The Fey Haven ~ Fantasy Art by Sarah Aiston

I am a faerie & fantasy artist from North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. I work predominately in watercolours. www.thefeyhaven.com

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Just came in the post today. A bit of creative daftness... #antijournal #anti_journal

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Little key study, work in progress. Atelier interactive acrylics on canvas. A few layers to go including shadows. #atelierinteractive #acrylicpainting #acrylic #key #originalart #painting #wip

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Started a mini key study. Atelier interactive acrylics on canvas. #wip #acrylic #atelierinteractive #acrylicpainting #key #originalart

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A little bit of progress, didn't have time to do more today. @jannafairyart #painting #acrylicpainting #thefeyhaven #wip #workinprogress #acrylic #originalart #canvas #winsorandnewton

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I have been working on the skin on the canvas portrait today. Next I will be starting to paint the fabric and her hair, then back to her face. The smaller one (wood panel) hasn't changed apart from more layers to the mask which I did last week. Model reference is the lovely @jannafairyart #acrylic #acrylicpainting #originalart #originalpainting #jacksons_art #winsorandnewton #workinprogress #wip #thefeyhaven

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Started on the first layer of her mask. Winsor and Newton acrylic on @jacksons_art wood panel. My reference is the beautiful @jannafairyart #acrylic #thefeyhaven #winsorandnewton #galeriaacrylic #galeriaacrylics #painting #acrylicpainting #originalart #originalpainting #jacksonsart #jacksons_art

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*Happy Dance!* Karisma graphic pencils and hidden underneath is lots of Karisma colour pencils *drools* #karismacolorpencil #karismapencil #berolkarismacolor #berolkarisma #karismacolour

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A little bit of progress today.My reference model is the beautiful @jannafairyart #acrylic #acrylicpainting #winsorandnewton #jacksonsart #thefeyhaven #canvas #woodpanel

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Working on an acrylic painting. Winsor &Newton acrylics on canvas.I wasn't sure what I was doing with the background so this is actually about six layers. Done on a yellow ochre ground and the background is a dark brown (ultramarine & raw umber) Model reference is the lovely @jannafairyart #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting #thefeyhaven #originalpainting #originalart #winsorandnewton

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Going to have a little test between my Karisma watercolour pencils VS the aquacolour copies from Korea. They look very similar to the ordinary Karisma pencils as you can see. #berolkarisma #karismacolourpencils #karismapencil #karismaaquarelle.

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Started adding paint. #acrylicpainting #acrylic #thefeyhaven #painting #sketch

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Working on this next. As it is a test piece I am not tidying up the line work. #sketch #thefeyhaven

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Trying to emulate Brian Froud to learn techniques. This is a test piece from Uni. I didn't attempt to copy the painting exactly. I feel I learnt something from this exercise that I can take into my own work.

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Some rough sketches from today. Need more practice. #sketch #sketchbook #pencil #thefeyhaven

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Rough sketches at Uni. #thefeyhaven #sketch #pencil #watercolour #watercolor

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New jewellery making supplies including real copper scales and new tiny aluminium scales. No idea when I will get time to make stuff though. I really need to make more circlets for my Etsy shop, have ideas for some new designs :-) #jewellerymaking #thefeyhaven #scalemaille

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New studio space at Uni. #artspace #studio