Tag Archives: ink

New Art – The Magic Flute

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Elisabeth

First – trying to keep up a heartier social media presence. You can find me on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter! Second – my comic sample page is finished!!! As I mentioned previously, I have decided to create some artwork based … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, conventions | Tagged classical period, comic book, comic sample, graphic novel, historical, ink, libretto, mozart, opera, pen and ink, singspiel, the magic flute, vienna, watercolor, wolfgang amadeus mozart | Comments Off

New Small Painting – Abigail, Belle of Kilronan

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Elisabeth

This is my last painting for February’s Month of Love weekly challenge. Check out all of the completed work at monthoflove.blogspot.com! So much good stuff! The fourth challenge was to make a piece based on one of Magnetic Fields’s 69 … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged black and white, girl, illustration, inishmore, ink, ireland, month of love, portrait, watercolor | Comments Off

New Small Painting – Melissa

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here is another small painting done for the Month of Love weekly challenge blog. The third week’s challenge was “Fetish.” Ink and watercolor! I recently learned about Melissophilia, an arousal toward bees/wasps/hornets/etc. Melissa comes from the Greek word for ‘honey … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged bees, fairies, fairy, illustration, ink, insects, month of love, pen and ink, watercolor, wings | Comments Off

New Art and Interview!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Elisabeth

Happy February! First, illustrator Kiri Østergaard Leonard has begun a new blog series of interviews with women in fantasy art. I am honored to be the first one interviewed! Read the interview at http://kirileonard.com/interview-elisabeth-alba/. I talk about how I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, interview | Tagged beast, beauty and the beast, fairy tale, ink, legend, love, maid marian, month of love, portrait, robin hood, romance, valentine's day, watercolor | Comments Off

New Art: The Shadowhunter’s Codex Part 2

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Elisabeth

I was so busy, I forgot to make a blog post about the release of The Shadowhunter’s Codex by Cassandra Clare! It came out at the end of October. The book looks fantastic and I was thrilled to finally see … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, books, maps | Tagged black and white, book, cassandra clare, demon, illustration, ink, london, map, shadowhunter's codex, simon & schuster, victorian, warlocks, werewolf | Comments Off

New Maps: Europe during the Crusades

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Elisabeth

I just completed these fun maps for a book that will be published by Oxford University Press in June 2014: The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades by Paul M. Cobb, professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps | Tagged cartography, crusades, europe, illustration, ink, map, medieval, mediterranean, oxford university press, paul m. cobb, world | Comments Off