Chelsea by the Sea

Karin Taylor

Chelsea by the Sea


Chelsea is a pencil drawing coloured digitally
I created this whilst on an island holiday recently where I drew for hours on end.
I really loved the feel of this particular drawing, and her character….not the prettiest little girl….but such an interesting little face, and funny shaped body emerged :)

Chelsea by the Sea belongs to the following groups:

Childhood, Cutest of the Cute, Riginals, The true beauty, Who are YOU to Judge? and Woman Appreciation Available for sale as

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Chelsea by the Sea by Karin Taylor
Chelsea by the Sea by Karin Taylor
  • Ingz

    Ingz

    She has such a lovely face, and looks like a very proud young lady. The greens here are so amazing they really shine…..picture perfect as always dear Karin xxxx ps I am about to send you a bmail xxx

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you so much Ingz :) xx

  • Marilyn Harris

    Marilyn Harris

    I am so loving your new series Karin! Chelsea is so adorable! I have a niece in the UK called Chelsea! She’s adorable too! xo :o)

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    blossom, thank you, really happy you like the new work and so cool she shares the name with your Chelsea in the UK too , that’s amazing :) xx

  • linifer

    linifer

    Wonderful! You are so talented Karin!! Love this one.. love them all. Is this what you do for a living?

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    Hi linifer, thank you so much. That’s a great question, but why is that such a hard question to answer lol…..I don’t make a living from my art but I wish I could :)
    I don’t work in any other field at the moment tho, most of my attention is given to creating works of art and taking care of my 2 kids :) xx

  • margaretfraser

    margaretfraser

    awe another lovely one Karen great sereis

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you very much margaret! :)

  • barnsis

    barnsis

    She looks like YOU! excellent art work, she is so lovely and calm seeming.

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    oh you reckon hey byron, lol
    thank you very much :) glad she brings a sense of calm too :)

  • CateTownsend

    CateTownsend

    Amazing! You do such a wonderful job of colouring in your creations digitally.

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you so much Cate, still lots to learn…..i think i’ve done a good job, then i can see how I can improve so much more :) xxx

  • Virginia McGowan

    Virginia McGowan

    love the totally ’ I ‘m cool look ” she has

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thanking you very much ginny :) x

  • Sonia de Macedo-Stewart

    Sonia de Maced...

    she IS so cool, and she does look a bit like you it seems. well, you’ve inspired me. I’ve decided to conquer Photoshop, been too scared and coward. but i love what I see ;-)

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    Hi there sonia, that’s interesting, I didn’t realise she looks like me….I’m glad then to have inspired you! thank you so much …don’t be scared, just go and have loads of fun!!

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback

    I have noticed that the expression in the eyes and stance of your figures, not to mention your colour choices seem to be very significant…is there a story here or just artistic interpretation?...your figures seem to be always saying “Here I am” while looking straight at the viewer…I find them incredibly compelling and would like to be walking around in a gallery hung with all of them on the walls…then I could walk from one to the other, pondering over the story they tell…

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    very perceptive of you Janis…yes, i do think there is a story in here … I just can’t seem to articulate it very well. I think I am in all of the paintings I create to some degree, and they are all somehow showing aspects of me, repeatedly. I am trying to say something. I think i just want people to give me a chance, and not dismiss me too quickly, at first glance…I may not seem much… I may seem insignificant….well, that’s how I very often feel…but I think there is more to me…if people will just give me a chance :) xx so i ask them to linger a little longer…. and not just with me, but with others who may seem insignificant, for everyone has a story, everyone is significant….even those we have no time for…i think that’s the deep message in all of my work lately …

    thank you so much for taking the time to look so closely and ponder my work, it is so satisfying for me…i think it’s what i long for :) x

  • Jan Landers

    Jan Landers

    ooh…karin….this really resonates with me…these wonderful colors…..her obvious connection with the water energies….with all of nature…..i really feel this one, karin, and i am so loving all these new creations…..they feel so profound in some way….

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    Hi Jan, thank you, it’s so good to hear that….I have a strong water connection, more powerful than any other really…..so happy you could sense that and there is a more depth to these paintings.

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback

    I see much more in them than just a pretty picture…yes they are small figures that some may dismiss as just cute, but to me they are so much more…I do see you in all of them…I sit and stare athem for a long time, and sometimes I wish that I could actually talk to you about them, as then I would be able to do them justice…
    I believe you are trying to say, don’t just walk by but look at me…the eyes especially, because they are exaggerated in size, make me want to try to figure out what’s going on behind them…none of them are exactly alike…you have very cleverly managed to convey a lot of meaning with just small changes in expression, with they way they stand, with the way they look at the viewer, but underlying all of them is a plea to take you seriously….I take you very seriously indeed…you tell a story with each and every work…a very powerful one…

  • kjgordon

    kjgordon

    so adorable….......Chel-Sea looks ready …............

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you kj :)

  • Renate Dartois

    Renate Dartois

    Truly adorable…...

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thx so very much Renate :)

  • Rhenastarr

    Rhenastarr

    Another wonderful addition to an already outstanding portfolio. Your work is amazing. I love every piece, I favor each one that I see, that way I can go back and study them for longer periods of time.

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you very much indeed…you are very kind, I’m really appreciative you like it so much, and very taken aback that you study them at a later time, wow…...I’m blown away Rhena :) x

  • gillsart

    gillsart

    I think this reflects your open and honest personality .Karin .something you prob take for granted and you expect everyone to be the same …she does look a bit like you ..a little bit of a melancholy look but a lovely face ... wanting approval ….but really she can only please herself so why not tell her to be her own best fan !! ..a great tallent u have ......

