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My GIVEAWAY on Instagram is here: you have the chance to win one of TWO CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS from your fave photo! 🎨 I just reached 2K followers on Instagram, which I’m supa excited excited about, and I want to celebrate with you! First off, I want to say THANK YOU for all your support, I’m so happy to have you in my corner every day, I appreciate it more than you can imagine 🙏 And to show my appreciation for keeping this girl connected to the world beyond my sketch pad lol, I want to give you the chance to win one of TWO gifts to celebrate all TWO thousand of my IG friends from all around the world, yaaay!! This means we’ll have TWO WINNERS, one for each of the two custom illustrations! Both illustrations will be similar to this illustration I painted of @mimigstyle and her husband @norrisdantaford for their wedding back in June 💖 And, you can enter from anywhere around the world because this giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY! 🌎 I hope you like my gift, I’m SOOOOO excited about this one!! And when I get to 3K followers on Instagram, I’ll have to do something to top this one, right?? 😜 I’m open to suggestions on what to do for the next one, so make sure to tell me your suggestions on Instagram ✨ TO ENTER GIVEAWAY: Head over to my Instagram @thecristinatudor and check out THIS NEW POST, which has this same image of Mimi and Norris and their illustration. This post has all the instructions on how to enter the giveaway 🖌 Giveaway CLOSES on Friday, August 16, 2019, at 10pm PST, so go enter now, I don’t want you to miss out! Good luck! 🤞 xo, Cristina
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The calendar for August is here! I was inspired by hot summer days and the gorgeous LA summer sunsets full of pinks, purples, golds and oranges to paint this one, so I’m calling it Summer Girl. If you like Summer Girl, please post your pics of it, tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar or #cristinatudorart so I can find them :) It would make my day and I’d love to repost your pics on my IG account! 💖 And if you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, feel free to share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox. Have a fab month of August and stay cool out there! xo Cristina Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy! @ariclia 🌸 I love you SO MUCH! ❤️
You are the BEST mom in the world, the strongest and most courageous person I know, and you have ALWAYS been my biggest supporter and given me the MOST unconditional love anyone could give!!! 💖 Thank you for everything you always do for me, for being there for me from day one 😉 and for always making me your top priority even when that meant sacrificing your own happiness 🙏 Thank you for raising me as a single mom, through countless hardships, without any support from my dad, with little money, and for making my childhood a happy one despite a hard life in communist Romania. Thank you for getting me through those first years of living in such a rough country and times, and most of all for having the courage to leave all that behind and jump into the unknown, without a shred of hesitation, without a doubt that you would give me a much better life. You certainly have! We have an amazing life here in the States, and I could not be happier 🇺🇸 I am so proud to be an American, to live such an amazing life in this beautiful place, and I count my blessings every day! I thank God for everything He has given us, and I thank YOU for making it happen, for being a STRONG and FEARLESS momma and for having the courage to GO for it!! For all these reasons, and SO MUCH MORE, you are the BEST mom in the world and I am the LUCKIEST person in the world to be your daughter!I love you always and forever! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you amazing moms out there! 😘❤️🌸 April showers bring May flowers! It’s May, and I’m all about spring and flowers this month. I was inspired to paint the May calendar by the flowers in the recent SoCal superbloom, the upcoming Mother’s Day, and by Molly Bee, aka @beautsoup on Instagram, who creates fantastic makeup looks and always looks incredible! So I’m going to call this one Flower Girl! ;) And if you want to make Mom happy this Mother’s Day, you can use code MOTHER15 on all my art prints in my shop at cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com until Tuesday, May 7 at 11:59pm, which is also the last day to order your prints if you want to make sure you get them before Mother’s Day (May 12). As always, all US shipping is FREE! :) Didn't get my April calendar? Sign up at cristinatudor.com today, and it'll pop right in your inbox! Here's a few behind the scenes peeks at my illustration process for this month's calendar:
Are you guys finally getting some warmer weather? The rains seem to have stopped here in LA, and the sun is out again, yay! I guess April’s calendar, Hair Bow Girl, brought out the sunshine :) I had loads of fun painting your calendar this month and dressing up Hair Bow Girl in a pink strapless dress for an Easter tea party with her pet bunny. Didn't get my April calendar? Sign up at cristinatudor.com today, and it'll pop right in your inbox! Here's a behind the scenes peek at my illustration process for this month's calendar: I hope you enjoy Hair Bow Girl, and I hope she brings you a warm and sunny spring!
Happy Easter! xo, Cristina Have you guys noticed Instagram was down ALL DAY yesterday?? Whaaat? It's like something was missing ;) Well, actually something WAS missing: the chance for my IG friends to snag 20% off all my HAND PAINTED T-shirts and free shipping, that's what!
