tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81709630563945234382023-11-16T14:07:02.864+01:00twinkling journeysEva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-87504978775477654742018-02-02T23:35:00.001+01:002018-02-02T23:35:32.942+01:00Goodbye January!That first month of 2018 just whizzed by …<br /> Looking back with some January faves from my Instagram feed: <br />
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Happy February everybody!</h3>
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P.s.: For those who might like to follow me on Instagram, here's my account: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/evamarion_art/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/evamarion_art/</a>Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-25604150525616299072018-01-14T23:11:00.000+01:002018-01-15T01:45:29.075+01:00Figure and Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's a new art contest on at Minted, the <b>Minted <a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/401#designSubmissionsPanel" target="_blank">Make A Statement Large Format Art Challenge. </a></b>Art prints sourced through this contest will be available at sizes up to 48" x 70" (= ca. 122 x 178 cm), so really big! </div>
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I had been a bit intimidated by the large formats at first, and decided that this contest wasn't for me. But then I became very inspired by the contest's special <b>"Figures & Form Award"</b>. Minted is looking for the most interesting artwork featuring
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Today I'll show you a selection of my submissions, a mix of older and new drawings/ paintings.</div>
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<b>"Here again so softly"</b> – the abstracted painting above was inspired by a walk in autumn
fog, observing other walkers emerging like ghosts out of the white
nothing. I aimed to express this ethereal feeling, painting a figure
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/927776" target="_blank">"Homage to Rahvis" – roomset courtesy of Minted</a></td></tr>
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My watercolor and ink drawing <b>"Homage to Rahvis"</b> above leads us back
to the 1940ties and was inspired by Clifford Coffin’s
photograph of an iconic Rahvis evening dress. I aimed to weave my own
story around it and created a reduced, delicate and dreamy drawing,
imagening this young lady being in anticipation of a glamorous ball.<br />
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two paintings above and below are part of a series of 4, featuring the
various strengths of women. I aimed to create expressive female
characters that would be open to merge with the viewer’s own stories.
The series is inspired by heroines from literature, theatre and film, by
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<b>"I will dance through the Fire"</b>, as seen above, is related to the astrological fire signs and symbolizes power, spirit, passion, resistance and initiative. <br />
Whereas <b>"She Who Knows"</b> as seen below, is linked to the earth signs. This lady is an old soul, a strong, earthbound and wise character.<br />
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The reduced<b> "Elegance"</b> drawing below features a woman in a ball
dress, highlighting the lightness and soft drape of her gown as well as
the elegant lines of her pose. I drew her with just a few quick lines
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<b>"Swift"</b>, as seen below, is a bit of a throwback into the 1980ties. Drawn with just some sweeping lines the drawing showcases the figure's elegant 80ties silhouette and the rich drape of the garments. A fab print for fashion enthousiasts as well as a good option for those who aim to add a softer vibe and an expressive touch to minimalistic interiors.</div>
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That's my selection for today! <b>To see all of my submissions, please just hop over to my <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/voting-now.html" target="_blank">"Voting now" page!</a></b><br />
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If you would like to support me in this contest, please just click on
the images. That'll lead you
directly to my submissions on the Minted page and you'll be able to place your votes. Thank you so much! A certain amount of winning art will be sourced through public voting, so through your votes! The rest will be chosen by the Minted Editorial Council.<b><br /></b><br />
<b>Voting is now open and will close on Wednesday, January 24th at 10am PST.</b><i> </i><br />
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not a Minted customer or a Minted artist yet, you'd need to set up an account on Minted
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Hello everybody, happy 2018!</span></h3>
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It's been a long time since my last post … sorry for being so quiet! I definitely plan to go on with my blogging, but sometimes life takes over and there's simply no time. Or the time doesn't seem right. I'll explain in a minute!<br />
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For 2018 I plan to update my blog regularly again, aiming at studio-news (and sometimes life-news too) once a month. Let's hope for the best!<br />
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Ok, and what happend in the time between?<br />
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For the first half of 2017 I had been pretty busy, designing and painting, and taking part in various design and art competitions. All the while I was caring for my 90 years old parents and looking after two households, theirs and ours. By the end of August, I felt that I couldn't go on this way. I was running on empty. I didn't realize how the time was passing, I hadn't even really noticed that it was summer and beautiful outside, and that was at a point when summer was almost over …<br />
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So I decided to take some time off from artmaking. I planned on a month, but finally it added up to September AND October.<br />
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By November, I felt I was ready again. I had managed to get some of the most important things done that had been shoveled from one "to do" list to the next for too long. I had enjoyed a bit more of freetime. And – I guess most creative people will understand – I had seriously missed painting and designing. I've had more time, but became all cranky without creating.<br />
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But then, when trying to start with my art practice again, I felt all rusty and somehow couldn't get into it again. Like I lost the connection. Or missed the bus. I started to question everything I had done before, and wasn't sure at all how to go on. Like a kind of creative block. I've never had anything like that before! And it took a long long time and lots of patience with myself to get into it again …<br />
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I am pretty happy that it's way better now, and that I am creating again. Mainly painting, right now. There's a new art contest on at Minted, so there's lots of art to show. I will post my submissions in the next days!<br />
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As a last point for today, in November I've finally started an Instagram account! Sometimes it is easier to post just pictures … I post almost daily over at Instagram, and would like to invite you to follow me there! Here's the link:<br />
<a href="http://www.instagram.com/evamarion_art">www.instagram.com/evamarion_art</a><br />
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Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-46649288242895942322017-08-27T15:42:00.001+02:002017-09-14T13:09:20.484+02:00Hello pattern, hello fabric!It's nice to look at this part of my work again! It's been quite a while … The reason for revisiting pattern design is another contest, the<b> <a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/375?sort=random#aboutChallengePanel" target="_blank">Minted "Fabric Frenzy" challenge</a></b>. Minted is looking for a wide range of
designs for homedecor (both kids and adult) and kid's clothing.<b> </b><br />
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be featuring a small selection of my submissions here in this blogpost.
