Asian Spice
‘Asia Series’ card by Karin Taylor
a mixed media production on canvas textured paper
ink pastel acrylic and charcoal
Here’s an adorable painting I’ve done utilising ink, charcoal and acrylics, a sweet little asian girl in a cute dress holding a basket of flowers behind her back
Asian Spice belongs to the following groups:
Back In Black, Japanfluence and Mixed MediaAvailable for sale as Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
missmilly, 7 months ago
So cute! I just love your style!
Karin Taylor, 7 months ago
Thank you so much Camilla :)
frozenfa, 7 months ago
aww… i like her shy meek look.. =D
Elisabete Nasc..., 7 months ago
Really cute, I Love the colours :)
Cvail73, 7 months ago
Yes, adorable is the word :))
very happy and expressive painting too… Great style.
micmac, 7 months ago
Such a joyfull painting,beautiful.
Hena Tayeb, 7 months ago
beautiful..love this peice
Karin Taylor in reply to Elisabete Nascimento’s comment, 7 months ago
Thanks Elisabete!
iiiyaaa, 7 months ago
I’m in love with this! She’s beautiful!
Karin Taylor in reply to iiiyaaa’s comment, 7 months ago
Oh, thank you iiiyaaa, so glad you love her…. :D
Tsipi Levin, 7 months ago
Very cute, I love the colors
Dee Boylan, 7 months ago
Loverly….would look perfect in a little girls room
KCphoto, 7 months ago
Fantastic!! Lovely :)K
Geri Bragg, 7 months ago
great work !
Sherryness, 7 months ago
This is very sweet – I wish I knew what it says on her dress!
skunk, 7 months ago
She is gorgeous!! Your whole folio is lovely, Karin :)
Karin Taylor in reply to Sherryness’s comment, 7 months ago
I think the symbols are vowel sounds, like ‘A, B, C’...wish it were more meaningful!
Hiroko, 7 months ago
Very cute…
Karin Taylor, 7 months ago
thank you Hiroko…
Carmen Cilliers, 7 months ago
Karina I have only just discovered your work and what can I say?!!! Your portfolio is amazing, uplifting, clean, colourful, detailed and inspiring. You are an instant fave and into watchlists you go! X C
Estera Lungu, 6 months ago
very very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Siamesecat, 6 months ago
Ah so, cute…
Love your oriental Series.. i draw and paint geisha myself…
L:ove yoyr style.. ulpad more…
BubbleDoll, 6 months ago
This is so sweet (^^)
Teagan Watts, 6 months ago
this is gorgeous! i can’t remember what the first character is, but i know that the second two are ‘ma’ and ‘su’, pronoounced mas when together. where do you get your inspiration from and do you refer to any pictures when you actually draw the figures?
Karin Taylor in reply to Teagan Watts’s comment, 6 months ago
Hi Teagan, great questions and thank you for asking :D
I do lots of research when I’m interested in a particular subject, this was one of the first orientals I attempted, so her outfit is a mix of the art nouveau fringe, baby doll dress and the orient, a wierd mix I know…I love fashion also, and like to imagine and draw up designs on outfits. I never was a sewer, I prefer to ‘draw’ the stitching on my clothes, it’s very satisfying. Rather than draw from pictures, I dwell on them and put them away until many of the images I’ve seen begin to distil and mix together in my mind, and then I am ready to put them all together….something interesting is then formed from the eclectic mix of mind images….and it could be anything I’ve seen at all, out of a magazine, etc. I scour 2nd hand bookshops for materials, reading and found to use as well, and my library is well stocked…..if I can’t find books I turn to the internet to research. I love research every bit as much as painting…..sometimes I can’t stop and it becomes a deterrent to getting any art done! lol
Thank you very much for asking, and I hope I’ve been able to answer your questions Teagan, Cheers, Karin :D (when I’m drawing I put the pictures away usually, unless I need technical assistance, say with the wheels on a pram or the angle of a steering wheel, etc) as I find it a hindrance to draw from a picture nearby…I find I do my best work if have free reign on the creativity and let the inspiration flow … k
Karin Taylor in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 6 months ago
I slipped up as far as the lettering on her dress and cannot quite recall where I got them from, my memory is failing me…..but I thought they were ‘a,b,c’ letters…..so sorry I can’t remember :( but you are probably right, especially since you have quite a bit more experience than I do with actually living in Japan :D
Matt Bannister, 6 months ago
Great work!
Karin Taylor in reply to Matt Bannister’s comment, 6 months ago
thanks heaps Matt
peyote, 5 months ago
love the colors :)
xXx
Karin Taylor in reply to peyote’s comment, 5 months ago
thanks very much peyote!
sparrowhawk, 5 months ago
A beautiful image
Karin Taylor in reply to sparrowhawk’s comment, 5 months ago
thanx very much :)
alexa70, 4 months ago
Oh She is Beautiful Karin ! x
Karin Taylor in reply to alexa70’s comment, 4 months ago
oh, me so glad you like her alexa!!
Liesl Yvette W..., 3 months ago
GORGEOUS!
lovely as usual Karen.
This one really nice composition! love how it forces the eye to travel down and around and back again1 really nice
Karin Taylor in reply to Liesl Yvette Wilson’s comment, 3 months ago
oh thanx so much…i didn’t even realise that :)
ClaireBare, 3 months ago
just beautiful. your gallery of work is one i love to come back to – something different always catches my eye: and always full of talent and inspiration… keep up the grreat work : )
Karin Taylor in reply to ClaireBare’s comment, 3 months ago
thank you ClaireBare, that is a beautiful compliment :)