Skye McNeill Studio

Light the way, little one!
Loving early spring right now, but missing summer twilight in my hometown, lush with fireflies, heady with sweet grass scents.

Happy Friday! Go Nuts!

Next art show alert! I’ll have a piece in this cozy group show as well as some ornaments and art prints for sale. Hope to see you at the opening! I’ll also be working there on the 10th if you can’t make the opening but want to come say hi.

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Please join us for Fireside Fables, the latest visual art project by Artists Off the Page. Featuring 14 different artists, this week-long show is a journey into the world of stories told during the long winter nights. Both cozy and mysterious, it features sculpture, illustration, painting and more. A small holiday shop with a variety of handmade giftable items will also be part of the show.

Artists Off the Page is a Portland, Oregon-based collective of creatives who develop unique collaborative group shows, often working with repurposed or unconventional materials.

Opening party: December 5th, 6-9pm
ADX Portland 417 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Show runs December 5th - 11th

I leveled up my beanie situation this year to include two made of cashmere and wow I never want to take them off. Here is a robin feeling quite happy with its beanie as well!

Week 3 of ‘s Golden Thread Challenge! Continuing with this quarter’s overarching Tokyo Story theme, this week’s prompt was Kanzashi. These are the beautiful hairpins and other hair accessories such as fabric flowers and clips used as ornamentation.

I sketched out two different directions for this prompt, a storyline scene and a flat collection showcase. Here is the showcase illustration. I limited myself to just two of the colors from the palette in order to create some restraints for myself on how I created the darks and lights and had a lot of fun with that. I also brought in the previous week’s Cranes and Ginkgo imagery as elements of the various pin designs. Which one would you wear??