23 Monday Apr 2018
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Artistic Abandon, instructional painting video, paint and pour, paint and sip, painting, painting video, sip and paint, tree blossom painting, tree painting, wine and design
Here’s a tutorial for how to teach (or just paint) one of Artistic Abandon’s most popular paintings, Solace. Enjoy!
20 Friday Apr 2018
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daisy painting, daisy tattoo, daisy watercolor, daisy watercolor tattoo, Emily Page Art, Emily Page tattoo, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats, watercolor and ink painting, watercolor tattoo
I am LOVING these splotchy watercolor tattoos, y’all. They’re just so cheerful! And I can see my own progress from the first couple I did to the one I did today. In the interest of the tattoos holding up over time, I’ve made sure to include strong black images that won’t fade as much as the colors. These days, though, tattoo inks have gotten pretty good and they’re lasting a lot longer, so it may not be as much of a concern as it used to be.
Here are the first couple that I did:
But I wanted to play with this style some more, so I decided to actually do some watercolor paintings. There’s a fabulous photographer whose work I love named Terry Davis (seriously, go check out her work), and she posted a photo of a daisy, and I loved the shape:
I mean, isn’t this stunning?! You can get prints of it on Fine Art America.
So I used her photograph as inspiration for a watercolor daisy:
I have been forbidden by my tattoo mentor and by my husband from giving away any more tattoos, so I decided to auction this one off. I posted it on my Facebook page and let my friends bid on getting this tattooed on them. The friend that won requested some color changes and asked that we make the colors more splashy and less drippy. So I did a little tweaking and here’s what she got:
It’s such a happy tattoo! If anyone is interested in doing the original watercolor I’d auctioned off, let me know! It’s about a 2-hour tattoo.
And just for funsies, I took a picture of the tattoo before I added color, and I love it, too, as a stand-alone tattoo, so thought I’d share it with you.
11 Wednesday Apr 2018
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instructional painting video, instructional video, paint and pour, paint and sip, painting of a rooster, painting video, rooster painting, sip and paint, wine and design, wine and paint
I finally got around to uploading a new painting tutorial. Uploading it took ALL. DAMN. DAY. During which time I debated whether or not I could get away with making cock jokes since it’s a painting of a rooster. But I’m a classy lady, so instead, I’ll leave you to make the jokes for me in the comments if you so desire. If not, just enjoy the video:
09 Monday Apr 2018
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Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, fruit painting, lemon painting, lemon peel, lemon twist, oil on board, oil painting, Raleigh artist, realism, realist art, realist painting, still life, still life painting
I realized that it’s been 7 or 8 weeks since I painted with oils, and after feeling so incompetent learning tattooing, I decided it would be good for me to take a little time out on my day off to do something I actually know how to do. So I got the paintbrushes and oil paints out and finally finished a painting that I had been working on for months. I had set it aside because it just hadn’t been working, but after today, I’m finally ready to call it “finished” and sign the sucker (or, maybe, sign the pucker?).
Lemon Peel Twist 12″ x 16″ oil on board $450
You can purchase the original on my website here, or get prints and other fun stuff featuring this painting here and here. Know a chef? Get it for them! Or, at least, tell them about it and all my other food-inspired art!
06 Friday Apr 2018
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art nouveau, art nouveau female, art nouveau tattoo, art nouveau woman, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, Emily Page tattoo, painting to tattoo, shoulder tattoo, tattoo of woman, woman tattoo
Remember how I posted a painting and asked if anyone would be willing to let me tattoo it on them? Well, I finally got to do it! Here’s the painting, as a reminder:
To fit the shape of the shoulder that our lovely volunteer wanted it tattooed on, I changed the design a little bit. We were a little short on time, so there are a couple things I’d like to touch up on it once it’s healed, but overall, I’m good with it.
04 Wednesday Apr 2018
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badass women, banner tattoo, daisy tattoo, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, Emily Page tattoo, handmaid's tale, handmaid's tale quote, inner strength, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, Rosie the Riveter, tattoo, tattooing, tattoos for women
My last couple Saturdays have been, apparently, Badass Babe Days. Lots of women coming in for their very first tattoos, or tattoos that are meant to remind them of their own inner strength (or both). This past Saturday was no exception, and I freakin’ LOVE being a part of it. I know these two women well, and we’ve bonded, in part, because they’ve each already lost a parent, too, and because they’ve had their own medical battles to contend with like I have. So getting to remind them of their own badassery makes me really happy:
For this next one, my friend came in and just got the outline and some shading, and she’ll be back once it’s healed a bit to add color. I love that she went so bold for her very first tattoo.
