Watercolor and other art by Rachel Ferrier
Season’s greetings, everyone, and apologies for being so absent here. I’ve said it before, but I really struggle at maintaining an online presence, as you may have noticed if you follow me here. I promise it’s not because I have nothing to report! I think I'm going to have to double down on my social… Continue reading End of Year Update: Gratitude and Goodbye 2022!
I know my last post talked about how I'd had such a good time staying off my social media, but I can admit that it has its advantages, especially when it comes to connecting with others. As I start to get more involved in our local arts community (finally!), it's important to have more ways… Continue reading Fairy Tree Studios on social media, plus the first market of 2022!
As an "artist," I feel like I'm always in search of new sources of inspiration (especially now that one of my favorite ways to be inspired, travelling, is a little more restricted). Several of the artists I follow have something akin to a vision board, or a collection of colors, images, and textures that speak… Continue reading Creating an art-themed Vision Board (and maybe one for real life, too)
I took a drawing class in undergrad that I didn't really like. I don't think it was the instructor's fault; he just taught drawing in a way that was different from how I'd taught myself. (Well, that and we had to draw what he said to draw, not what we wanted to draw.) But I… Continue reading Fall Preview for Fairy Tree Studios
Here we are, somehow in the beginning of July already, halfway through 2021. My wedding day has come and gone, and with it all the planning and preparing that took up most of my creative energy for the first half of the year. Admittedly I’m feeling the absence of such a major project; don’t get… Continue reading 2021, Part II: I Got Married!
Things have really ramped up in work and life lately, which is the main reason I’ve been away from here -- I got a promotion and a new position in my “day job,” which has meant new training and a new schedule, and now our wedding is officially less than two weeks away. This last… Continue reading Wedding Planning During a Pandemic — the Home Stretch
Nebula, 7" x 10" watercolor + gouache If you've had a chance to check out the Fairy Tree Studios home page lately, you might have noticed that I finally added a few new pieces of art. I did some experimenting in adding stars and highlights to some night sky scenes with white gouache. I bought… Continue reading Trying Some New Techniques part 1: Watercolor
Since I’ve been spending so much of my time lately not making art, and thus don’t have much new art to share, I thought maybe I’d share here some of the other hobbies I’ve been working on lately (although maybe “working” isn’t the right word). (Also it still feels a little weird to call myself… Continue reading An “Artist’s” Hobbies
During February I took my time to get painting, I’ll admit. I told myself I’d get back to it as soon as January was over, but as I mentioned before, the motivation hasn’t quite followed. Nonetheless, I’m getting pretty good at sitting myself down in the chair and telling myself to work just for a… Continue reading 2021 Studio check-in #2: Lots of little paintings
We've gotten several more inches of snow since I took this picture earlier this afternoon. Not obvious from this angle are the drifts forming in front of the cars. Over the last few days, we've been feeling a little (or in my case, a lot) cooped up. We've had ridiculously frigid temperatures and are now… Continue reading Snow Days and A Sneak Peek of Two New “PIY” Kits
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