So to be fair, and most of all to prevent any of us from experiencing any FOMO (aka: Fear Of Missing Out, lol), I decided to extend the launch special for one more day ... Does that mean it's now an 'Instagram Down' special? ;) You decide! :)) And so, thanks to Instagram, you have ONE MORE DAY to enjoy 20% off + FREE SHIPPING on my HAND PAINTED fashion illustration T-shirts – offer expires TODAY, Thursday 3/14 at 11:59PM PST. Visit my shop at Cristina Tudor Shop and enter code VIP20 at checkout to unlock your VIP SPECIAL OFFER, plus you get FREE SHIPPING in the US (offer includes all T-shirts and art prints in my shop). And speaking of Instagram: check out which T-shirt I'll be wearing TODAY at my live illustration event with Diptyque Paris in Beverly Hills this evening ... spoiler alert: it has pink in it! ;) Find me at @thecristinatudor Share the VIP20 code and my shop cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com with your squad, too, to make them feel better for missing out on a whole day of Instagram ;) xo Cristina Hi guys,
I’m beyond excited to introduce to you my new collection of HAND PAINTED fashion illustration T-shirts! That’s right, hand painted! This T-shirt collection was born from my dream of merging my artwork with fashion, of creating artwork in a wearable form. I’ve always dreamed of seeing my paintings worn by everyone! And what better way to start this off than with a T-shirt, a staple in our day to day wardrobes that can be worn so many ways, dressed up or down. A T-shirt becomes a blank canvas, and under my brush, it turns into a wearable work of art, created especially for you here in my Los Angeles studio! To celebrate the launch of my new collection, I'm extending a VIP SPECIAL OFFER of 20% off all orders NOW thru Wednesday 3/13 at 11:59PM PST ! And all US shipping is FREE! To unlock this offer, simply visit my shop at Cristina Tudor Shop and enter code VIP20 at checkout (offer includes all T-shirts and art prints in my shop). Offer expires on Wednesday 3/13 at 11:59PM PST ! I can’t wait to see how you wear and style your T-shirt, how you make it all … you! The sky is the limit with these tees: pair them with high waisted jeans, half-tuck them in a pencil skirt, or even add them to shiny black leggings with a blazer and some sparkly earrings for a fun night out - which is how I plan to wear my 'Pink Plumeria' tee this Thursday at my live painting event with Diptyque Paris in Beverly Hills. I'll share my outfit pics from the event and my styling tips with you on Instagram @thecristinatudor on Thursday, so meet me on IG. Check out my full collection of 10 designs and share code VIP20 and my shop https://cristina-tudor-art.myshopify.com/ with your BFF or favorite boss lady, too, cuz life is better when shared with friends! :) xo Cristina Yay, it’s March! Painting this for you made me feel like it's practically spring! And I’m loving all the spring colors, especially the purples and yellows of tulips against that pretty spring green. The calendar for March, Tulip Girl, was inspired by tulips and yellow hats, those fresh spring smells when everything is in bloom, and more sun than we’ve seen here in LA this winter with all the rains and even SNOW last week! Whaaat?? Didn't get my March calendar? Sign up at cristinatudor.com today, and it'll pop right into your inbox! Here's a behind the scenes peek at my illustration process:
I hope you like Tulip Girl, and if you do, please let me know. I would love to hear back from you and know that you’re enjoying my monthly calendar! Leave a comment below, send me an email, or leave a comment on my Instagram post of the calendar at @thecristinatudor. It would make my day to see your photos of it and feature them on my IG account, so tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)
If you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, please share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox. I hope you enjoy Tulip Girl, and I hope she makes your month a little brighter! Happy (almost) spring! xo, Cristina Find me at cristinatudor.com, on Instagram at @thecristinatudor and on Pinterest at Cristina Tudor Art Welcome to February, the month everyone’s excited about because it not only brings with it a hint of spring, but also Valentine’s Day and a celebration of love. To me, Valentine’s Day, even though it has become so commercialized nowadays, means a switch to fresh creative juices and, of course, a healthy dose of pink ;) And I simply love to get in the spirit of it! Hopefully you do, too, with the help of my Valentine Girl. Didn't get her? Sign up at cristinatudor.com today, and she'll pop right into your inbox! Valentine Girl was inspired by a beautiful pink tulle gown by Reem Acra that I came across on Moda Operandi and simply fell in love with. The sheer layers of tulle, the volume, the romance ... Here's a behind the scenes peek at my illustration process:
I hope you like Valentine Girl, and if you do, please let me know. I would love to hear back from you and know that you’re enjoying my monthly calendar! Leave a comment below, send me an email, or leave a comment on my Instagram post of the calendar at @thecristinatudor. It would make my day to see your photos of it and feature them on my IG account, so tag me @thecristinatudor in your pics and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)