If you'd like to see all of them, feel free to look at my <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/voting-now.html" target="_blank">"Voting now!" page</a>, I've listed everything over there (18 patterns in the whole). <b><br /></b><br />
<i>Like always with Minted competitions, the selection of designs goes by public votes or by editor picks.<b> </b>So if you
see something you like, please just quickly click on
the image! That'll lead you
directly to my submissions on the Minted page. Thank you so much!<b> Voting
is extended until Monday, October 2! </b></i><i>(Please note: If you are
not a Minted customer already, you'd need to set up an account on Minted
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As I love anything that has to do with the sea, and especially the
amazing beauty of underwater flora and fauna, designing these two
patterns was very much my cup of tea. Both pattern were done for
homedecor. "Ocean Garden" above is a handpainted watercolour pattern, whereas
the elements of "Ocean life" below were done with papercuts. Both patterns
would work especially well in maritime/ beach house style homes.<br />
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My "Soul Food" pattern inspired by all kinds of root vegetables is pretty much mixed media: papercut, monotype printing and crayon textures are all in the mix, and finally I edited everything digitally. A fab pattern for for the kitchen or for table linens. <br />
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And here's some designs for children!<br />
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The first design up features a classic, the fairytale of "Little Red
Riding Hood". I had lots of fun drawing the characters and all the lush
nature elements. This pattern is aimed mainly at children's homedecor, but would work for kid's clothing as well.<br />
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Same goes for the two boy's patterns above, they work for kid's home
decor as well as for kid's apparel. Both are quirky and handdrawn and
had lots of fun doing them. I especially like my busy little submarine rescue boats, I hope kids will love them too! <br />
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That's my selection for today. To see more of my patterns, please hop over to my <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/voting-now.html" target="_blank">"Voting now" page! </a><br />
To see all of the submissions to this compettition (4541!), <a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/375?sort=random#aboutChallengePanel" target="_blank">click here!</a><br />
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<br />Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-15691963857617873542017-07-30T14:31:00.001+02:002017-07-30T14:31:19.839+02:00New Wall Art for Kids and Teens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's some new art or young people! Inspired by <b><a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/385" target="_blank">the Minted + Pottery Barn contest for kid's and teen's wallart</a> </b>I made a small selection including painting/ illustration and photography.<br />
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<i>(Like always with Minted comps votes and likes
are very welcome! Voting
already ends tomorrow evening, Monday July 31 (Mid European time). So if you
see something you like and want to help me to get it selected for the
Minted and/ or Pottery Barn stores, please </i><i>just quickly click on
the image! That'll lead you
directly to my submissions on the Minted page. </i><i><i>Thank you so much! </i></i><br />
<i>Please note: If you are
not a Minted customer already, you'd need to set up an account on Minted
to be able to vote.)</i><br />
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<b>Here's some more info about my art:</b><br />
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For both illustrative pieces above I did the main characters with papercut and collage. Then I added the "scene" with crayon and put it all together digitally. A fun way of working! <br />
As you might see by the choice of my titles I aimed for storytelling prints that prompt the viewer to weave their own stories around the characters.<br />
The sporty hare will be fab for any young athlete or sports fan. Whereas the turtle conveys confidence and curiosity and will be a great print for any child that is keen to discover and explore the world. <br />
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And here's two "airborn" prints. My "Little Fantasy about Flying" above is inspired by my love of airships and hot-air-balloons and shows some steampunk influences as well as a decent dose of whimsy. It's another mixed media piece combining pen and ink drawings with gouache paint and a little bit of collage.<br />
The photograph below was done in Zeebrugge, Belgium, one of the best spots for kite surfing/ surfing on the North Sea coast. I love the feeling of space, freedom and movement in it and think it would be a great print for a young person's room.<br />
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"The Evening Bath" above was bravely taken by a group of schoolchildren
on the coast of the Isle of Wight, England. Bravely because the North
Sea was very very cold on that day … (I'd tested it out myself before!) <br />I love this photograph because it evokes the carefree
summer holiday feeling of childhood. And as well because of the contrast
of that small hub of human energy against the huge turquoise and blue
surface of the North Sea.<br />
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Speaking of the North Sea – the series of 3 photographs above was done
on the North Sea coast of Belgium, and is called "North Sea Nocturne".
