Daffodil Artist Apartment

Ooh la la… it seemed like a good day to paint…

And I filmed the process…

The art challenge prompt…

FUN… maybe I will try to find time to paint more often… off to write now…

Latte Late Afternoon

I LOVE filming… I LOVE lattes or cafe cremes… put them together and you have FUN…

This the photo prompt… I moved it to a different location…

Here is my painting process…

I’m on top of the world… do what you makes you HAPPY!!!

Leaving art world to continue working on my books… FAB to be creative!!!

  

Studio Life is Not Easy

Decided to paint today… kittens were asleep on my printer… I sketched out a pretty cup art challenge… set up my camera to film… oh no… one kitten has joined me on my desk… the show must go… 

I’m happy with the end result even though the upper left corner isn’t completed… see why in my art film…

Here is the photo prompt for the art challenge…

And here are my little darling girls in my studio before filming began…

LOL!!! Painting is always a challenge… this was a first for me… hope I brought a smile to your face… enjoy your day!!!

A PRINT of this painting is AVAILABLE: EMAIL TO LEARN MORE

 

Moroccan Inspired Room

Art challenge interior decor…

 Photo prompt…

I used mainly colored pencils for this challenge… I was going to film my process but I had a kitten on my desk… or HER desk… lol

Tea Fruit Flowers Cabinet

FUN! I had time to paint an art challenge today… done with my first round of book edits… waiting to hear from a typo queen reader… I pulled out my pencils, watercolors, ink and created in my sketchbook…

I even filmed my paint process…

Here is the photo prompt…

Back to working on book marketing… and writing… my work is never done: juggling book world and art world… BUT I love it!!!

Red Zinnias Fun Mug

Nice to take a break from book editing to paint some flowers and a fun mug I would happily drink coffee in… hope you had a delightful day with breaks to regroup, regenerate… important to take a little time for yourself even if your day is hectic… you owe it to your wellbeing… stop and smell or paint the flowers…

Art challenge photo prompt…

NOW… back to editing WRONGED, a romcom… 

 

Autumn Celebration

Pumpkins, gourds, corn… autumn life is a lovely time of the year… a new season… change… and celebrations… today I celebrate with champagne: my return to writing books as I typed two powerful words this morning THE END… yessssss, I finished my work in progress WRONGED(& FOOLISH)… and I painted an AUTUMN CELEBRATION using two art challenges and my own champagne addition…

The photo prompts…

Anddddd the process…

I feel like popping the cork and toasting to my accomplishment… but I still have edits and marketing to do… ANDDDDDD… on to my working on my next book STEALING HEARTS… never stop writing!!!

I’M OFFICIALLY BACK!!!

Book Details coming soon!

Red Pot Cup Flowers

Here I combined two art challenges into one painting and added chopsticks… the little red pot and cup portion of the composition looked like they needed the chopsticks… I also used parts of the separate still life setups backgrounds together…

These are the two art challenges photo prompts

This the alternate photo prompt with a cat… 

I was going to do this version but it kinda made me feel sad because we just lost our kitty August 27th… so here is what my paint process was…

Fun challenge!

Sketchbook Messy

It’s a sketchbook… it should have sketchy elements… correct??? When I sketch, it’s not pretty… it’s scribbly… lines over lines… items sketch over other items… it’s about placement… it’s about fitting key objects within the drawing… very a perfect, clean drawing… pencil… ink outline… erase… or not to erase… that is the question when creating in my sketchbook… lately, I have not erased much and I’ve allowed mistakes to remain… it’s my sketchbook… it’s my learning book… it’s for fun… leave it in, I say… let the process show through lighter paint or pencil…

 Today’s sketch is extremely messy… you can click on the photos to see them larger…

PAINTED… you don’t see a lot of the before messiness… I used watercolor pencils for most of this painting… I don’t think I really like the set I purchased or maybe I don’t like this media… although they are easy to use when not in my art studio…

This is the original photo prompt…

Back to another sketch from the other day… lots of lines and there will probably be more… I haven’t figure out my background or tabletop pattern… sorry about the lighting… photographing while in bed is not ideal for quality… lol

This last one was erased and it was messy… especially that little wooden thingy for honey… I struggled with the size and then the angled and the honey pot jar is still wonky… lol… I never claim to be logical in my drawing skills or perspective… just draw… just colorize: paint, pencil, whatever… fun fun fun or forget it…

I am about halfway through my original MOCA sketchbook… might have to film me flipping the pages… a peek into my colorful world of learning… of experimenting… of hopefully improving…

Sooooo… expect more messy sketches… it’s a SKETCHbook!

