Kristina Carroll Art

Illustrations, Fine Art. www.kristinacarrollart.com https://www.patreon.com/kristinacarroll

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Oh hi. It's been a while Tumblr. I didn't mean to ghost you completely but you know how life is. Anyways- here's a test post to see whether there is still any life in this place. Might be here a bit more seeing as Twitter is dead now. The last thing I posted was a WIP of this painting so how about a full process video? There's plenty more where this came from too if that's what folks like around here. What DO folks like around here these days?

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Month of Fear 2019 - Monsters Below

All those who try to tell us, “Stop rising. There is no escape but stay down here with us. Don’t struggle.” should be told to shut it and leave us the heck alone. If they wanna stay down there, fine - just let the rest of us go who want better.

So I went with a simple, straightforward idea for the second prompt of Month of Fear, “Monsters Below”. Oils and acrylics on canvas board, 25cm square.

I had been fiddling with acrylic pouring during the summer and had wanted to try and use is for a proper painting. Perfect opportunity, right? So I made the white/black/spots of colour pouring, and because there’s plenty of oil in pourings, I needed to paint in oils as well. Slight problem, because my paints are water-soluble. I wrestled it into submission though and am very happy with the tips of the tentacles looking juuuuust like I wanted them to. You can find my website at http://www.jsl-art.de and most of my art on my dA and/or Artstation, https://ranarh.deviantart.com/ and https://www.artstation.com/ranarh

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Truth (February 25-28)

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. “ -Oscar Wilde 

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Painting progress on my @everydayorig piece for tomorrow. Worked through a couple messy moments but brought her back from the brink in the end. Back to the having fun stage!

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I just made a new little video tutorial video for my #Patreon page on prepping a panel with gold leaf. Thought I would share a little teaser. ;) Support me at Patreon.com/kristinacarroll to see more!

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Just in time for #valentinesday! My newest painting "Hidden Desires" goes up on @everydayorig tomorrow at noon EST.

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The Hidden Desire 4″ x 6″ Watercolor, Absorbent Ground and Gold Leaf on Paper

By Kristina Carroll

Done for 2017 Month of Love challenge: Secrets.

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Here's the painting I finished in my #twitch stream last night! "Bloom" was made for @montcollegeart 's illustration show opening Feb. 1st. The theme is "persuasion" and I chose to explore the idea of how discrimination towards #LGBTQ (particularly the "T") in our culture prevents so many from allowing their true selves to grow and bloom by making them feel wrong for being who they are. Trim the thorns and give them the sun they deserve.

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We had a terrific model so I did quick oil sketch for the class today. Looking forward to playing around with this a little more when I get home.

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Palace 6 " x 6 " watercolor on cradleboard primed with Golden absorbent ground

Painting for Done for Light Grey Art Lab's Tiny Homes show.

Prints Available at http://shop.lightgreyartlab.com/collections/tiny-homes/products/soul-palace-by-kristina-carroll

Music: Within the Earth by Ketsa

Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Given_Taken/Within_the_Earth

Used under Creative Commons 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Very pleased to announce my first piece for @lightgreyartlab as part of their #tinyhomes show! Here's a short preview of the making of "Soul Palace". You can see the full video and painting at youtube.com/kristinacarroll You can also see the full amazing show and order prints at lightgreyartlab.com #lightgreyartlab #painting #watercolor #illustrator #process #timelapse #palace #castle #fairytale #fantasy #artistoninstagram

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Time-lapse of a painting for my Weekly Watercolors project

Available at http://www.weeklywatercolors.com on 8/2/16

To see more videos, subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/c/kristinacarroll

"Tower" 8.5" x 9.75" Watercolor on Strathmore Aquarius II paper

Colors: Daniel Smith watercolors

Brushes: DaVinci Cosmotop Spin

Recorded on a Samsung Galaxy S7

Edited using Adobe After Effects CC

Music: Brooks by Kai Engel

Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Two__Mild/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Two_-_Mild_-_03_Brooks_1014

Used under Creative Commons 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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New #watercolor going up! Here's a little teaser time-lapse. Music is Prelude no. 14 by Chris Zabriskie. #wip #illustrator #art #illustration #painting #process #artistoninstagram #artist #instapaint #paint #technique #discipline

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New video in the works for my most recent @everydayorig painting! Here's a little teaser. Subscribe to my YouTube/kristinacarroll channel for updates. Music is 'Satellites and Waterfalls' by Nihilore. #video #timelapse #process #demo #artprocess #painting #oilpainting #nofilter

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Weekly watercolors is back this week! New painting going up tomorrow evening. #art #wallart #demo #howto #watercolor #artistoninstagram #goddess #gold #paint

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I had thought I posted this video on Monday to promote my @everydayorig piece this week but it never went through apparently. Even though the painting already sold, I thought I would share anyhow. This is part of my Metal and Bone series. #skull #silver #bones #art #fineart #originalart #gothic #dark #decorate #wallart

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And now for something completely different! It's been a while since I got to do some serious #pen and #ink work. Channeling my inner Arthur Rackham and this hatching is so wonderfully meditative. #drawing #tree #roots #nature #artistoninstagram #originalart #wallart