We took a trip there in June, and I was fascinated with the bright
nights of the Summer Solstice. The gleaming light was just amazing! I
really didn't expect this, usually you only get these bright Summer
Solstice nights a bit more up north. Probably it's the surface of the
sea reflecting the light that leads to a similar effect like in
Scandinavia. Anyway, I was intrigued, and took several long walks along
the beaches late in the evening. These photographs all were taken close
to midnight … I hope I managed to capture a bit of that dreamy and
peaceful atmosphere.<br />
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The "Dreamy Palace" was painted with watercolour and gouache. It's inspired by the tales of 1001 nights.<br />
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The photograph above follows the current interior trend for tropical and
green wallart. It's a close up of a palm leaf. I aimed to captured the
leaf’s abstract organic forms and found two different rhythms that characterize the rainforest: sunlit, fresh and almost electric green on
the front, dark, gloomy and intriguing on the backside …<br />
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That's it for today! I hope you like my selection. Fingers crossed … and thank you so much for any votes and likes!<br />
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Well … all you have to do is to design for stationary! I am slowly getting used to the "design schedule" for Holiday cards. This year I didn't feel as much disconnected with the rest of the world as I did last year. And all that snow even had a cooling effect on some very hot June days :-)<br />
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<i>The designs shown here are submissions to the current <a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/377?sort=random" target="_blank">Minted Challenge for Holiday Cards</a>. Like always with Minted comps votes and likes
are very welcome! Please just click on the images, that'll lead you
directly to my submissions on the Minted page. Thank you so much! Voting
ends on Friday evening, July 7 … already … it's almost too late for vote
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<b>And here's a bit more about my designs: </b> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/827379" target="_blank">" A Holiday Stroll 1"</a></td></tr>
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The two cards above both feature details of one of my watercolour paintings.<br />
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Whereas the sketchy pen + ink and crayon angels were done as part of an advent challenge a while ago.<br />
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The snowflake design is for a corporate Holiday card. It was inspired by old anatomical/ botanical drawings and provides a lot of room to add the company highlights of the year and a thank you + holiday message to the clients.<br />
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The inspiration for the two snow bunnies wasn't forest animals, but my own cat. I watched him observing and admiring the first snow of winter through the studio windows, obviously planning some mischief (he just loves snow!).<br />
I painted this little winter scene with gouache and silver gouache.<br />
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And finally a Christmas Ballet card that is just a bit silly :-)<br />
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I hope you'll like my card designs. And now, back to summer!!!Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-6423403571840908052017-05-14T00:17:00.000+02:002017-05-14T23:04:25.106+02:00New stationary designsLately I haven't had much time for creating due to family health issues … but somehow, in between things, I managed to do some work for the <b><a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/361" target="_blank">"Better Together Minted Greeting Card Design Challenge"</a>. </b>Would have loved to do more … Oh well ok, I think in times like these the most important thing is to somehow just keep working – in order to keep one's creative muscles relatively fit and healthy.<br />
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Today I'll show you some of my submissions to this challenge. It is a contest for both copy and design. One could either work with own copy, or choose copy submitted by another artist and create for that. Something that I loved to do!<br />
Votes and likes would be very welcome! Voting already ends on Monday evening, 15th of May (mid european time) – sorry for the rush! I simply didn't manage to post my designs earlier … Thank you so much for voting and liking!<br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/785793" target="_blank">"Lovely Day Flowers" </a>– watercolour floral design for a birthday card with copy by Jennifer Lew: "Front: Make today lovely/ Inside: Happy Birthday".<br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/786985" target="_blank">"Walk in Flowers"</a> is a 21st birthday card featuring a shower of watercolour petals based on my own copy. Front: "May you walk in flowers and dance in the rain." Inside: "With lots of love on your 21st birthday!" <br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/789163?filter=all&sort=designer" target="_blank">"Sunny Road"</a> is a another 21st birthday card based on my
own copy: Front: "Wishing you … wind in your hair, joy in your heart and a sunny road to life's adventures." Inside: "Happy 21st Birthday!" <br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/787049?filter=all&sort=designer" target="_blank">"Entwine"</a>
is a wedding card design based on a copy by Lisa Sunday Rinella. Front: "Lifes entwine, dreams melt into one another, joy is on the wind." Inside: So happy you found each other." I immediately fell in love with Lisa's words and together with my watercolour details this card makes one of my fave submissions. <br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/789133" target="_blank">"Emerals Isle Blessing" </a>– this one is special to me because the copywriter, Mariecor Agravante, chose my photographic art print out of the bounty of designs that are already for sale on Minted and wrote a copy for it specifically to go on a card together. Front: "Emerald Isle Blessing", Inside (excerpt): "May the mists of the Eirinn isle, bring a glow to your dimpled smile, … And may the wings of Irish laughter, Uplift
you now and ever after." Thank you so much, Mariecor!<br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/787063" target="_blank">"My own kind" </a>– here's a mixed media botanical design that
I used for a mother's birthday card featuring copy
by Kate Ross. Front: "You've always taught me to be my own kind of beautiful." Inside: "I'm so
grateful for you, Mom. I celebrate you on your birthday and always."<br />
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<a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/785801" target="_blank">"Always Love" </a>– this sympathy card features my
own photography. The copy is by Courtney Crane. Front: "Though there is loss …, Inside: "love always remains. Thinking of you
with heartfelt sympathy." <br />
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Finally this is a card to send to a loved one: <a href="https://www.minted.com/design-rating/785963?filter=all&sort=designer" target="_blank">"Galactical"</a>. It is based on a copy by Frooted Design. Front: "The moon is way too close." Inside: "Love you to the furthest galaxy and back!" <br />
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Want to see more? You can have a look at ALL submissions (3752!) to this challenge over<a href="https://www.minted.com/challenge/361#designSubmissionsPanel" target="_blank"> here. </a><br />