Three in One Mashup

I mashed together three art challenges from one of my art challenge groups…

Today’s challenge… lemons and architecture…

Last week’s challenge…

A couple week’s prior to last week…

Lemons… cake… daisies… I made them work on my table… on my wallpaper and outside my French doors… FUN to collect photos and put them together to make a whole new composition… the Fifi way… rebellious artist!

 

Lily Pink Striped Pottery

This art challenge brightened my day—sick with a head cold—before I crawled back into my bed… love flowers… love stripes…

I even managed to film my paint process…

Here is the art challenge photo prompt…

I actually painted things pretty close to the original photo this time… simple and cute is what I needed…

Painting is AVAILABLE: EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Hot Pink Flowers Black and White Mug

A new sketchbook entry…

 This is the art challenge prompt… 

You can see I reversed the wall and table patterns… and here is the process…

I LOVE filming… kind of feels like I’m doing another thing I went to school for… I’m what doing production design or filming a feature film but I paint scenes and I film the process… laugh out loud… yes, I went to film school but I did not finish…

Do what you like to do… be creative… be happy! Make others happy too!

I hope I bring a smile to your face!

Flowers Pottery Bleu Chair

How can you not love Fall or Autumn… pretty pumpkins… leaves changing color (slowly in the Los Angeles area)… cooler weather but not too cool (in Southern California)… I adore it so much… maybe I should write a book all about a FALL/AUTUMN ROMANCE… hmmm for now I will paint it…

Vivaldi’s Autumn is what I used with my Instagram REEL… I wish I could add music to these videos…

Here is the art challenge prompt…

And I found background inspiration from Antoinette Poisson…

I love painting still life compositions and I love mashing photos together and of course giving my own twist to everything… so enjoyable… so FUN!

Paint is AVAILABLE: EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION

Writing WRONGED in a Café

Combining my art and book world in a painting… I am currently writing a contemporary romance titled WRONGED & Foolish… part of a Foolish Hearts standalone series, this is book 4… I’m hoping to publish it before the end of the year… Anddddd today there was an art challenge of a mug on a book: PERFECT! Title the book my work in progress…

Here is the photo prompt…

I didn’t add the cat… it makes me sad since I just lost my kitty Monsieur Matisse 🐈‍⬛ recently… I really miss him a lot… and I miss having a cat in our house… I’m such a cat person…  I need another writing buddy in my studio besides my cute dog Mademoiselle Lulu… don’t tell her, but she’s a little stinky after exploring in the garden… she doesn’t groom herself like cats do… LOL

Off to continue writing… more information soon and maybe an excerpt on my book publishing site Champagne Girl Studio… 

P.S. OTHER standalone books in the Foolish Hearts series are 

AVAILABLE in Kindle Unlimited HERE

 

Floral Chair Red Lampshades

Love a floral pattern and wall sconces… these with RED shades are FAB!

This is the art challenge photo prompt…

You can see the items that caught my attention because I focused on them rather than doing an exact copy of the photo… I’m not sure I like my sketchbook creation BUT I adore my chair pattern and will use it in the future…

Always experimenting, trying different things and learning!

  

Tea Book Flowers

Love this still life art challenge… an opportunity to combine my art world and book world... I paint... I write... I love both!

I’m not sure about the paper I used… it really grabbed the watercolor and was difficult to spread… but I like the results after all… here’s the process…

This is the art challenge photo prompt…

Of course I had to make the book MINE… Fifi Flowers Art and Romance… that’s me!!!

Paint is AVAILABLE: EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION

You can find my Contemporary Romance books: FREE with Kindle Unlimited 

Pumpkin Blue Pottery

September is almost over… wow! that was fast and now we’re heading into the official pumpkin month… yep that’s what I call October… so of course to get ready, I painted a pumpkin in my sketchbook…

Art challenge prompt photo…

Photos of pumpkins I recently took while shopping at Trader Joe’s—love that store!

Okay… some gourds too… they all say AUTUMN 🍂 

LOVE this time of year!