Turkish Girl and The Elephant in the Circus

Hi I wanted to make a wall art for a children's (nursery) room which is about a circus. With this one I wanted to use Turkish elements since there is no Turkish themed circus art. (I didn't seen one but if you did let me know:) ) The Circus theme was an Instagram challenge and to make it interesting i thought adding something from my culture will be fun.

A Turkish girl in the Circus

Hi everyone! I have been working on two illustrations at the same time which helps me to have a break, look at the same work with fresh eyes and I can work on variety of works. This one will be one of the series of my nursery room wall art. I tried to show you my process while I am working on it. This is a challenge from instagram called #portfolioclub. It is the first theme of the month. I am behind of the schedule but I will be finishing this no matter what. I have been quite enjoying it because I love Turkish elements and combining it with something unsual like circus. Because circus is not related to Turkish Culture so I knew this theme will be interesting. Next I will decide on the characters and start to draw a rough sketch and a line work for the final illustration. I am still thinking should I work in traditional or digital. I might make a rough and a small size traditional one to see how it goes:) 

If you are interested about the materials, I used Copic Markers, PolyChromos Color Pencils, NeoColor Oil Pastels and Faber Castel Pencil.

I am very happy to share the behind the scenes of this illustration.Hope you enjoyed it and wish you have a lovely day... 

Good Night Sleep Tight

Hi everyone! For a while I really wanted to make some paintings that I can use traditional mediums. So I decided to create a sleeping animal series for parents to hang on their child's bedroom wall as a nursery wall art. For people who are wondering what I have used which are watercolor and color pencil also for the moon and stars I used White Posca Marker. I realized traditional tools have something so unique that gives you more control on being authentic with your work. It gives you that spontaneous effect on how the work will turn out. I like that surprising and experimenting feeling with raw materials. It was a fun experiment that made me feel like I am in a dream. It just felt so magical, warm, comfy and cute. I think these paintings can encourage children to sleep right?:))

I have made prints of these as well and I will be willing to sell originals (The fox is sold on the Art Festival recently but the other two is available as original work) and the print versions in my shop. Recently I have been working on my new website which will also include the shop but for now it is working in progress. I will definitely let you know when it will be working.

Hope you liked these cute sleeping animals! Have a lovely day and thank you for checking out my blog.