And you can find ALL OF MY submissions using the filter "Sorted by artist" and then hop over to page 71. Thank you!Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-65053205498639221412017-04-15T23:51:00.001+02:002017-04-16T21:00:14.993+02:00Spring Awakening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while since my last blogpost – sorry! Sometimes the days go by so fast … Especially in these first weeks of spring when I grab every opportunity to get outside!<br />
I love seeing our valley and the river Lahn slowly waking up to spring. It's almost like you can watch the change from day to day. <br />
These pics below are from the end of March.<br />
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The catkins are the first to wake up. And as we've got a lot of them, for quite some time the riverside will be spotted by glowing yellow-green bushes – a beautiful sight!<br />
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The canoe/ kayaking season is slowly starting too. (We have a few
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The wild violets are pretty early too. You'll occasionally find them on the slopes of the valley.<br />
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This is the typical riparian forest above, at the beginning of April.<br />
And below, this now is mid April – I took these pics yesterday. <br />
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Well you can say that it's the same as every year … true, but I love it anyway! I hope you'll enjoy my pictures as well. Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and green Easter!<br />
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Over the last days I filled up my Etsy shop with new listings. Some are older paintings, some pretty recent.<br />
I've had a serious studio sorting – just the thing one does before springtime starts I guess! Feels good to get things out of the drawers. Half way through this I realized that do this (and maybe need to do it!) to invite new work in.<br />
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For now here's some of my new listings:<br />
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First up here are two smaller watercolours that tie together well. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/499578938/color-energy-original-watercolor?ref=shop_home_active_16" target="_blank"><b>"Color Energy 1"</b></a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/513074673/color-energy-2-original-watercolor?ref=shop_home_active_17" target="_blank"><b>"Color Energy 2"</b></a> inject a generous dose of fresh colour to energize a room after the long grey winter.<br />
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And here is another floral watercolour – with a softer vibe this time:<br />
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And I now have a new <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkyblueByEvaMarion?ref=l2-shopheader-name&section_id=21190181" target="_blank"><b>section for kids</b></a> in shop! For now it is just three
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listings: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/501775692/the-adventurers-original-watercolor?ref=shop_home_active_9" target="_blank"><b>"The Adventurers"</b></a> – they originally were painted as a placement design
for kid's fashion but I think my little animal pirates are great for wall art as well. <br />
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Little Rosella Piggie always looks on the bright side of pirate life and
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Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-20141274243082762792017-02-03T14:35:00.002+01:002017-02-07T15:20:19.979+01:00A new contest: magic light … and lots of animals!February starts with a new art contest, with the 2017<b> "<a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/345" target="_blank">Minted x West Elm Art on the Big Stage"</a></b>. The contest is for art prints, theme and chosen medium are open.<br />
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Here's some of my entries, I hope you'll enjoy them! They pretty well
reflect my fave media at the moment: photography, watercolour and
handprinting. Please vote for
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Looking through my entries I realized that I included a lot of animals this time! Well they are very inspiring to me :-)<br />
I did the "Deer Jump" as part of last year's Inktober challenge (<a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/2016/10/moon-and-sun-and-valley-inktober-2016.html" target="_blank">you can read a bit more about it here if you like to</a>). I love the way this simple painterly sketch captures movement and animal beauty as well as a magical mood.<br />
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"Collecting Birds" is an ongoing series of watercolour birds in their natural surroundings, painted to celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature. They are inspired by the illustrations you'll find in old books for identifying bird species, and I try to marry this inspiration with the loose painterly quality of watercolours. I submitted 3 of these – you can find the other 2 on my <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">voting page</a>.<br />
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Ok, I simply had to include this friendly chap! Travelling in Ireland these sheep are your constant companions, but I tried for long to do a good portrait as they tend to be wild and shy. This close up and upfront shoot now finally shows one of them in full beauty and pride :-)<br />
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My "Cow Parade" is a digital collage of monoprints. The prints I
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And here's two more landscapes!<br />
In this shot of Dingle Harbour in Ireland below I captured clouds and sun playing on the ships and hills, reducing them to silhouettes and highlighting the importance of the elements – it's a small land floating between a vast sea and sky. The photograph is part of my Irish "Light on …" series. I submitted 3 of these – you can find the other 2 <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">on my voting page.</a><br />
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Finally here's a watercolour painted in Germany. It was inspired by a walk on a foggy day in early winter – I loved the reduced color palette and the way the forest and hills melted into the soft greys of the frosty sky. A painting that radiates a peaceful and meditative mood.<br />
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Want to see more? Just hop over to <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">my voting page!</a><br />
You as well can have a look at<a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/345" target="_blank"> all submissions here</a>. But beware – it might take quite a while, there's 6278 of them in the whole! Wish me luck!<br />
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There won't be a real review of 2016 this time … I'll just settle on admitting that I am pretty happy to be in 2017 now! And that 2016 was a challenging year at least. Caring for two 90 year old peeps (one of them with dementia) while looking after two households plus trying to run my art and design business often brought me to the edge of exhaustion. I believe that there's a time for everything in life, and this obviously is not the time for big career plans …<br />
