gothic – paynes grey illustration

Goodbye, Drawlloween.

art, Cats, cryptid, dark art, Digital art, Frankenstein, ghost, Halloween, illustration, Procreate, spooky, Vampire, Witch

It was over before we knew it, and the relief and heartache are still there in equal measure.

I, of course, was utterly pathetic at remembering where I had planned to share my spooky offerings so here is the collection of them all. I didn’t do each day, but I did a lot and I think I enjoyed it more because of that.

This month I’ll be focusing on writing and junk journalling. I have been very busy since the summer using some of my pressed flowers for vintage/floral collages and I’ll sling some of that on here soon.

Glampire

art, dark art, Digital art, drawing, Drawlloween, Halloween, illustration, Procreate, Vampire

2 Glampire

Vampire Ku is that gaudy vampire of mine and has always been a flashy fellow. I’m learning the ways of digital art using procreate and I cannot explain how long this took to make, but no paper has been wasted! Digital is very tree friendly!

Drawlloween 2022

art, dark art, Digital art, drawing, Drawlloween, ghost, Halloween, illustration, Procreate

1 Spooky Self Portrait

This was originally drawn in pencil for last year’s Monster Me. I plan to redraw more of my past drawings for this year as I’m learning digital art using procreate and I want to take some of my older drawings a little further. I hope to do as many as I can. It’s been a crazy time for me lately and I really need to de-stress a little, so hopefully Drawlloween will be as fun as ever and I can learn some new techniques.

I’ve also just started a master’s degree in Creative Writing which means I haven’t had the time to write any stories or poems for my Drawlloweens this year, which is a shame as that was such a highlight for me last year! If I find a minute, I will try! I offer zero promises. 😀 I really am excited to be trying some new things. I hope it will help ease some of the anxiety and depression I have accumulated over these past few dreary years.

May Market

art, drawing, Fairy Tale, mermaid, Mythical Creatures, Pencils, portfolio

My Folksy theme this week is May Market

I have a stall on Facebooks Virtual May Market 2022 (Stall 20) which is super exciting as I’ve never done anything like this before! 🙂

Folksy is not as well-known as some arts and crafts platforms so it’s a big push for Folksy Sellers to get some visibility. Here’s what I shared from my shop listings this week!

Red and pink flower – drawn with coloured pencil

An illustration of a flower. Red and pink flower - drawn with coloured pencil — Red and pink flower – drawn with coloured pencil

Happy Folksy Friday!

Alison

Paynes Grey Art Shop – Illustrations on Folksy

Animal art

Anime sky, art, Bird Life, Birds, graphite, Pencils, Sea Life

Animal art on Folksy

As you can see, my Folksy Board theme this week is animal art! All graphite illustrations inspired by birdlife and marine life – originally made whilst participating in the Animal Alphabets art collective on Twitter

I have some prints available of the birds at the moment. The Weedy Sea Dragon is an original illustration only available in my Folksy shop.

Happy Folksy Friday!

Alison

Paynes Grey Art Shop – Illustrations on Folksy

Steampunk Ladybird

Anime sky, art, Balloon, drawing, Ghost story, graphite, illustration, insect, Pencils, steampunk

It’s been a month of ladybird creations for me as not only have I made some ladybird art for the Animaloon Collective over on Twitter, I also submitted another illustration and a story to the magazine I contribute to. This will be for the May 2022 edition so I will share soon enough.

For now here’s the artwork I made for the loony balloony balloon fest that occurs every second Tuesday of the month. As usual, I am loathe to inflate them. Instead they become airborne in all manner of whimsical ways. This time it’s steam!

This was inspired by ladybirds, steampunk dirigibles, and my work in progress ghost story.

Drawn with graphite and coloured pencils.

Mythical Creatures

anime, art, dark art, Fairy Tale, graphite, Halloween, illustration, mermaid, Mythical creature, Mythical Creatures, Mythological, pastels, Pencils, Vampire

It’s Folksy Friday and this week I made a Mythical Creatures board to showcase some of the things I have made.

I worked with mixed media as well as some very mixed inspiration!

I’m always inspired by fairy tales and folklore, and Asian art.

There’s an anime influence with the Amaimon mermaid (Blue Exorcist) and the Blue Golem (Laputa – Castle in the Sky – Studio Ghibli).

Some of these were made with acrylic or watercolour paint (I hate painting!), some with graphite and some with coloured pencils (I love drawing!).

I have cards, postcards (for notes or art cards) and some prints available.

Happy Folksy Friday!

Alison

Paynes Grey Art Shop – Illustrations on Folksy

Folksy Friday – Gothic

art, dark art, drawing, Drawlloween, Mythical creature, pastels, Pencils, Puppet, Vampire, Witch

Hello! I’ve been busy setting up listings in my Folksy shop – Paynes Grey Art Shop.

I made my first Folksy Friday grid – the theme – Gothic!

My illustrations were made for Halloween and Drawlloween 2020/2021, and for a ghost story I am (always) writing.

You can find me on Folksy. There you will find ghosts, and witches, gothic puppets, and vampires, and pressed flower art.

All inspired by my love of Halloween, Asian art, and cute witches.

I drew these using pastels and pastel pencils and have cards, postcards and prints available.

Happy Folksy Friday!

Alison

Paynes Grey Art Shop – Illustrations on Folksy

Whimsical Witches

art, Blog, dark art, drawing, illustration, Mythical creature, Witch

I’ve decided to illustrate a series of Whimsical Witches for different seasons. I always thought vintage clothing to be ever so charming, and I think it would be a fun way to practice gesture, and clothing, and of course witches!

Ghost Story

art, Blog, book illustration, dark art, drawing, ghost, Ghost story, Halloween, illustration, Mythical creature

I am working on some illustrations for my ghost story – I’m in the process of drawing Fileas Grey with graphite – so here is Fileas Grey (work in progress) – eternally dressed for living in the past; but he is a ghost after all.

The writing is a condensed excerpt from my story building.