Fantart- Il posto dei Libri e dei Disegni

F indo is finished, at last!!!!! Findo is a unique, Ooak (one-of-a-kind) fantasy art doll sculpture. I haven't used any moulds to create him.  His head and hands are sculpted in polymer clay and have been hand painted with artist's acrylics.  He is about 28 cm (about 12 inches) high (but he is laying in his basket, he is not intended to stand up) and he is built over a strong wire armature with soft body. his head, arms and legs are gently poseable: this sculputure is not a toy: his position may be slightly changed but it is not intended for children playing.  His basket is included in his listing. His garments are handmade too, and they are not removable. He comes with an authenticity certificate, dated and signed by the artist. Find him in my Etsy shop here:   https://www.etsy.com/listing/266799225/ooak-handmade-fantasy-poseable-art-doll  

This is a detail of my latest fantasy painting.... a tiny butterfly fairy...

She's ready: I finished at last my first pencil work: to tell the truth, the background I did using watercolors, but all the rest is made using pencils. Prints are on sale on Fine art america  : they obviously won't have the watermark (i.e. my name and website) on them.

As the fantasy portrait goes on it becomes more interesting... I am available for fantasy and traditional portraits at fbonghi@yahoo.it. Payment due only when the portrait is finished via Paypal or credit card. No shipping is due, it doesn't matter where in the world the painting will be delivered. Available for digital potraits as well. Feel free to write for any question.

This is the wip (work in progress) of the painting I am working at: I am trying with colored pencils this time... Subject is the female version of the renowned Green Man...

After taking a short holiday, eating some pandoro and Christmas cakes, and being at home looking after my daughter, I am ready to start a new year full of colors, paintings and illustrations! I had a very busy November and December, illustrating four children's books in only 40 days... but I did it without missing my delivery dates :-) I spent these few January weeks finishing my last watercolor (you'll see it in a few days, as soon as I take the photos): I am thinking to use it to do my first video tutorial about watercolor technique... Anyway it is finished now and I am open for commissions again: if you wish the book you wrote for your children to be illustrated, want a portrait of your dog, a custom tatto or a fantasy painting depicting your girlfriend, just contact me at fbonghi@yahoo.it Wishing everybody a happy new year This illustration is a custom coat of arms I did for a client....

 I want to thank all of you, kind readers .... each of you for sharing, liking and appreciating my art and, more in general, all of fantasy art and Art lovers..... This is a gift for you, a special Christmas tree collecting a few of my past works, both digital and traditional. I really wish you and your families a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Hugs Fabiola

I think I can definitely say Christmas time is the most busy time of the year for an illustrator.... lots of people want to have their books and fables illustrated for their sons, daughters, niece..... I wish each month was so full with commissions!!!!! But I am also neglecting my watercolors, wich makes me a bit sad.... Brushes, wait for me, I'll soon be back!!!!!!! :-) This is an illustration I drew for a client....  a fairy, of course :-)

A new Christmas Fairy greeting card on sale in my zazzle shop, just click on the image to visit the shop: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/christmas_fairy_greeting_card-137990089681978199?CMPN=addthis&lang=en&rf=238136465959099709

New necklace on sale on Etsy featuring my fairy design for Christmas: click on the image to see the necklace on Zazzle:

I recently finished my Butterfly Fairies Series, made of five sweet, funny wood fairies adorned with butterfly and dragonfly wings : The fairies are on sale on my Etsy Shop , where you can instantly buy and download them: there you can find five files, jpeg, 300 dpi, ready for printing and coloring. You can buy one fairy only, or two, three... as you like it! Each purchase includes a black and white file ready for printing and coloring AND a partially colored version to offer coloring suggestions. They cost € 2,50 each... here their names and links: Sadie, the strawberry fairy Rose, the butterfly fairy Freckle, the pumpkin Fairy Elwenn, the elf fairy Daisy, the flower fairy This image is a composit of the entire series:

I’m just opening  my new shop on Etsy:   its name, Fantasy Art Online, is temporary, and it will take time to set up as I want it to be, but I already added a few items: in particular, I added a downloadable drawing, a Christams fairy, both in coloured and black and white version, ready tobe coloured. I hope it brings me luck!!! In the meanwhile, merry Christmas to you all!

I just published my first monthly   fantasy calenda r: it is on sale on Lulu.com , and it depicts my fairy fantasy works! My Watercolors and digital paintings are included in the calendar, which shows one painting per month, according to the month's feeling: I choose each painting thinking to the emotion you feel during each season... spring, summer, winter.... I developed the graphic of the paintings as well, in order to let them shine in a printed work such as a monthly calendar. For the first 10 buyers, just contact me after purchasing and you will receive, free , the file version of the calendar! Printed version: The calendar is on sale here, just click on the button and see its large interior preview: If you prefere the italian version, you will find it here: Digital version  (pdf format) on sale for only 4 Euros!   Just select the desidered version (english or italian) and click the paypal button: you will receive the calendar f...