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So for 2017 I'll just try to concentrate on the positive things. Hoping to help my parents to live their high age life in dignity – which is not easy all the time – and praying for patience for myself. And I'll just take every chunk of time I can get to create. It has become crystal clear to me that this is one of my basic needs, going way beyond any thoughts of career or making money.<br />
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For today – and to celebrate the New Year – I'll show you the winter wonderland that we enjoyed for two days right at our doorstep. It started on the 30th of December when we had a day and a night of dense fog. When the valley appeared again out of the big nothing, it had wrapped itself into a festive cloth of glittering frost … enjoy :-) Happy 2017!<br />
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Tomorrow morning I'll be signing off for the holidays … <b>wishing all of you a wonderful Christmas and some peaceful and festive days with family and friends!</b><br />
<br />I will be back on the 28th. Not really working until the New Year, but might peek in here :-) See you then! Happy Christmas!Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-58524487364471015912016-12-11T22:45:00.000+01:002016-12-12T14:16:26.561+01:00Skyblue by Eva MarionWelcome to my new shop – for original art! Doors are open! Finally ;-) <br />
It took me a bit, but after getting more requests for original paintings lately, I decided to take the plunge and to open up an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkyblueByEvaMarion" target="_blank">Etsy shop.</a><br />
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So this is <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkyblueByEvaMarion" target="_blank">"Skyblue"</a> – <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SkyblueByEvaMarion">www.etsy.com/shop/SkyblueByEvaMarion</a> </b>– named after one of my fave watercolour hues.<br />
In there you'll find my "classics":<br />
<b>- original watercolour paintings, landscapes and florals</b><br />
<b>- and handpulled prints of my aquatint etchings.</b><br />
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I hope you'll like it!<br />
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P.s.: For those who are super quick, here's an Etsy promo, still valid until tomorrow night:<br />
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Happy shopping :-) </div>
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The garden season comes to an end but there's still some beauty to discover. The reduced vegetation makes you notice the little things … I particularly love the various forms of seedpods and plant silhouettes that provide good inspiration for floral/ nature designs.</div>
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Dramatic silhouettes and shadows of wild Yarrow.</div>
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Two sweet guys that guard over our rooftop garden :-)</div>
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Our garden dragon can spit fire and is the work of my potter friend <a href="http://adresse.gelbeseiten.de/162004755390/keramik-am-rossmarkt/limburg" target="_blank">Baerbel</a>.</div>
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Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-37449080784295911242016-11-24T14:38:00.000+01:002016-11-26T12:20:51.924+01:00Cyber Weekend offers – Minted, Spoonflower and the Roostery!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cyber weekend offers are now available in my <b><a href="http://www.minted.com/store/evamarion" target="_blank">Minted store</a></b>! In there you'll find beautiful<b> art prints, art & design for kids, fabric and home decor</b> for 15% or even 20% off :-) Make sure you'll use the code<b> BF2016</b> through to Sunday, 11/27, 11:59 p.m. PT/ San Francisco time ( = Monday, 11/28, 8:59 p.m. in central Europe).<br />
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Tipp:<b> On Monday </b>please check on the <b><a href="http://www.minted.com/store/evamarion" target="_blank">Minted site</a></b> for further offers! I am sure there will be reductions – only I will be travelling and offline, so I won't be able to post them here … thanks!<br />
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Buy my <b>fabrics by the yard, wallpaper and wrapping paper</b> in <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/evamarion" target="_blank"><b>my Spoonflower shop</b></a> for 10% off! This offer is valid through Monday, November 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST /Eastern USA time ( = Saturday, 11/26, 5:59 p.m. in central Europe). No code necessary.<br />
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10% off as well for <b>home decor</b> at<a href="https://roostery.com/e?user=evamarion" target="_blank"> <b>Roostery!</b></a> Buy <b>pillows, napkins, placemats, tea towels and even chairs </b>with my designs over <a href="https://roostery.com/e?user=evamarion" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>! This offer is valid through Monday, November 28 at 11:59
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… there's autumn in full swing!<br />
I took some pictures out of my studio window today – I love this view, especially in autumn! And it might all look different and leafless tomorrow, as they predicted the first frost for tonight …<br />
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I as well have been polishing up my <a href="http://www.minted.com/store/evamarion" target="_blank"><b>Minted Store</b>,</a> to get into gear for the Holidays. As my Minted collection has been growing slowly but steadily this year, there's lots of beautiful wall art inside, and some kid's art, fabric and home decor too. Come have a look inside! Here's a peek into my faves for November:<br />
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Finally I couldn't resist to patch all my <b>Inktober</b> pieces together, so here's the full month!<br />
There's some sketches that I'd love to develop further, in colour. And some interesting painting ideas and bits that might make nice patterns too. Hoping that I will find the time to do this …<br />
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Starting with the <b>"Forest Girl"</b> above, for <b>Inktober 23</b>. I thought I'd be painting an autumn wreath, but the brush decided differently and then this girl turned up …<br />
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Before doing <b>Inktober 24</b> called <b>"Treehome"</b> I had been passing by the new tree climbing garden in our local wood. All these platforms in the trees reminded me of treehouses
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I had to find out who lives in the Tree-tent above, so I did this fox-girl, called <b>"Forest Girl 2"</b> for <b>Inktober 25</b>.<br />
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"Fall in the Forest" – some fun little forest folks and motifs for <b>Inktober 26.</b><br />
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I can't help but love autumn. I always have. It's my favourite time of the year. Inspite of the colder days and earlier nights, there's so much to cherish! So here's <b>"Autumn's Best"</b> for<b> Inktober 27</b>.<br />
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Getting ready with this "<b>Witch's' Prep Guide for Halloween</b>"!<b> Inktober 28.</b><br />
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<b>"Melancholia"</b> for <b>Inktober 29</b>. It's that time of the year again …<br />
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And here's my <b>Inktober 30</b>, called<b>"Flower Girl"</b>. It's inspired by admiring a beautiful bold woman
on the train station. She wore a stunning and summery flower dress
brightening up the otherwise dull, grey late autumn scene.