If you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, please share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - the minute they sign up, they get the current month's calendar immediately in their inbox. I hope you enjoy Valentine Girl, and I hope she makes your month a little brighter! Happy (early) Valentine's Day! xo, Cristina Find me at cristinatudor.com, on Instagram at @thecristinatudor and on Pinterest at Cristina Tudor Art Happy New Year, guys! I’m soooooo excited for 2019! I feel like there’s so much to look forward to this year, new exciting projects I’ve got in the works, and looking forward to a lot of growth and challenging myself in both my personal life and my art business. Thank you for being part of my journey so far! I can’t wait to continue to share with you all that I’m creating in 2019. Starting with my January 2019 calendar! That’s right, I have decided to continue to share my 2018 free calendar in the new year as well, to keep the tradition going, and I hope you enjoy it. Didn't get it? Sign up at cristinatudor.com and it will be in your inbox in an instant! The January calendar brings you '2019 Girl', who is celebrating the new year in style, sparkling in gold (my new fave color!) and purple. I hope you like her, and if you do, please let me know in the comments below, thru email or on Instagram. I would love to hear back from you and know that you’re enjoying my calendar. You can even post pics of it on IG, I’d love to see them and feature them on my account. Tag me @thecristinatudor in them and use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar so I can find them :)
If you’d like to brighten up someone’s day, please share my website cristinatudor.com with them so they can sign up for my calendar, too - when they sign up for the calendar, they will get the current calendar immediately in their inbox. I’m sending you all my best wishes for 2019, lots of health, happiness and more time with your loved ones! Happy New Year! xo, Cristina With Halloween already here, I was in the mood to paint a Halloween themed illustration this morning. I was inspired by Kate Moss in a glamorous black mask with bunny ears, kinda the perfect Halloween costume.
Happy Halloween! xo Cristina Hi guys, I remember always feeling so excited at the start of a new school year, back in the day, when summer break lasted all the way until September: new school supplies, new outfits, the smell of brand new, unopened notebooks and freshly sharpened pencils ... And all the possibilities that a fresh new beginning would bring! My FREE CALENDAR for September, Nerdy Girl, was inspired by those memories for your September calendar. Are you ready for the start of fall? Are your kids going back to school? Or perhaps you're starting a fresh new school year this September? I hope you bring Nerdy Girl along with you to whatever new adventures this September brings you. Take pics of her in the space where she inspires you daily and share them with me on Instagram: use the hashtag #ctudorcalendar and tag me @thecristinatudor so I can see them! It would make my day, and I would love to feature your pics of the calendar on my Instagram! :)) Didn't get my Nerdy Girl? Subscribe on my blog page at cristinatudor.com, add your name and email, and check the 'Email' box in the subscription settings, and she's on her way to you. It's super easy! And share my website with your friend and family so they can get my free calendar every month, too!
Enjoy the calendar! xo Cristina Hi guys, Super excited to announce the launch of my IGTV channel on Instagram today at @thecristinatudor! I love sharing my live painting process with you all, which is how I pant live at events like weddings, retail, fashion and entertainment events. And Instagram's new feature is just perfect for sharing all my behind-the-scenes with you! To start my IGTV channel, I chose to paint a portrait of the beautiful Luna Castilho, a stunning model and TV host from Brazil who loves supporting and empowering women. She also happens to be a model for one of my favorite bridal designers, Matthew Christopher, which is how I first came across her on Instagram and was inspired to paint her portrait. For this painting, based on one of Luna's Instagram pics, I used acrylic paints on paper and painted straight on the blank paper, cold, without drawing any preliminary sketches, using only her photo as reference. So whose fashion illustration or portrait do you want me to paint next on IGTV? Is there someone whose style you admire, a famous bride whose dress you love, or an actress/singer who inspires you? A strong woman who inspires you? Don’t hold back, flood my comments, I would LOVE to get suggestions from you guys for painting subjects! Follow along @thecristinatudor on Instagram to see who I pick for my next video and to see if your choice made the cut! ;) See you guys on IGTV! xo Cristina I recently connected with LA beauty @doreengal and we bonded over our common love of LA and fashion. So, naturally, we decided to collaborate in a way that combines these two things we both love. For our collaboration, I illustrated Doreen wearing this regal Nordstrom gown by Aidan Mattox to a wedding in Beverly Hills. Love the understated print and soft colors on this voluminous skirt! With her flowing locks, pointy toe heels and minimal clutch, Doreen looks like the belle of the ball!
