"30 Days of Water Colours" Challenge!

I don't know about you, but I find in this busy world of ours I don't get through my to-do & my to-do-wish list each day. So I don't actually get to create art daily - yep, kinda sad coming from an artist! 

For the month of November I will be posting a new water colour painting online at 8am daily! It's an exciting (and slightly insane) art journey, that will see me getting up before the sun each morning and painting away. 

So to commit to this insanity, I thought I'd make it binding by committing to you, my online peeps. I will be posting the photos on Facebook at 8am each morning. 

- ART PURCHASING INFO -

A new water colour painting will be posted at 8am daily on Facebook.

These original art pieces will be for sale and at an extremely affordable price. My thoughts on the pricing were - original art is not always within everyones budget to buy.... and every home should have some. So this is my way of getting some lovely original art onto walls of happy homes, immersing myself in expanding my skills in water colours, starting my day off in with a creative kick and helping me to afford some art supplies along the way. 

Totes awesome right?

The first water colour artwork that goes on sale starts at $30... and the price goes up $1 daily. First person to comment SOLD in the comments section on Facebook, gets her for their wall =)

A note on pricing - My usual water colour pricing starts from $85 for A5 size and $180 for A4
Sale price is for "30 Days of water colour" art challenge ONLY.

- COMMISSION INFO -
- Please note, commissioning prices and framing prices have gone up slightly this week, as I am creating bigger paintings, they take longer to create and cost more to frame and post! -
If you do see one that you absolutely loved and have missed out on, contact me at sally@sillierthansally.com or via Facebook and I can create one for you - I will still give a discount on my standard prices, a custom creation (up to A4 size) will be $110 this week, rather than $180. 
But I will only be taking on a certain amount of water colour commissions at this price per week. So be quick!

Postage and handling is added to the price of the art piece: $20 Australia wide and $25 International. I post once a week on Fridays.

- FRAMING -

The water colour paintings are created on 300gsm water colour paper and come ready for you to frame - Alternatively I can put your artwork together in a frame for you, just let me know and add on $60 ($90 international, due to weight) to the price to cover framing cost and extra postage weight....framing price has gone up this week, due to art work size being A4, frames are bigger - sitting at 33cmx 43cm


Previous Smaller Framing details. 
Rectangle framed art - dimensions 33cm x 23cm.
Square framed art - dimensions 25cm x 25cm.


A payment slip will be sent through to you via email once purchased, with the total and requesting postal address details.

- Framing Example -

There will be a different theme each week:

"Animal Kingdom"

"Birds Oh Glorious Birds"

"Florals and Quotes"

"Feminine Ways"

So I'd love to see you along for the journey....I am going to be needing some encouraging banter along the way and probably a kick up the bum here and there to keep me going =)

If you are new around here - don't forget to check out my lovely new website =)
www.sillierthansally.com

New Sillier Than Sally Art & Design Website!

So after a year in the making...

MY NEW ART & DESIGN WEBSITE IS FINALLY HERE!!

Call me cray cray, but the launch of my website is pretty much up there with getting married and having a baby!  You can see a peek at my new baby...opps I mean new website below, and check out the whole site at www.sillierthansally.com

Art updates and art freebies, will be coming at you via my art letter, which you can easily sign up for HERE

OK, till next time - party on peeps =)

Sparkling New STS Website on it's way!

Life has been pretty busy in my arty farty world over the last year or so - I know blog posts have been far and few between. I totally blame that on my gorgeous, adorably, and totally cheeky 1 year old son (as you can tell - I kind of like him).  Art and design projects have also been flowing in much faster than I can output them, and on top of that I have been working my little buns off, on something thats been in the pipe works for many a year now - Yep, you might have guessed it from the blog subject line.

I am launching a 

NEW SILLIER THAN SALLY WEBSITE!!!

....and the crowd goes WILD!!...well there is a party going off in my head anyway =)

The dazzling new Sillier Than Sally website will be launched by the end of August.

I am still working away on it at the moment, but so far the gallery of all my art, design, illustration and mural work is looking pretty spesh! 

I am in the process of hooking up with an online art gallery to sell originals and prints online. 

I have a fabulous and informative commission art info page in the pipes as well, as commission art request have gone through the roof.....and there is loads and loads more yummy stuff packed in there too =)

I am like a proud little mumma of my website baby, I am really looking forward to introducing her to the world.

If you are half as keen as I am about this new website business - pop your email address in the HERE, so you can check her out on launch day and keep up to date with the marvellous Sillier Than Sally going on's, you can also get your hands on freebies like digital wallpapers....and don't be worried you certainly won't get email overload from me - I'm too busy painting, creating and cuddling my little son to annoy your inbox too much  =) 

Get Your Art Letter Here!

