Saturday, January 18, 2014

Tropical Fusion Blog Hop….Have a visit

©2014 Velásquez
Hello and welcome to the Tropical Fusion BlogHop.
Over 40 designers are designing within a tropical theme and are incorporating Radiant Orchid, the 2014 Pantone color of the year in their mini collection. 
The hop will run for 4 days.


You are probably stopping in from Jolene Heckman's lovely blog.
 If you want to start at the beginning of the hop please visit Mary Tanana's blog called Groovity.

My name is Deborah Velásquez. I am an artist-designer with a passion for creating art.  
I work both traditionally and digitally. 
I have a love for painting, printmaking and silk screening. 

The mix of design, words and crafts light me up. Some of my favorite things are, coffee, magazines, art books, a sharpie and a sketchbook.

I am a licensed artist with The World Art Group and I have Just been named the First place winner of The Carpet Vista 2013 Competition out of Malmö, Sweden, My rug designs will be available late January 2014


©2014 Velásquez

Here is the start of my design process after a bit of research.
Some sketching and some motif painting.

I then prepare my blocks by cutting out my design. I do a few test prints in order to check my line work. 
I love the surprise of relief printing .
I like to mix printing and painting in the same piece of work.



Rainforest Paradise   by Velásquez ©2014
Rainforest Paradise                                                                                         by Velásquez ©2014 
Leaf Dance  by Velásquez ©2014
Leaf Dance                                                                                                     by Velásquez ©2014 

Rainforest Word Portrait     by Velásquez ©2014
Rainforest Word Portrait                                                                                 by Velásquez ©2014 

I make  Word Art and I thought it might be nice to include this 
Word Portrait of the Rainforest in as a coordinate.




Thank you for stopping by.


You can now hop over to Jennifer Rogers blog and see how she was inspired by the Tropical theme and Radiant Orchid.


To make navigating the posts a bit easier……….

First BlogMary Tanana
Previous Blog: Jolene Heckman
Next Blog: Jennifer Rogers

This is "Where Art and Beauty Meet Lifestyle"©

Leaf Study               by Velásquez©2014

All images and content belong to Deborah Velásquez. Copyright 2005-2014.  All rights reserved.
Please do not use anything without permission or without making note of the origin on your blog or website.

33 comments:

  1. oh my, gorgeous work, am smitten :-)

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  2. You are so talented!! Love your work

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  4. Lovely Deborah - I agree with Onneke, you are very talented ! The flamingo is brilliant !

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  5. Whao! That tropical flower caught my eye immediately and I came running over…
    and what a great surprise to see all this activity, plus the methods!
    Thank you Deborah, love your whole approach and the results are stunning.
    Saludos :-)

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  6. Love your different take on the trend!

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  7. Love the block printing texture and mix of mediums...lovely designs deborah!

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  8. Fresh. Contemporary. Fenomenal. Well, you´re the word girl, go on. You know I adored it all...Congrats!

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  9. Beautiful! love your painting style keep on cracking ;-)

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  10. LOVE these and seeing your creative process, that radiant rainforest bird is fabulous!

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  11. your paintings are great and brilliant to see the final designs

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  12. Awesone designs and process Deborah!!

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  13. Love to see your process Deborah! Pretty!

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  14. Really stunning! Great to see your process!

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  15. First of all, THAT FLOWER IS KILLER!! Love your block cuts too, must try that someday. I absolutely love your word art!!!

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  16. amazing designs and creative process, Deborah!

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  17. I love your work, adore Rainforest paradise. Your signature is so eloquent and distinct. Inspiring.

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  18. Really interesting seeing your work processes. Your painting is wonderful!

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  19. WOW! Love your post, love your designs, and LOVE love LOVE your beautiful flower!

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  20. Amazing! Loved seeing your process. The flamingo is beautiful.

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  21. Great designs - and I love those process pics, we love them.

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  22. Fantastic Deborah. Love seeing your process and lovely work x

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  23. love it Deb! your work is so unique & inspiring! the flamingo & your word art rocks!!

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  24. Great collection, really love seeing your work processes!

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  25. Fabulous and beautiful work, you are a very talented lady!

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  26. Deborah, These are so fantastic... love them all!

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  27. Finally landed here to qunech my curiousity to see the final design (after the sneak peaks on FB). -Gorgeous!

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  28. OBS no edit button: Finally landed here to quench my curiousity thirst to see the final design (after the sneak peaks on FB). -Gorgeous!

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  29. Hi Deborah, Beautiful work and I enjoyed seeing the process too. The Rainforest Paradise design is stunning and I love the painted flower & block prints.

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