Lots Of Sunflowers

I have been drawing a lot of Sunflowers!!!  I started out with a simple sunflower sketch, then I moved on to making 10 copies of the same sketch, and coloring them in using a different material for each. 
I used colored pencils, watercolors, markers, ink, acrylic paint, regular pencil, computer graphics, oil pastels, regular pastels, crayons, and more. 
Here are just a few:

 

On my website I put step by step directions to how to draw the sunflower sketch, followed by all the colored versions, and then step by step for how to paint them in acrylic paint.  For the last bit there is a small step by step for the colored pencil drawing there as well.  Please take a look at it all here:

 

http://www.happyfamilyart.com/How-To-Draw-Sunflowers.html

Happy Holidays

I am still having a great time drawing snowmen.  These two are really cute.  Take a guess as to what they are doing?

The Adventures of Petunia

After much hard work, collaborative efforts with the author and a lot of time, I am proud to say that 'The Adventures of Petunia' are finally printed and ready for sale. Written by Judy England-McCarthy and illustrated by me, Mariya Kovalyov, it is a wonderful story about one cute, brave, determined pink pig.
Below are a few pictures from the book, in a non specific order, so as not to give any spoilers and, ofcourse, no text.

 

If you would like to see more of them, please visit my website here:

http://www.happyfamilyart.com/Petunia-Illustrations.html

Tissue Paper Collage

After I made the piñata for my son's birthday I had a lot of tissue paper left over. It is all colorful and pretty, and my hands were just itching to do something with it. Tissue paper collage was the first thing that came to mind. I love all the colors, and how tissue paper is transparent. I also absolutely love Eric Carle's illustrations, you can find them on his website here: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html I think they are great! While I am not used to working with tissue paper, and this is a first for me, I wanted to give it a try.

Actually, I made two of them, but I liked the second one better.  The first one was more of a learning experience.  I put both of them on the website, just in case.

 

To see the step by step instructions please visit my website here:

http://www.happyfamilyart.com/Tissue-Paper-Collage.html

The Wedding Gift

The kids and I went to a wedding a few weeks back.  A friend's daughter was getting married.  For a gift I drew and framed their portret.  It is 11x14 inches, colored pencils.



Pink Stork Logo

Upon request, I made a few logos for a friend's start up. It was according to what she asked for, and she wasvery specific. So here they are. The first two are my personal favorites, and the last one is the one the person actually chose. There are about five more, but I didn't particularly like them.

Rachel

Dragons

Paint The Town

Take a look at this art lesson! It is a painting of a town with buildings and trees.  It might look daunting at first, but with these easy step by step instructions you will be surprised as to how good it will come out at the end.  The most important thing is not to get discouraged when you are half way done, but to carry it through to the end.  It is all made of basic shapes and little details make it beautiful! Painted in watercolor, a bit of acrylic and ink.

 

To view the instructions please go to my website here:

http://www.happyfamilyart.com/Street-and-Buildings-Painting.html 

 

I also put up the final version of this painting on Etsy, to see the listing, please click here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123423733/original-watercolor-and-ink-painting-of

Naptime

 

 

8 1/2 by 11 inches

 

Colored Pencil

 

Mariya Kovalyov