Doesn’t she remind you of Rosie the Riveter?
01 Sunday Apr 2018
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commemorative tattoo, Emily Page Art, Emily Page tattoo, pet portrait tattoo, pet portraits, pet tattoo, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattoo studio, watercolor tattoo
We used to do Pet Portrait classes at my sip and paint studio, and one of my customers (who has since become a friend) came every time and painted one of her cats. She did a bunch of great paintings of her furry friends, but her favorite kitty, Gertie, was a fluffy, black, little thing. She was Sarah’s other half.
Recently, Gertie passed away, and Sarah decided she wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate her little buddy. She sent me a sheet with several watercolor kitties, so we decided to combine her painting of Gertie with the style of the watercolor kitties:
I was so honored to be part of this. First, to get to help her make a great painting of her buddy while she was still alive, and then to help her commemorate Gertie now that she’s gone. This is the kind of thing I was really looking forward to when I decided to learn to tattoo. I love being able to help people document a part of their lives and do something that really means something to them. Here’s the final tattoo:
30 Friday Mar 2018
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art nouveau flower, art nouveau tattoo, art nouveau woman, Emily Page, Emily Page artist, Emily Page tattoo, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattoo apprentice, tattoo apprenticeship, tattoo studio, tattooing
Here’s a fun little story about a tattoo I did last week. When I created this painting for my tattoo room…
…one of the flowers I used as inspiration for the bottom of the painting was from an art nouveau painting:
When I posted my painting online, a friend messaged that she wanted to get an art nouveau flower tattoo and she sent me several images for reference. One of them was this same flower! Fate, people! The universe wanted her to get this tattoo from me, lol.
Here is the tattoo itself, and below it is a pic of her with the tattoo next to the painting. Love!
28 Wednesday Mar 2018
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Emily Page, Emily Page artist, Emily Page tattoo, feminine tattoo, learning to tattoo, Ratatat Tats, simple tattoo, tattoo, tattoo apprentice, tattoo apprenticeship, tattoo studio, tattooing
I had a customer today who had an old tattoo on her inner arm that was misspelled and she wanted to get something else on the other arm to match it. So she changed the words, but decided to go all in on the misspelling. The first side said “To weird to live, to weird to die.” So I just did a tattoo for her that said “To stubborn to give up, to proud to give in.” I checked and double-checked with her to make sure she understood it was supposed to be “too” and not “to,” and she confirmed and reconfirmed. Hard to argue with her commitment. I did not take a pic because I didn’t really want to show it off as part of my portfolio, but now I’m kind of regretting that because you, lovely readers, would have enjoyed it immensely. Sorry ’bout that. But here are a couple other tattoos I did over the last few days:
26 Monday Mar 2018
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art, art nouveau, art nouveau female, art nouveau girl, art nouveau woman, artist, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, learning to tattoo, painting, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattoo apprentice, tattoo apprenticeship, tattooing
One of the things I’m figuring out as I learn tattooing is to think a little differently in how I create artwork. You don’t approach a tattoo the same way you work with acrylic or oil paints. It’s kind of similar to watercolor and drawing, except not. The order you do everything is different, and like when I was learning how to sculpt out of foam, I struggle to make my brain wrap around something that is totally different from everything I know. It’s different from what I’m used to being good at, so this is kind of a painful process for me. I hate being mediocre. To struggle at art, the one thing I’m actually really confident at doing, is really uncomfortable. But I want to learn, so I’m pushing through the discomfort and trying to grow as I learn this new medium.
In an effort to learn without the pressure of making something perfect that’ll be on someone’s body forever, I’m returning to canvas and paper and trying to create works that would translate well onto skin. I’ve seen some really fantastic tattoos of women, and I’d love to do one soon. So I’m playing around with ideas. If anyone wants to let me tattoo this one on them, lemme know. I know it’s a long shot, but I figure it can’t hurt to ask, right?
If you’re not up for getting this as a tattoo, but would like a print, t-shirt, tote bag, laptop skin, sticker, shower curtain, or just about anything else, you can get it here and here.