Holy Smokes Batman - Sillier Than Sally Is In A Group Art Exhibition Next Week!!

That's right, Sillier Than Sally joins forces with "In The Beginning" group art exhibition at new ArtShine Gallery in Chippendale!

Please join us for the opening night from 7pm, Thursday night the 6th of November.

Art Sneak Peak: My lovely elephants on their way to the framers!!

So, as you can imagine, I am SUPER excited about this event...and a wee bit nervous...but mostly excited! 

I have been working on a really dramatic African wildlife series that I will be showcasing at this exhibition. This series of art is quite close to my heart as I have created this body of work from my own photos and fond memories of my utterly jaw dropping and aaaaaamazing journey through Africa.

Art Exhibition Info

...Another quick art sneak peak...come see these lovely creations and more in person at the opening night on Thursday the 6th of November!

This is the launch night of the new ArtShine Gallery in the Chippendale creative precinct CoSydney.....so come help us celebrate the opening with a bang!! 
Would love to see loads of friendly faces there, for plenty of art talk and wine =) Two of my absolute favourite things!

Information Links -

ArtShine Gallery/CoSydney Website 

Face book invitation link

My Art Work In The Yen Art Awards Competition - get a voting =)

The fantastic Yen Magazine are having their Yen Young Australian Art Award on at the moment.

So I have submitted one of my lovely ink ladies into the Comp...

"Her Eyes Say It All"

Please click on THIS LINK to check it out and while you are there, would love if you could click on the "VOTE FOR PEOPLES CHOICE" button....while you are at it why not "LIKE it and "SHARE" it on facebook =)

There is some fantastic art submitted for this award - you can check out other artists work HERE

Much love

Big News - Babys & the Sillier Than Sally Evolution Plan!!

Due to the fact that my ever so lovely husband and I are expecting a new edition to the Sillier Than Sally family very soon now (I am seriously pregnant and due our first little one ((a little boy)) in a matter of days) ....things might be a little bit quieter in Sillier Than Sally Land over the next 2 months, I will be taking a wee bit of time off to bask in the glow of motherhood (mmm....more like taking some time off to come to grips with suddenly becoming a full time mum to a mini human)......So I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you missed me/ thought I wasn't talking to you =)

I have wrapped up all markets for the moment, and will not be holding a stall at any until later in the year. I will still be blogging and facebooking some crafty projects I work on...probably just not as regularly.....but hey, who am I kidding - I have never blogged regularly anyway =)
So do keep an eye on this space!

Over the next few months though I will be focusing my arty farty energy towards building my online presence - so expect a new website and online shopping portal, where I will be selling the loveliest of Sillier Than Sally accessories, original art and limited edition prints!

I will also be working on further evolving our existing range of jewellery and clutches to something even shinier and more fabulous - I am super excited about this!!!

The new website, online shop and new Sillier Than Sally accessories range will be launched in June/July.

Plenty of more news on that later.

So, for the moment though I am off to have a baby, wish me luck =) =)

xxxx Sal

African Animal Art!!

Africa - How I love Thee!!

A little while back, I created a series of water colour and ink African animal art, for one of my lovely art clients.

This series was such a pleasure to work on and very close to my heart and also very close to my clients heart, as I created the series from their original photos from one of their many African adventures.

Interested in a print of this lovely elephant? You can grab one HERE

You can also check out the rest of my Art Gallery HERE

Some art series details:
This art series is actually quite large, close to a meter wide, so it was a job I worked on over quite a few weeks and became completely immersed in....well here are some more photos...

These are the photos that I created the series from...

Working on the wild dogs painting

Up close and personal with wild dogs - So cute and slightly feral at the same time!! 

I'd say they would try gnawing your head off if you went in for a hug!

Botswana wild dogs - The finished piece.

Close up of the elephant art work piece...elephants have such amazing eyelashes, they have a mind of their own, and are so long!

Proud Botswana elephant - The finished piece.

Close up of my leopard artwork.....this lovely lady took quite a while to create - look at all those spots!

Botswana leopard, basking in the afternoon sun - The finished piece. 

And last, the Botswana water buffalo - the finished piece.

This guy had so much attitude, he was such a pleasure to draw/paint.

I am looking forward to (when time allows) further creating a large series of African Animal paintings and drawings....I have so many amazing photos and memories from my own Adventures in Africa to draw from.

It is definitely high on my to-do-list, so hopefully a bit later this year there will be news of an exhibition, I just need a month or two spare to create my series of what are sure to be masterpieces =) =)

Till next blog, stay safe