Watercolor and Ink Paintings

Arts and Drafts festival went really well, it was fun as always. I've painted a few small painitngs specially for this occasion and these two watercolor and ink paintings are the last two from those paintings.

I especially like the profile, it's an experiment gone right. I did enjoy doing other paintings with these lines, but lately it just wasn't cutting it. I wanted to use them for something new and so I did. I haven't even hoped that it would end up as well as it did, but alas.

While at an art show I have talked to a few people that inspired a couple of Tatyana skids, so the insanity of that character will continue.

You can enter to win prints of both the flower and the male portrait.

To enter giveaway you can:

Subscribe to this YouTube channel and comment on this video

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Bonus entries (bonus entries will not count unless you have done one of the above) are:

Like me on Facebook (1 extra entry)

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Or join my mailing and email lists by emailing me at armadavolya[at]hotmail[dot]com with your mailing and email addresses (1 entry each)

Buy Art Prints

The Flower in the Wind

Watercolor, abstract painting, The Flower in the Wind. This print is 8.5x11 and shows cool wind on a hot, sunny day.

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  8.5x11 print $20

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The Beach and the Palm Tree

Watercolor and Ink abstract Painting, The Beach and the Palm Tree. This print is 8.5x11 and shows a palm tree on the beach with the sand and waves of the ocean spiraling around in-front of a the eyes of a heat stricken person.
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  8.5x11 print $20

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Two Lives, Two Paths 

Two Lives, Two Paths is an 11x14 abstract watercolor and ink painting. It represents two life lines that are closely connected, intertwined, but are nonetheless different.

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   11x14 print $30

  8.5x11 print $20



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In the Middle of it all Is Love

In the Middle of it all Is Love is an 11x14 abstract watercolor and ink painting. This print is 11x14 to match the size of the original painting.

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   11x14 print $30

  8.5x11 print $20

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Intertwined 

Intertwined is an 8.5x11 abstract watercolor and ink painting. Print is 8.5x11 to match the original painting

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   8.5x11 print $20

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Inner Peace 

Inner peace is drawn with color ink over watercolor on 8.5x11 paper. This is the first from the series of underwater drawings. This 8.5x11 print

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  8.5x11 print $20

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Fire of Passion

Fire of Passion is an ink drawing on 8.5x11 paper colored with watercolor paint. This print is 8.5x11

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  8.5x11 print $20

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Pure Joy
Pure Joy is done in color ink and watercolor. I first colored the background with watercolor and than inked over it. Size of the drawing is 8.5x11. This print is 8.5x11

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   8.5x11 print $20

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Hand Painted Letters

Hand painted letters done in watercolor and ink. Please check with me as to availability of each letter before ordering it as it might not be available since I don't repaint the same letters. Prints are 8.5x11

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 8.5x11 print   $10

5 prints for $40

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Ancestor Spirit Sketch Cards

Ancestor Spirit Sketch Cards are done with watercolor and ink and is a limited edition print (100 prints of each). Please check with me as to availability of each of the cards as I will not repaint them, so if some of them are sold and I didn't remove them from the listing I will not be able to send it. There are a total of 10 cards from this collection created.

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Winter Night

Watercolor and ink abstract painting showing snowflake and a pine tree. Pine tree is uneven to demonstrate that in nature nothing is perfectly symmetrical.

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  8.5x11 print  $20

Ancestors' Spirits Giveaway

Ancestors' Spirits paintings were done in ink, watercolor paint and watercolor pencil. This series was inspired by Native American art.
To enter giveaway you can:
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Bonus entries (bonus entries will not count unless you have done one of the above) are:

Like me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ArtofArmadaVolya (1 extra entry)

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Tweet about this giveaway or post about it on Facebook (1 entry each)

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Please, please please leave separate comments for each entry.

If you like the necklace, please visit http://SatinDollCo.etsy.com jewelry there is great, honestly, Monkey approves.