Wondered where she did come from! Prob directly from Frankfurt
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Finally! A <b>"Dark Mood"</b> for <b>Inktober 31</b>.<br />
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Phew! Bit exhausted now to be honest ;-) but loved it nevertheless. I hope you liked following me along for Inktober as well!Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-15144876594099233252016-10-24T15:16:00.000+02:002016-10-26T12:41:00.929+02:00Moon and sun and the valley – Inktober 2016, week 3The third week of <b>Inktober</b>! I still enjoy it – most of the time ;-)<br />
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Sometimes I think it would be better to have a real theme … But on the other hand this way I enjoy that it is spontanious and often surprising for myself: I just sit down without thinking too much or researching and sketching beforehand, and I draw whatever comes to my mind in that moment.<br />
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<b>Inktober 16</b> above was inspired by the beautiful Hunter's Moon that we had in that night.<br />
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As was the drawing below for <b>Inktober 17</b>: "Where do we go" – well I'd love to know! Who wouldn't!? Maybe the moon has an answer …?<br />
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As I was in a nighttime mood and had noticed a lot of moths in the garden on that evening, I did some of these for <b>Inktober 18</b>. Some of them are imagined, some a bit more naturalistic, but as well drawn from memory.<br />
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This was the first time that I drew an Inktober piece before really
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On <b>Inktober 20 </b>I had accidentally stumbled upon some beautiful areal
photography - like fields and villages seen from the sky - on Pinterest.
So I wasn't surprised what came up when I later on sat down to draw: a
little farmhouse scene with rooster and chicken.<br />
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The quick sketch of the valley railway below – for <b>Inktober 21</b> – was drawn from memory after a bike ride along the river.<br />
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The last drawing for this week was as well inspired by the valley: "Deerjump" for <b>Inktober 22</b>.
Biking homewards in the evening I met 3 beautiful deer, running and
jumping across the path right in front of me and then through the meadow
to a nearby hedge. But they didn't disappear, they turned round and
looked at me for what seemed a long time … it felt like they were
curious and as keen on observing me than I was on observing them :-) <br />
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That's it for today – now onwards to the final Inktober week!<br />
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P.s.: For those who are not familiar with "Inktober": You can find a short explanation about it at the end of<a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/2016/10/black-ink-nights-inktober-2016-week-1.html" target="_blank"> this post here.</a>Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-36346630576134146942016-10-17T00:04:00.000+02:002016-10-17T00:11:03.314+02:00Inky River (Inktober 2016, week 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My second Inktober week has gone pretty much local … one can see that our river valley is one of my main sources of inspiration. Let's go on a little river jaunt!<br />
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Day 9: "11 o'clock Bridge" features our main bridge over the Lahn River. It's a quiet spot on the evenings and nights and I love how you can see the fogbanks rolling in from the hills.<br />
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Day 10: "The Glowing Tree", inspired by a bike ride when I saw these flaming yellow and orange trees on the riverbank. It was pretty strange to do this in ink only … must def revisit it in full colour!<br />
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Day 11: The "River Goddess" says hello … she just turned up …<br />
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Day 13: This is a beautiful and sometimes a bit spooky spot on the riverbank, that we call "Owl Hill". It is a derelect quarry, now just a wooded hill with lots of rocks hidden inside, and it is home to several brown owls. When you pass by in the evening or night, you can hear their calls echoing through the sky. Sometimes – depending on the direction of the wind – you can even hear them from our house.<br />
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Day 14: "Owl River" – inspired by drawing no. 13. It shows a personal and not so very accurate map of my favourite part of the river, featuring one of the valley's brown owls.<br />
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"Floating" for day 15. That's what I always think when I come by this spot in the evening or night … The drawing shows our local castle, "Count's Castle", illuminated by spotlights and floating above the city.<br />
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Curious about what "Inktober" means? You can find a short explanation at the end of my last post, please just scroll down!Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-23942270148690042182016-10-12T00:05:00.000+02:002016-10-12T00:14:28.969+02:00Black Ink Nights (Inktober 2016, week 1) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I decided to jump on the Inktober Challenge* again, like <a href="https://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/2015/11/inktober-week-4-and-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">last year</a>. Here's my first week!<br />
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Above is how I got started, drawing a little toad lily from our garden. For Inktober 2 the lily quickly morphed into a little night-time story, that then turned into a whole "Nocturne" series.<br />
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Nocturne 2 and 3 above were inspired by some evening hikes along our local river Lahn, as was the night-time scene for Inktober 5 below.<br />
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On day 6 I felt a bit uninspired, and turned to some floral/ garden motifs for help. The "Flutterby" drawing below might be a nice starting point for a pattern later on.<br />
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Day 7 continues with the "Nocturne" series. The black cat for sure is related to our own cat Dikkertje, but I was really wondering where that ladder idea came from …? Then on the next day I realized that it was inspired by the view into our neighbour's garden, where a huge ladder for cutting the ivy is perched on a wall. Funny how the mind works!<br />
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Finally more black cat adventures with "A little night-time stroll" for day 8!<br />
