Roy, Simmons, Jean Haines and me. Notice Jane's reaction when I gave her some of my prints :)

Yes, I know, you envy me now very much. I had the chance to go in London and meet 2 great watercolor artists: Roy Simmons and Jean Haines.
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This is the little bracelet I received from Pinar Sondal, after the Art Swap for Handicrafts organised last month on Swap Art. This is called “Gold coated Silver Lady In Red Heart Bracelet” and is hand crafted with pure and sterling silver. If you like it you can also buy it from her Etsy Shop.

Because it was a swap, she received my handmade journal :) .

Pinar Sondal, or Toosis, is a jewelry designer from Turkey. You can find her gorgeous work on her official website toosis.com, at Boticca, Etsy, or you can read her blog.

In her designs Sondal uses fresh-water pearls, semi-precious faceted stones such as quarts, amethyst, peridot, jade, aquamarine, citrine, and onyx combining them with sterling silver and findings that she designs with several techniques. See below a nice presentation of Toosis for Boticca:

Yes, this handmade journal is my entry for the Art Swap for Handicrafts. It is 22 x 15,5 cm, with hardcovers, ~40 pages, it has an inside envelope for storage, and I used the Japanese binding :) Like it?
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Long time no post. But here is my excuse: I have started a new online project, which I am going to tell you more about, and I got married. Am I forgiven? :D

The new exciting project that I’m working on is Swap Art. It’s going to be an online community of artists where you can swap and collect art. We are launching soon. So go ahead and enter your e-mail to join our invite list.

Meanwhile you can read the Swap Art blog , where we will write articles about art, about how you can take advantage of online media and how you can use it to advance your artistic career.
You can also find Swap Art on Facebook and Twitter.

We have already started to do a swap art on Paint My Photo, which is available only for members, who are really excited about the idea. We will not use the Swap Art website this time, it’s just as an exercise to make people familiar with the swapsies.

This doesn’t mean thought that I quit drawing. I’m doing a new commission for a young couple who is getting married and want to use the portrait on their wedding invitations. Can’t wait to see how they will look like :)

I would also like to inform you about my new Facebook page. Why a new one? Because I have accidentally deleted the old one :( and it seams like I can’t recover it.

Thank you for your time!
Regards,
Jullia