Flower in the Wind, Abstract Painting

Flower in the Wind is a watercolor and ink painting. It was inspired by music I heard. Simple line patterns I originally imagined took shape in this flower. What I wanted to show is a cool breeze on a hot summer day. Cool colors used for the flower were chosen this intent. For more information about this painting you can watch this YouTube video where I explain it a little better.

   Original $100

  8.5x11 print $20

I just finished this painting this morning. There are times in life when I have no time to paint, this week was one of these. I went crazy about having it finished today because I wanted to keep on posting a video every Tuesday, so I had to finish it. Little challenges like this make it easier to keep on painting no matter what. 

Abstract Painting of a Giant Snowflake, Giveaway and Super Duper Hair

OMG, IT'S A GIANT SNOWFLAKE PAINTING!!! I know, I know, I had a rough few New Years Eves.

The headband is from Rouge and Whimsy on etsy

To enter giveaway you can:
Subscribe to this YouTube channel and comment On this video

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Bonus entries (bonus entries will not count unless you have done one of the above) are:

Like me on Facebook  (1 extra entry)

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Or join my mailing and email lists by emailing me at armadavolya[at]hotmail[dot]com with your mailing and email addresses (1 entry each)

You need to leave a comment for each entry on either this video or on the blog post
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Just a quick Apocalypse Update: It's been 1.5 month since the end of the world begun, don't see that many changes though, other than funky weather that is. Last year it was a lot hotter. Other than that, same old, same old. Was also wondering about the whole end of the world in 2012. How can the world end in 2012 if these 6 last month are going to run out in 2011? Hmm... too many ends of the world in too short of a time...

Winter Night, Watercolor Painting

It's finally done. The Winter Night in watercolor and ink is up for your viewing pleasure. I added another layer of blue-black paint on the background and another layer of cool green on the pine tree. From there I added dark shadows from the branches and snow resting on them. A few dozen snowflakes falling all around. I wanted it to be somewhat realistic but not exactly. To do that I decided to get imperfect shapes nature has to offer for the pine tree and abstract snowflake.


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Abstract Painting, The Beach and the Palm Tree

The Beach and the Palm Tree is a painting I did for a challenge. The challenge was to paint ocean/beach. I decided to make it cartoony looking after I remembered all those cartoons about islands in the middle of nowhere I've seen when I was little. A swirl of sand and water on the background is what I imagine someone who is stranded on such island would bee seeing after getting a heat stroke

  Original $100

  8.5x11 print $20

If you would like to hear more about this painting, feel free to watch this video where I describe it in more details

After a crazy day, I was finally able to make this video. Making this video was the real challenge. First I recorded it just to find out that the camera was breaking and was doing some crazy tricks. I went out to get a new one and on the way back almost got pooped on by a bird. Seriously, bird, have some respect. I mean, I'm vegan so that you can live and not be eaten, and what do I get in return? Anyway, when I got home with a new camera I realized that the microphone on this camera is rather bad, but I couldn't handle going out again, so I just worked with what I had. I'll have to get a new microphone some day because this is clearly not working too good. On the brighter side, my cat friend, Cuteness is performing a magic trick on this video, he magically disappears.

Alter Ego, Art and Giveaway

Some time ago I wrote a blog post about these super-fast digital paintings I did and how I was wondering if they would sell. Well, I wanted to add some humor to my YouTube videos, so I developed an alter ego named Tatyana. She is a crazy woman with fake Russian accent and she is convinced that she is the best thing that ever happened to this world. She will be the one responsible for these digital paintings. She is so in love with herself that she sells her prints for $1000 each and thinks it's cheap. She is being generous enough to give one of the prints away though to one lucky winner. The print that will be given away is of a painting "The Healing Spirit" that is created on this video.

To enter the giveaway, you need to go to and subscribe to my YouTube channel and leave a comment on this video.

There will be more of this crazy Tatyana every Friday, so stay tuned and catch some artistic craziness. For those who wonder:she is based on the overwhelming ego of some of the artists I've met in my life.

