Illustration Friday - Transportation . . . Up Up And Away!

This week over at Illustration Friday the theme challenge was "Transportation" so I thought my little red airplane Pop Art Mini  "Up Up And Away" would make a perfect entry. I created this design a few months back as a special request from a Facebook Friend and really liked the way the red "popped"! Hope you enjoy one of my favorite modes of transportation and one that I seem to use ALOT!  So if you're ready it's time to soar . . . "Up Up And Away!"

 Oil pastel on paper canvas!

Prints, Posters and More Available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Meet "Tuesday Twitter" . . . A Masquerading and Buzzing BEE-auty!

Meet "Tuesday Twitter" she's all a buzz

As she tweets and #twitterbees on Twitter

She's a masquerading little bee as that you can see

Especially when her wings are a "flitter".

Come along have some fun

For we've only just begun to

 tweet, tweet, a tweet on "The Twitter."

Available now in the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

And if you get a chance buzzz by The Hive and join us for "Twitterbees Tuesday"

Costume Time is Drawing Near . . . What Will You Become This Year?

Costume Time is Drawing Near

What Will you Become This Year?

A ghost, A Bat or maybe a Vamp

A hobo, a witch how about a Tramp?

Ok, probably not, but whatever you decide to be

I'd love if you'd share your wear with me!

Happy Halloween and Boo To YOU!

I'm sure what you decide to do

Will be specatcular, fantastic and great

Come on now hurry I just can't wait!

Me? I think I'm going to be . . . one part of Laverne and Shirley!

But since I've only started to think . . . this idea could very well sink! We'll see! hehehe!

In the meantime I'd thought I'd share some pics of Halloween costumes, yester-year!

OLDIES, BUT GOODIES . . .

Clowning around with a soldier and Miss Piggy back in 1985

A Lucky Leprechaun hanging out with a bunch of cool characters!

The California Raisin . . . even in 1987 I new I was destined for Cali . . . eventually! hehehe

Fast forward . . .

Betty Boop and the family!

A Halloween Fairy . . . loved this costume and party was great too!

Groovy Dude, Maiden, Bo Peep (I found the sheep) and The Hamburglar!

Your turn . . .

So, What will you wear for Halloween this year?

Scary, Cool, The most popular ghoul? Please do tell I'd love to Hear!

APRIL Showers Bring . . . Hippity Hop Raindrop . . . April Calendar Design

Hopping right along with the 2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar designs, "Hippity Hop Raindrop" joins the lineup for the month of APRIL.  Combining a few raindrops, a colorful flower print umbrella, and a happy, hippity, hoppity bunny rabbit already to take on the April Showers soon to bring . . . MAY flowers and a few more surprises along the way! 

The complete 2011 calendar design will be available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store when complete.  Stay tuned for more, but in the meantime here's how "Hippity Hop Raindrop" came to be!

Have a Hoppy Day!

January - Snow Pals

February - Purr-fect Sweethearts

March - Paddy's Little Clover Bear

April - Hippity Hop Raindrop

 

There's A New Cat In Town And His Name Is BOO!

There's a new cat and town and his name is BOO!

Why name a cat that . . . let me share with you.

Boo you see was born on Halloween

Grinning ear to ear so he could be seen.

But that Halloween night the lights went dark

And this little black cat got lost in the park

So instead of being a scaredy cat

He went around yelling BOO . . . that's that!

So the name just stuck and he holds his head high

With a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye!

Boo Kitty is the latest addition to my Pop Art Minis Halloween Collection.  Created with inspiration from the Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland but with a Halloween twist.  Stars and the moon are always fun, add a Jack-o-lantern to the mix and the composistion is complete.    This little Boo Kitty design is available in my Zazzle Store on a variety of fun and creative products including t-shirts, posters, keychains, and more. 

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It's "Panda-Moonium" - Gotta Love A Full Moon...Awesome!

Tonight when I was driving home from work I glanced up to see the most amazing full moon.  When I first noticed it, it was still low in the sky and looked like it was hanging over the mountains...very cool.  I wish I could have gotten that shot, but it would have been a little hard to stop on the Freeway ramp when there were about 25 cars trailing behind me! LOL.  Anyway, when I finally got home the moon had made it's climb to a higher position in the sky, but it was still pretty darn AWESOME!

"Over the Moon" with inspiration  I "buzzed" into the house and upstairs to my drawing table and proceeded to work on what I ended up calling "Panda-Moonium"  Why the Panda?  We'll that's what stage of my creative moon I'm in right now so I thought it just made sense...and a little telling of my current state...hehehe!  I also created a photo progression of the process . . . sometimes fun to see the start, middle and finished design.  I hope you enjoy the end result as much as I enjoyed creating it! 

Watch for the design soon in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Just in case the blogger video link doesn't work you can view the youtube version here!

And remember

Always Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star

W. Clemont Stone

More Fairy Fun . . . Ink and Watercolor Wash.

Fairy Magic

Today I took a little time to organize some of my art folders that I had in my studio closet.  While digging through all the goodies I came across some watercolor and ink sketches that I did a while back.  I really didn't have an outlet for these at the time that I drew them,  but now that I have my Zazzle store I'm thinking they might somehow find a new home!  So thinking with a fun border, a magical fairy message and a touch of pixie dust they might soon come to life on tote bags, keychains, t-shirts and more that I will offer through my Zazzle Store! Here's a look at the first design on a tote bag! Fairy Magic . . . Be on the look out for more as they make their magical appearance!

"For the Birds" A Perfect Theme "With A Song In My Heart!"

BIRDS! Always singing, twittering (seems we are too) and effortlessly soaring through life! I'm definitely hooked when it comes to the chirping little characters as a perfect theme for my art and home decor.  Inspired to soar, nest and just plain have fun I made a collage of some great "bird" themed home decor pieces and than created a whimsical Pop Art Mini design that's called "With A Song In My Heart".  What's your favorite feathered friend look, design or decor idea? 

Check out my Pop Art Mini Zazzle store for new products that feature the  "With A Song In My Heart" design. 

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Folk Art

New from the Pop Art Mini's Studio! Merry Mary Garden Fairy

Sharing a peak into my little corner of the world! My studio desk and mini gallery wall of my favs (for the moment) :) Just finished a new design that I've called, "Merry, Mary Garden Fairy". I'm feeling the Spring Thing and with a little inspiration from my Sister Shari this little fairy appeared (hey, I should have named her Merry, Shari Garden Fairy...hehe)! Feel the sunshine, pass along a smile and enjoy the freshness of the season! Happy Spring from Pop Art Minis!

Prints, Framed Art and Canvas Art of this new design can be purchased here:
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/joni-nickrent.html
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"Lil Red" New to the Pop Art Mini Gallery

Excited to announce the arrival of my latest Pop Art Mini . . . "Lil Red". She's on the lookout for the Big Bad Wolf! Watch my Zazzle store for this new design available on t-shirts, keychains, magnets, aprons, bags and moe!

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