in a good English. I can't organize nothing like that and I don't feel like doing it!
3. There's not any secret in what I do. Unlike me, many of you are art-students or you took art lessons in the past. Honestly, you should teach me how to draw! You just need to spend a little bit of time observing my illustrations to understand 'the secrets'of my technique. Some deviants have copied my style so carefully that I think you can achieve the same goal without any specific tutorials from my part. Of course, I strongly talk you out of merely copying someone else's way of drawing/coloring! It's stupid and fruitless!

Lately, I post almost regularly sketches and drawings to my blog, my facebook page and my flickr gallery. Keep a look there for sneak peeks of new illustrations and WIP!

Hi there!

Just a quick journal entry to inform you that I'm not in the list of semi-finalists for 'James and the Giant Peach' contest. Here you can see the selected pieces. Good luck to the semi-finalists and...I'll do better the next time ^^
I thank all the people who faved my illustration and wished me good luck for the contest! To the few ones who asked me about prints of this image, the will be available very soon on my Etsy shop!

Again, thank you and have a nice weekend!


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Do you know I run a wonderful ^^ website, I keep a gorgeous blog and I also have a Facebook page? Just in case you need more art by me and deviantArt is not enough for you ^^

Big announcement: commissions are open again for a very limited time! I will take two new commissioned pieces that will be completed in the next weeks. Details as follows:

Image size: 24x33cm
Description: one character plus detailed background, full color
Technique: markers + colored pencils + soft pastels
Examples:
1. [link]
2. [link]
3. [link]
4. [link]

Pricing: 230USD plus shipping via Registered mail or courier service, as you prefer.

General info:
. You will receive the original, one of a kind illustration.
. Half payment is required up front via Paypal once I reply accepting your request. I will also email you all the information about payment.
. Final payment must be done once the illustration is completed and before I ship it to you.

How it works:
I will start working on your piece middle of July. Your commission will be completed in few days. Send me a personal note through Deviantart giving me a short description of your piece. The first two ones who do that, will receive a note back from me with details about the payment/shipping.

Would you like to have one of my original illustrations for free? Follow my blog and you know soon how to get it! [link]

^_^

Yes, finally my illustrations arrived in Stockholm - if you follow my blog you know all the shipment troubles I got in the past days because of the volcano's eruption in Iceland! The girls at Vinca Minor Galler are so nice to arrange a new vernissage just for my paintings - thank you, thank you! So, if you're in Sweden, don't miss the opening in May 7!

And if you can't fly to Stockholm - like me! - here the illustrations I did for the show!

Many illustrators I follow keep a blog at blogger,  soI've finally decided to move mine to a new address and start over!

My new blog address is : [link] and you can add it to your RSS feed! I've imported all the past posts from Wordpress into the new blog so it looks the same as the old one.

Enjoy!

SHOW AT VINCA MINOR GALLERY

I have been invited to submit my work to a collective illustrations/comics themed show at Vinca Minor Gallery - Sweden.
The show starts April 25th and it will be advertised at Small Press Expo in Stockholm.
I'm working on illustrations and pages from my latest comic book project: The Cloud Maiden.

That said, some weeks ago I was supposed I could start taking new private ommissions but I will spend the next weeks working on the stuff for the show. So, I have no idea when I'm available again for personal commissions but I will keep you informed about that, anyway!

Thank you!