Snowflake, Work in Progress

I'm getting ready for the busy season. Summer is the best time to do that. I'm about half way done with this painting, just have to finish the pine tree and do the background color. In order to draw the snowflake, I first cut it out of paper, which is very easy and then I traced in onto the watercolor paper. After that, it's all history. Hm... I just thought about doing a tutorial on drawing snowflakes like this...

Apocalypse Update: It just stopped raining. My little garden is growing really fast with all this rain fall. With all the fresh veggies I don't think this world is doing all that bad and I'm sure those leafy greens agree with me.

Namesake Set

Have I mentioned I started selling sets of prints of letters? They are sets of 5 letters. I figured it would be a good gift, so there you go. If only I had enough space on my walls, I would hang my own name there. As of right now though it's covered with artwork of countless artists.

When I first decided to do these sets, I had a little problem. I realized that the background color on some of the letters was a little different from others. Lets be honest, it's impossible to mix exactly the same color. In sets it would've looked bad to have mismatched colored prints, so I had to fix the problem. What I did, was a little GIMP magic. I basically painted a blank bage with a color on the background I wanted and then replaced backgrounds of all the letters with this one. This way all the prints now look like they belong together. It took me a lot of time to do it for each and every letter, but it was worht it.

One of the mane reasons I love GIMP so darn much...
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Apocalypse Update:
It cooled down again... figures, weekends are approaching... It looks like there wouldn't be and beach time for me this week, although... you can never trust forecast. So nothing new really.

Giveaway of Painting Joy and My First Youtube Video

It is finally done, my first youtube video is up and running. Hence the giveaway. As I promised a while ago, it's up for grabs.This Painting would normally be $50, but since I love you guys so much...

The rules are simple, for each entry leave it's own comment here on my blog. Make sure I have some way to contact you (email, etsy shop, twitter, Facebook, YouTube, some place I can send you a message if you win). I will draw the lucky number once my YouTube channel hits 500 views, so the faster it'll happen, the faster the painting will be sent to the winner. The ways to enter are many.

Mandatory:
Subscribe to my Youtube channel and comment on the video. (1 entry) 

Additional:
Follow Armada Volya's Art Corner and From the World of Art (1 entry each)
Favorite Armada Volya etsy shop (1 entry)
Follow me on Twitter (1 entry, please give name in the comment)
Like my Facebook Page (1 entry, please leave name in the comment)
Post about this giveaway and the video on twitter, Facebook, and/or blog (1 entry each, give links in your comment)
Join my mailing list. Email me at armadavolya@ hotmail.com with your mailing address. I don't send emails more then once per month and I don't send mail more then twice a year. Information will not be sold or shared (2 entries, one for email address, one for mailing address. Be sure to leave 2 separate comments)
And just because I really love the print I got, visit Jessica Lopez's shop and tell me what item you like the most there

The winner will be picked using www.random.org
Good luck.
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Sorry guys, forgot to do my usual apocalypse update, so here it is for both days. Yesterday- more of the same. Today- there is no rain, it's horrible, all day it was really hot and then there was no rain... now I'm going to have to water my plants myself... now that's very close to the end of the world as far as I see it.

Joy, Abstract Painting.

Just finished this abstract painting today. This is a small one, 5x7 inches done in watercolor and ink. I wanted to do a few small paintings for giveaways and post cards, so I did this one. Thought it would be a quick painting I can do in a couple of hours, turned out I forgot how long those lines take. Well, no matter. I got one done so far and will make it into a post card. I would normally sell the original of this size for $30, but I'll be giving it away for free. Haven't figured out the time and what people need to do to enter into this giveaway yet, but I'll be posting it soon, so stay tuned.

I'm thinking about starting a youtube channel where I'll be talking about my art as well as about other artists, so I was thinking about giving away this painting to celebrate. What do you think? Anyone who subscribes to my future channel can enter and once the first video gets 100 views this painting goes to the winner? Should I throw in a few more gifts for say 2nd and 3rd places?