THIS IS MY LATEST JEWELRY DESIGNS

I love love love to work with flowers and stones and I can´t wait to do all new things, but I need to be patience. I never imagined that I will be doing jewelry, learning about chemicals, metals, glass, stones and crystals and soldering all by myself.

Im so happy with my jewelry line, Tesoro is a real treasure that I have discovered.

Thank you mother nature! Gaia, Pachamama ...

My jewelry is available on my etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValeriaPrietoArtwork

ILYA LAGUTENKO

Days ago I was listening Mumiy Troll, my favorite Russian band and suddenly the inspiration.... I made the portrait of the vocalist Ilya Lagutenko with graphite and watercolor. His face is amazing, he can be very tricky because he have  a lot of expression when he is smiling or calm, I will remember him with the big smile and funny faces when sings, but I like also the way he looks in totally calm.

I added some watercolor with sailor theme because is significative for the band.

HEART WITH PANSIES

I have a little obsession with hearts, I enjoy a lot making it, and I found a photo of a beautiful antique faucet with a golden fish so I made a watering heart with the fish and the purple pansies, pansies are known as a victorian flower.

BEA

I made this portrait as commission, a beautiful lady on graphite and then watercolor, the final result is a digital edition of both. 

BIRD ON A LEAF

I made a painting on a maple leaf, I love to do this :) you can see the process on the video.

GINA

As everybody know I like to draw and paint and ALSO flowers, so this is not the first time that I blend portraits with botanical stuff.
Here is Geo my beautiful niece :) I made this for her because she is mother to be and her eyes looks even more pretty!

APRIL DESKTOP CALENDAR 2016

Lovely April month is here! and here is your free desktop calendar. This image belongs to my wall calendar Flowers. Just click on the image to download the full size.

EMPEROR MOTH 3/12

The Emperor moth, I found a lot of varieties depending the country, I found this one  suitable with my background.
You can see the process on this video.