Charlene-Art

Hi everyone!

I know it has been a long time! I hope you're all doing well.

I've been taking some time out to attempt to do some writing and worldbuilding - I always struggle with that - so I haven't been so involved with the art community lately, or submitting as much art as I would like.

I've made a bunch of my originals available on Etsy! This includes all my music sheet peaces, some of my watercolour pieces and oil paintings. If you would like something and it's not available in your region please let me know

www.etsy.com/au/shop/Charlenes…

I've also made some artwork available on Displate! If you like Metal Prints that will also plant trees, this is for you There is currently a Black Friday sale happening if you're interested too. 

displate.com/charlenesart?art=…

There is also a Black Friday promotion happening over at RedBubble. Just use the codes

www.redbubble.com/people/charm…

Feature for the Multicultural Fairy Tales Contest:
Multicultural Fairy Tales: RESULTSThe judges have deliberated and the results are in.  Thank you to everyone who entered - it helped make my birthday a happy one.  You can read all entries here.  I was especially pleased to see so many people making use of lesser-known tales.
With no further ado, here are the winners of my Multicultural Fairy Tales contest.
FIRST PLACE
by :iconsaartha:
A retelling of Jack and Beanstalk (English) and Ghatotkacha, from the Mahabharata (Hindu).
saartha will win:
1500 points from Points Pool
Critique from LiliWrites
Custom poem or flash fiction from JessaMar
Journal features from LiliWrites, JessaMar, YouInventedMe, Asahi-Taichou, and Charlene-Art
SECOND PLACE



1st Place:
Jack and GhatotkachaThere had always been stories of a land of clouds, a land in the sky high above. A place of easy living. Jack had always dreamed about it, with the skeptic hope of destitute little boys. He loved his mother, and she did her best, but the disappearance of his father shortly after he was born meant hardship and struggle.
He spent his time while herding the cows in the fields daydreaming. How he would take his mother there, someday, and live happily together. “I’m a nimble sort,” he bragged to his favorite cow, Milky-White. “When I’m grown, I could jump there. One leap! Right over the chimney, you know, over the town.”
Jack leaped up to demonstrate, managing a foot or so off the ground. The cow chewed her cud politely. “Well,” he said, “You’ll see. I’ll start by jumping over you.” He jumped again, and if Milky-White minded the thump of boy against her flank, she was too genteel to say.
The years passed and soon Jack w by saartha

2nd Place:
The boy who drew a life in the woods"What are you up to?"
It was the first memory Nik had of his mother.
A toddler on her lap, he reached for her pen with one chubby hand. Heike smiled indulgently as she let him take it, watching him grip it in his tiny fist. She expected him to do what all children his age did, stick it in his mouth. The other mothers in the doctor's waiting room watched as well, many with judgment in their eyes, waiting for the coming disaster of ink everywhere.
"Ms. Branton?" The nurse surprised her, finally calling them. Heike followed, carrying her son into the pastel examination room. "Still not talking?" The woman ran a hand over Nik's blonde hair in sympathy.
"The test results...Is he okay?" Heike couldn't hide her concern.
"The doctor will see you, shortly," the nurse assured. "Until then, you can read the pamphlets." The woman gestured to the stack Heike held in one hand and left, closing the door behind her.
Sitting, Heike saw the booklets were now covered in ink. ADHD, autism, and a whole gam by ErlenmeyerKat

3rd Place: 

Kago, The Wicked Young Man    Once, on the outskirts of a small village there lived a man, Hiroshi, and his wife, Hanako. Hiroshi and Hanako were a kind and generous folk and living with them were Hiroshi's nephew, Kago, and his wife Saori. Now Kago was neither kind nor generous. Kago was a lazy, greedy, lustful man who could never be satisfied with what he was given in life. Each morning Hiroshi would announce that he was going hunting to feed the family and would ask Kago to join him. Each morning Kago would feign illness or claim some business far afield. Hiroshi would shake his head at the laziness of young men and go hunting alone.
    Though Kago had a wife of his own, one lovely and dutiful, he could not help wanting more. Each morning when Hiroshi would leave to hunt, Kago would pursue his love of Hanako, writing love poems and slipping them under her door. Hanako, upon seeing these poems, would shake her head at the greediness of young men and go about her day. Saori, would spend he by SubjugatedSandwich

Congratulations to all the winners!

Hello everyone! I am somewhat back. I'm back in Australia at least. England has been very interesting and educational. During my time there I have been encouraged a bit in my art and I've even sold some art at markets as well!

I've also finally gotten around to opening an Etsy where I've been promoting my original art, cards and prints of my work: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Charlenes…

Have a great day!

Hiya!

Wow it's been a year since my last journal! Time has kind of gone by! Heck, it's almost Inktober again . I may or may not participate again, perhaps a little more halfheartedly than the first time - simply because it was quite time consuming and I because of it I never got around to planing or participating in NanoWrimo which I should try to put some effort into this year.

So how has the year gone for you guys? My year has had some ups and downs. Been doing a fair amount of travelling and sketching along the way . I haven't really posted the art here but maybe I should. It is currently on my Instagram www.instagram.com/charlene_art… if you guys are interested Some of the stuff I'm proud of, some is a bit meh.

Soon it will be April 2018 and I will have to move out of the UK. So I was thinking of trying to sell the original art I made before moving back to Australia. Is there anyone here who might have any tips or recommendations of websites to use or how I might go about it? I guess my main questions are:

- How to go about pricing my own work
- Arranging delivery
- Arranging payment

The main pieces I was thinking of selling were:





and



If anyone has any ideas, or advice or even would like to buy my work, please let me know.

Well, this time around I was aware that Inktober existed so I gave it a shot. I only managed to create 11 sketches out of the supposed 31 (most of which have been uploaded to my Instagram account (www.instagram.com/charlene_art…) However, I'm not ashamed of the meagre number since some of those drawings were actually a lot of effort (e.g. Cat Beard and Welcome to Isengard - The University of Birmingham) plus I entered a few art competitions. Not to mention working 2 part time jobs (I dropped a 3rd because it was getting a bit much ). Not to mention the Halloween parties . I hammered out some quality stuff that I was proud of in the end along with some silly things that amused me that were in my head for a long time. And along the way I think I got a little more practice using the pentel brush pen and general art practice I otherwise wouldn't have. Hopefully the art will be bigger and better next year!

Onwards, completely unprepared to hopefully actually attempt Nanowrimo this year!