I am curious myself how this will go on … I have no real plan, I just draw what comes into my mind. Maybe I'll end up with a full night-time Inktober?<br />
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*(For those who don't know, "Inktober" is a drawing challenge
happening all over social media. It was created a few years ago to
inspire people to draw and be creative. Taking part means to do (and
post) one ink drawing per day for the whole month of October. Inktober
has a huge response all over the world and you'll find many artists,
designers or people who love to draw posting their sketches/drawings
mainly on Facebook and Instagram. Just search for #inktober2016 and
have fun!)<br />
<br />Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-14568554605923465482016-10-02T01:09:00.001+02:002016-10-02T01:23:18.632+02:00Goodbye blue-green September!We had some gorgeous late summer days in September, with lots of greens and blues everywhere … they made me feel a bit like living in a fairytale :-)<br />
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Now it looks like autumn is here …<br />
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I have been asked quite a few times if the plants might bring a lot of insects into the house? Amazingly (and fortunately!), that is not the case. Maybe it's just more attractive for them outside, with all the pollen of the many blossoms ;-) And maybe these chaps help too:<br />
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We have many of these, forming a kind of second veil in front of the morning glory curtain. I find them a bit spooky, but interesting to watch nevertheless. And their webs are just beautiful, like mini works of art! (So far I refuse to think about where they might retreat to when it gets really cold …)<br />
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Some more blue September blossoms …<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bluebeard is always humming with bees.</td></tr>
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… and other colours are there too:<br />
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Plus lots of green foliage that add to the jungle feeling:<br />
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Now we are hoping for a mild October, we just want to enjoy all this a bit longer!<br />
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Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-88820064060122750002016-09-09T00:35:00.000+02:002016-09-22T22:36:10.319+02:00For your notesOne can never have too many notebooks! I am a bit of an addict when it
comes to journals, notebooks, sketchbooks … anything book-like and bound
with nice papers and a beautiful cover really. So it was clear that I
had to jump on the new Minted challenge about stationary gifts
(personalizable notebooks, calendars and wrapping paper): the <a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/297" target="_blank">"Wrap it Up" Holiday Quickfire Gifting Challenge. </a><br />
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I had way too many ideas. And not enough time. I could easily have come up
with more, but I finally ended up with 15
notebooks and 4 wrapping paper designs. Only ;-)<br />
I will share my faves here with you. Like always with Minted comps, votes are very welcome – thank you!! Voting is open until
September 23. (To vote, please just click on the image, that'll lead you
directly to my submission on the Minted page.) To look at/ vote for ALL of my submissions, feel free to hop over <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">here to my "Voting Now" page.</a><br />
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Ok, here's some of my ideas! Starting with a pretty "everyday" notebook inspired by Eastern European folklore:<br />
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What about journaling all these precious moments, practising a bit of mindfulness? This notebook featuring a watercolour painting could be the right fit for that.<br />
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Recipes journals are an essential too. My design features a root pattern made with handdrawn and papercut elements – good food for your soul!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Soul Food Journal"</td></tr>
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For all travellers! This actually is one notebook out of a series of four, all featuring my watercolours and a rather classic design inspired by old travel journals and maps. You can find the other 3 <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">on my "Voting now" page.</a><br />
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Certainly, pirates need to take notes as well! For that, this playful journal for kids and the young at heart is best!<br />
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Finally, here's two wrapping paper designs for the holidays.<br />
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Hoping that you'll like my submissions! Thank you so much for looking and voting :-)Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-5247864560830021962016-08-19T01:14:00.000+02:002016-08-19T01:34:22.165+02:00Wild August Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to the head gardener's efforts and to a summer sprinkled with rainy days we now have our own piece of jungle! And this year it's as lush as never before. My own under gardener contribution is not that big: mainly watering (lots) and listening to the head gardener's plans and ideas (lots too). And well, ok, taking photographs and admiring it all!<br />
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"Project Overgrowth" from mid July to mid August! A cloth woven by blue Morning Glories and Nasturtium. <br />
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The green curtain leads to an amazing atmosphere inside and gives good shade too. Here's the view through the bedroom windows … well what is left from the view that is!<br />
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The head gardener loves to introduce unusual and exotic plant species. Here are this year's new inhabitants:<br />
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Pepper Leaf, or Hoya Santa, a native plant of Mexico. Our black Dikkertje is a normal sized cat … it's just that these leaves are enormous!<br />
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And below there's Dwarf Tamarillo, from South America, with little orange fruits that taste very sweet but with a hint of bitter, a bit like Physalis.<br />
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Our little Elderflower Tree is in it's third year already and growing fast. This is the first summer that it has got fruits.<br />
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The Hyssop plants have established themselves very well. They are a favourite of the bees, so there's often a humming cloud of insects around them.<br />
