Tag Archives: fantasy

Month of Love 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Elisabeth

I was happy to participate yet again in Month of Love 2017 – a yearly month-long celebration of art during February (I also participate in Month of Fear). I did two of the challenges this month, Innocence and Metamorphoses. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged acryla gouache, ballet, fantasy, flowers, illustration, magic, metamorphoses, month of love, portrait, romance, swan, swan lake, watercolor, woman | Comments Off

Updated Cover for The Thorn Queen

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Elisabeth

For the past few years I have been working with an author, Elise Holland, on her middle grade novel The Thorn Queen, at www.whyismud.com. I’ve posted about it before – I completed some illustrations for the design of the website, … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, book covers | Tagged book cover, castle, digital, efk lasalles, elise holland, fantasy, fantasy world, middle grade, pencil, snake, the thorn queen, why is mud | Comments Off

Month of Love

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Elisabeth

I was very happy to be able to participate in this year’s Month of Love. You can see all of the fantastic art at www.monthofloveart.com. Every year, the art gets better and better. The participating artists have been discovering new … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged acryla gouache, animals, fairy tale, fantasy, illustration, month of love, portrait, watercolor | 1 Comment

Tarot Deck Update and Announcements!

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Elisabeth

Cross-posted by Deborah and Elisabeth: As many of you know, we (author Deborah Blake and illustrator Elisabeth Alba) have been working all year on a tarot deck for Llewellyn Worldwide. There was an important meeting at Llewellyn this week and … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, artwork, tarot | Tagged cats, deborah blake, fantasy, illustration, ink, llewellyn worldwide, magic, tarot, tarot deck, watercolor, witch | 1 Comment

New Art – The Bircatchers – painted!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Elisabeth

I have finally finished this painting I have been working on since September! This is Papageno and Papagena from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” – continuing my work inspired by the opera. Watercolor and colored pencil, 12×16. I am getting it … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged birds, colored pencil, fantasy, feathers, illustration, mozart, opera, painting, papagena, papageno, watercolor, wings, wolfgang amadeus mozart | Comments Off

The Wedding!

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Elisabeth

Scott and I were married on Saturday, September 27 2014 at Owls Hoot Barn (OHB) in Coxsackie, NY. It’s a small town up in the Catskills. The venue is beautiful; the owner completed renovated the property. There is the main … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, fun happenings, Personal | Tagged digital illustration, fantasy, hobbit, illustration, lord of the rings, new york times, owls hoot barn, video, vows, wedding | 3 Comments