I'm coming back where I started from: about one year ago I decided to move to Wordpress, because I read it offered better services than Blogspot... But I must disagree: it's true, wordpress helps you to connect with new people, but, I must say, Blogspot allows you to customize your blog or website in a better way, at least for what I need! Being that, I decided to keep wordpress but to update this blog again with every post I add on wordpress itself... The new thing is that, both on this blog and on my wordpress website, you will find my cute "Artsy Stuff" , but, here on blogspot, you will be able to purchase it  directly using your paypal account, by clicking on the button you can see on the related page !!! The first Artsy Stuff I am adding is "I'll paint your portrait as a Fairy" ... have your digital portrait in just one week! Visit the page here I think this will be a good improvement and make more simple for my customers to pur...

20/07/2012: Anastasia, the wind princess: see gallery and video page! In order to improve my visibility on the internet I opened a new website, which can be found here:  http://streamfairy.wordpress.com/ I thank my readers for their visits, and ask to renew your bookmark with my new website. It will take a little to finish everything, but I already have a gorgeous gallery at my new website, which convinced me having done a good thing by tr4ansferring to wordpress!!! Stay tuned, and thank you! Streamfairy Per migliorare la qualità della mia presenza su internet, ho deciso di cambiare piattaforma e sono migrata su wordpress: Vi invito ad aggiornare i vostri bookmarks e ad aggiungere il nuovo indirizzo: il sito lo troverete qui:  http://streamfairy.wordpress.com/ A presto Fab - Streamfairy

Welcome to my official website. I am a self taught artist and I love fantasy art and imagination, which are my main sources of inspiration. I love Romanticism, Symbolism, Italian Reinassance, neoclassicism and far too many other art trends and movements to mention! Thank you for visiting my site, please take the time to rest a while and get a look to my works:  feel free to contact me for any information.  Fab - Streamfairy News 14/06/2012: New Fantasy Postcards published on my zazzle shop here ! I will soon upload some photos :-) Novità 14/06/2012: Visita il mio negozio su Zazzle, ho appena pubblicato                delle nuove cartoline con soggetto Fantasy!     Benvenuti, e grazie per esser passati di qui: dipingo per passione, ed amo il fantasy, il Romanticismo, il Rinascimento italiano, il neoclassicism...

 Liberty longing - 2012  This is My new watercolor: I enjoyed very much painting the wings, I painted something beetween a butterfly and a a dragonfly wing.  I have tried to fade colours (from green to a warm yellow) without interrupting the coloring act: in other words, I am learning to shade off one color into another without sudden changing in colors texture. I am quite happy of it and, as usual, I felt very happy during painting. Which is the main reason I paint for. Please visit my Video page   to get a look at the making process: I took photos while painting (of course, I stopped painting when I took the shot!), I really hope you appreciate it. Visit my Gallery to learn measures an other details.  Streamfairy - Fab Questo è il mio nuovo acquerello: mi sono divertita molto mentre lo dipingevo; in particolare mi sono concentrata sull'effetto delle ali - a metà strada tra quelle di una farfalla e quelle di una lib...

Il mio ultimo sforzo: "Il Drago", acquerelli, e pennarelli copic per la pelle dell'elfa. Il dipinto è stato realizzato in circa venti giorni: come i miei lettori abituali sanno, non ho molto tempo libero da dedicare alla pittura. Alla pagina "My videos - The making of" di questo sito ho pubblicato il video con le fasi della realizzazione dell'opera. Per favore non scaricate le immagini dei miei lavori senza autorizzazione, e inserite un link al mio sito se utilizzate il mio video. Grazie This is my last effort: a new watercolor called "The Dragon". I used watercolors, and markers for the elf skin. It took me about twenty days to finish it: as my readers know, I don't have much spare time. As soon as I finished it, I thought to dedicate a page to the painting process: you can find it at the top of the page (it is " My videos - the making of" page). Please do not download my works without my permission, and give m...

Ecco Edera, la fata farfalla! Dimensioni: 18x23,5 cm Tecnica: acquerello  Anno: 2011 Acquista le tue stampe qui: http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/streamfairy Here she is, Edera, the butterfly fairy! 18 x 23,5 cm media: watercolour Year: 2011 Buy your prints here: http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/streamfairy

Finalmente ce l'ho fatta! Destreggiandomi tra gli impegni, lavorativi e non, di tutti i giorni, sono finalmente riuscita a finire questo disegno: è un'opera digitale realizzata direttamente e completamente al pc. Ho utilizzato il software gratuito Gimp.2, del quale immagino di non conoscere ancora se non una piccola parte delle potenzialità, ed una wacom tablet. Titolo: Il gufo Per favore non scaricate le mie immagini senza la mia autorizzazione. I did it at last! Stealing time from everyday's duties, I was finally able to finish this digital drawing. Software used: Gimp.2 Tools: wacom tablet Title: The Owl Please do not download my drawing without my permission.