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Brown Sunflowers just because (they are so beautiful!) and Salvia Officinalis, another fave plant for the bees.<br />
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As all our plants grow in pots on the rooftop, there's a lot of watering
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Dikkertje loves to lounge near to the Cat Thyme.<br />
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Below is another traveller from far away: Tree Spinach is a native plant of Nepal and South-East Asia. It can be cooked and tastes similar to leaf spinach. The young leafs are fab for salads too.<br />
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With sunflower greetings :-) I hope you enjoyed this little garden tour!<br />
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Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-34788189875230091252016-07-24T02:00:00.001+02:002016-08-19T14:31:07.736+02:00My personal fairytale routeThere is an official german fairytale route that is visited by many tourists, but this here is my personal one! I live in a river valley with lots of castles, and there's plenty of stories, folktales and history woven around them. So when Minted announced the <a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/290?sort=random" target="_blank">Spaces and Places Art Challenge</a> – for
artwork and photography that was inspired by a location – I knew that I
wanted to show "my valley" and some of it's castles.<br />
The Lahn River Valley is a tributary valley of the Rhine and in many parts it looks a bit like a mini version of the big stream. More quiet and secluded and with canoes inspite of the big container ships, but definitely beautiful and worth a visit too. <br />
So here's four fairytale castles in watercolour! The blue colour scheme was initially inspired by the region's blue dyeing tradition. But I as well found that it helped me to come up with a more special interpretation, without loosing the original features of the buildings and their recognizability.<br />
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Starting right at my doorstep this is <b>Count's Castle</b>, perched on a high rock above the river, my daily view out of my studio window. This medieval castle has a rich history and was used as residence for several counts, as dower residences for two dutch countesses, as administrative seat, as prison and almost unbelievable, as stonemason workshop. Nowadays it houses a youth hostel, a café and the local museum.<br />
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Just a short distance up the hill you'll find this serene baroque castle with a beautiful park – <b>Oranienstein Castle</b>. It was built by one of the said dutch countesses that longed for more comfort than the old Count's Castle could provide. It is one of the four ancestral castles of the Dutch Royal Family. Nowadays it belongs to the German Army, but can be visited with guided tours and often houses classical concerts.<br />
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<b>Nassau Castle</b> is another medieval hilltop castle overlooking Nassau town and hills. It had been in ruins but has partly been restored. The view from it's high keep is magical and you can as well get married there in a beautiful wedding chamber. Historically it is the home of the Counts of Nassau who again are closely related to the Dutch Royal Family. It is as well the source for the name of the capital city of the Bahamas: Nassau in the Bahamas was named in honour of Wilhelm III. from Oranien-Nassau, Regent of the Netherlands and King of England in the 17th century, and a descendant of the Counts of Nassau.<br />
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<b>Lahneck Castle</b> is located at the estuary of the River Lahn into the Rhine and is often called the "Guardian of the Valley". It as well has a long history dating back into the 13th century, including being the last refuge for the Order of the Templars when they were hunted and finally destroyed in the 14th century. It as well has a resident ghost, the soul of a young english girl who visited the castle to sketch the view on the river, got trapped on the tower and sadly died there. <br />
Lahneck Castle can be visited with guided tours and there's special candelit tours as well.<br />
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I hope you liked my little history tour along the Lahn River!<br />
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Please feel free to visit my <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">Voting Page </a>to have a look at all my submissions to this challenge and to vote for them if you like them. Thank you so much :-)Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170963056394523438.post-3957710922770958372016-06-03T14:59:00.000+02:002016-06-03T15:32:18.163+02:00Reverting back to winter … and loving it!Firstly I'd like to share a new (wintery) win:<br />
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Pretty chuffed that my little winter birdie made it into the
top 30 winners of the <b>Minted & Pottery Barn contest for kid's wallart!</b> ! (Only just … on the 27th… but in nevertheless!) It will soon be available as art print – and hopefully will sell well in the next holiday season!<br />
And I only learned later on that this was the biggest contest Minted
ever did with over 600,000 votes!!! and more than 7300 submission :-o Good that I didn't know before entering … prob wouldn't have dared. So double happy over here now! You can see <a href="http://www.minted.com/winners?it_category=n_participate&it_id=c2i5" target="_blank">the gallery of all top 30 winners here. </a><br />
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And secondly here's more <b>Christmas cards</b> coming up! I have entered these designs into the current stationary challenge for holiday cards on Minted, so votes are very welcome, as always :-) Thank you so much!<br />
(Just click on the title of the image, that'll lead you to my submission on the Minted site).<br />
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I hope you like them! Motifs and lettering were all done in brush and ink, which develops into one of my fave techniques at the moment.<br />
Please feel free to have a look at <a href="http://eva-marion-seyffarth.blogspot.de/p/blog-page_14.html" target="_blank">all of my submissions here.</a> Thank you!<br />
And you can have a look at the <a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/284" target="_blank">foil pressed version</a> of the Holiday card challenge here and at the <a href="http://www.minted.com/challenge/282?sort=random" target="_blank">non foil version here</a>). Eva Marion Seyffarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07417837629414511953noreply@blogger.com0