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A few weeks ago, I shared my story of how I became an artist and illustrator with VoyageLA, an awesome magazine known for fostering collaboration and support for independent artists and entrepreneurs while showcasing the more personal side of Los Angeles. I'm super excited to announce that my interview with VoyageLA is now out, check it out here to find out more about my background, my art and illustration business and the excitements and challenges I encounter along the way. Thank you, VoyageLA, for your amazing support and for sharing my story! Hope you guys enjoy it! If you do, please drop me a line in the comments below, I'd love to hear your thoughts or any questions you may have for me :) xo, Cristina Summer’s here, yay! I’m so excited! Did I tell you summer is my favorite season? What’s not to love: the sun, the warm nights, and of course living in flip flops ;-)
June’s free calendar, Summer Girl, was inspired by all things summer: longer days, fresh summer fruit, the sun on your face, an explosion of colors, free flowing fun weekends, road trips and going to the beach surrounded by all the beautiful palm trees here in Los Angeles - which, if you’ve been following me for a while, you know all about my palm tree obsession lol. Everything is brighter, juicier and more fun in the summer, amiright? To download my June FREE CALENDAR Summer Girl click on the 'Subscribe' button on my blog page at cristinatudor.com, add your name and email, and check the 'Email' box in the subscription settings. That's it, super easy! Enjoy the calendar! xo Cristina Today I am ending my year-long project 52 Live Fashion Stories with a fashion portrait of model Nicolle I painted live yesterday for the final week of my project, Week 52. I am so excited to complete this project, woohooo!! You can see more of it on Instagram.
I cannot believe I've been painting live for a full year now, you guys!! Can you believe it? I still remember the first time I put myself out there, on Week 1, and asked a perfect stranger at Jones Coffee in my neighborhood to pose for me for a live portrait! No pressure lol. Check out that very first experience, 52 weeks ago, here. And today, I can tell you I have long ago surpassed any feelings of nervousness or anxiety about painting live. Within a few weeks it felt 'normal' and comfortable. Oftentimes the fear of something is greater than the actual experience, and all we have to do is take action to move past that fear. Before we know it, we are on the other side of it. I am so happy that I pushed my limits and that I created this structure and challenge for myself. I'm excited to move forward and to conquer new fears and to reach new milestones. Wishing the very same for you, too! A big thank you for coming along this experience with me, you guys are the best! As a thank you, sign up for my free fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - sign up above: click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. xo, Cristina ps - Stay in touch for new painting projects and exciting news here on the blog and on Instagram - follow me there for instant daily updates! Live model Aussie was my subject for a live fashion portrait yesterday, for Week 51 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories. Next week will mark a full year I've painted something live every week :-) Follow me on Instagram to see more about my painting process and behind-the-scenes.
Like my paintings? Sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Yesterday I painted model Susan's live fashion portrait for Week 50 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories. I can't believe it's been almost a year of painting fashion and portraits live, two more weeks to go! Follow me on Instagram to see more behind-the-scenes.
If you like my paintings, sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Model Nicolle is great, her poses are always fun and interesting. So it's no surprise that I chose her once again for a live fashion portrait yesterday for Week 49 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories. Follow me on Instagram to see more about my painting process.
Like my artwork? Sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Beautiful live model Aussie was the subject for Week 48 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories yesterday. An enigmatic pose for her fashion portrait. Follow me on Instagram to see more behind-the-scenes.
If you like my paintings, sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Week 47 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories is all about Fiona, a model whose fashion portrait I painted live yesterday from YouTube live posing. So much fun trying to capture the essence of her face in short bursts of poses! More about this project on Instagram.
If you like my paintings, sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Today, for Week 46 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories, I painted a fashion portrait for live model Nicolle again. I love her messy braid and loose do, very boho bridal. Check out more on Instagram.
Like my paintings? Sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina Painted live model Jin's fashion portrait again last week for Week 45 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories - getting so close to 52 weeks ... only 7 more weeks to go!
Portrait of live model Aurora last week, with a longing look in her eyes, for Week 44 of 52 Live Fashion Stories.
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I'm Cristina Tudor, a Beverly Hills fashion illustrator. I paint live illustrations at fashion, retail, entertainment, bridal and lifestyle events for clients such as Chanel, Ferragamo, Piaget, David Yurman x Galia Lahav, Badgley Mischka, Bloomingdale's, Warner Bros. Studios, Diptyque Paris, Ted Baker London, Eric Buterbaugh x Beverly Hills EB Florals, and Survey Monkey, among others. FOLLOW CRISTINA:
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