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you gillian, some words of wisdom there, muchly appreciated :) x

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    She’s lovely and looks so comfortable out by the sea- I like the rich colours you are using :)))) xxx

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you very much Anita, much appreciated :) xxx
    glad you like the rich colours :)

  • AnaCBStudio

    AnaCBStudio

    Lovely Karin…I love the colors

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    Dear Ana, thank you so much !! :) x

  • Steven Agius

    Steven Agius

    Excellent !

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thx so much Steve :)

  • Alf Caruana

    Alf Caruana

    love it, love the colors

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thx Alf, i really am happy you like her :)

  • Linda Callaghan

    Linda Callaghan

    as soon as I saw this Karin I thought of my daughter! she loves to snorkel and lives by the sea….I think Chelsea is beautiful just like my daughter…all your characters tell a story by the way they are dressed and the expression on their faces and every one of them touches someone in some way… :-D xxx

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    o wow Linda, it seems this one reminds people of someone special…that’s really very cool…i feel so proud of this one now hearing that and it means a lot to me that they do tell a story somehow :) thank you Linda xxxx

  • catherine walker

    catherine walker

    wow Karin …she’s amazing as usual your work just blows me away..the expressions on the faces are just wonderful!!

    so well done!

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    cathy, you are too kind …. i really get a huge kick from your response, thank you so much!!! :) xx

  • GEORGE SANDERSON

    GEORGE SANDERSON

    Amazing artwork, Karin
    Such a brilliant character !

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    George, you are so kind, thanks a million! :)

  • Emma Wertheim

    Emma Wertheim

    Your work has so much ‘heart’ in it!....I can’t help but feel happy!...She has a real inner beauty…and joy….and such curious eyes!!! I love her!

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you Emma, it’s surprising to me that this comes through, but it makes me very happy to hear that you can actually feel happy when you view my work…it’s wonderful, I’m really touched :)

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    wow this is too brilliant, just LOVE the charachter of this little one she’s adorable and reminds me a bit like i was as a child!! really well done

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you for your lovely comments!!
    they are greatly appreciated and so cool to think she reminds you of YOU!! :) x

  • Karen Cook

    Karen Cook

    I agree with everything that Janis said above. Getting to know you through the exchange of bubblemails and through our little conversations, I think I can now see you in ALL of the images you’ve uploaded since your holiday. Not just in a visual way though Kaz; it goes kind of deeper than that… like you’ve deeply embedded every fibre of your being in them and they radiate your inner beauty and the way in which you want the world to see you, kind of vulnerable and soft and gentle and like you have a message you want to share with us all – there’s something so powerful about them. It’s hard to explain, but these recent works have so much more of YOU in them than your earlier work did. x

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    like you’ve deeply embedded every fibre of your being in them

    Kaz, you kinda floored me…my jaw dropped to the ground when i read this… you know me pretty well then :)

    i really did immerse my whole self into these images, thinking I had nothing to lose by just being myself and putting whatever i wanted to into them…having that week away, just helped me to feel spontaneous and allow what was ‘inside’ to come out. I’ve only really just started to explore this strategy for inspiration, and it’s very surprising….nothing seems hidden….everyone can see me…it’s a little wierd, but a great feeling also.

    For so many reasons, the real me doesn’t get a chance…..to come out in public view….i’m so nervous all the time, and anxiety gets the better of me…but for me, in this way of creating art and characters, I feel I am able to ‘speak out’ and ‘show myself’.... I hope that’s not too narcissistic….. but i’ve always had to understand me, in order to understand others…. so it’s the first step in aligning myself with how others feel in so many ways :) hopefully, it’s not a completely selfish process…..that’s what I’m telling myself anyway :) xx

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Excellent Art Karin, so sweet.

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you so much Rosalie, i really appreciate your comments :) x

  • lacitrouille

    lacitrouille

    She looks so funny with her googles, and she has a squat, sturdy little body. For me, “perfect” proportions or faces are not important: it’s what they express that is important. I love the intensity of the colours and the sea creatures. :)

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    lol, she does look so funny Josette, such a strange little figure…...quite squat….i had to fit her on the page…this is probably how she got a little scrunched!! lol
    I’m glad you like her and the dolphins and shells, etc….. really appreciate your comments so much :) xxx

  • sparklehen

    sparklehen

    I love the feeking I get from this one, I can’t purt my finger on it, it’s like there is a storm coming. Great atmosphere, fantastic colours too : D

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    thank you so much sparkles….glad you got a nice ‘feeking’ lol….. (aw, i knew what you meant tho :) thank you again :) xx

  • sparklehen

    sparklehen

    ooops I meant to say feeling not feeking!! ; /

  • Debbie Roelle

    Debbie Roelle

    All of these little ladies are so cute, love them=D

  • Karin Taylorcommunity helper replied

    Debbie, i much appreciate your lovely comment, so glad you like my ladies :) xx

  • Barbara Burkhardt

    Barbara Burkhardt

    I relate to this one Karin, I’m glad you had a wonderful day such as this. Embed it into your memory. They are magic and you can revisit anytime then.

  • udonchow

    udonchow

    Chelsea looks very peaceful and at home by the sea, there’s a calming effect when I look at this pic, wonderful choice of colors here too, Karin! ^ _ ^

  • danita clark

    danita clark

    Chelsea is sooo sweet, self assured , safe in her skin , yet vulnerable…
    i love the watery connection and creatures who appear with her here,
    again, beautiful artwork , Karin

  • poupoune

    poupoune

    Very cute!!!
    Love all of them … it’s refreshing and makes me smile … now my mind will wander in distant horizons, land, times …

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73

    I absolutely love it, it is quirky, original, cute in a weird way, and the details are amazing :))XXXX

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