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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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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 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 Hi guys,
I'm excited to reveal to you my FREE CALENDAR for April today, Bunny Girl. When I painted this month's calendar, I was inspired by all things Easter and by yellow daffodils, which are one of my favorite spring flowers. To download my April FREE CALENDAR Bunny 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, it's super easy! Enjoy the calendar! xo Cristina On Thursday night, March 1st, I attended the opening of my very first art show! So exciting!! I have the honor to be one of 13 artists to exhibit work at the Critical Content Art Initiative at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood from March until August. What an honor to be featured among so many talented and creative people! ♡ My brand new artwork for this exhibit is a series of six monochromatic acrylic portraits on 24”x36” canvases. These portraits are inspired by the classic Hollywood beauties and iconic women Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Greta Garbo, Bette Davis and Ingrid Bergman. Strong women, with unique personalities and creative talent, who were able to evoke emotion with a simple glance. Their eyes could not be more different, yet each one could pierce the silver screen with a unique and identifiable well placed look. When I started thinking about what I wanted to bring to this exhibit, I knew I wanted to create a series of simple and minimal monochrome paintings. The glamour and style of the Hollywood Golden Age have always been a powerful influence for me, especially the monochromatic feel of black and white movies. While I was growing up in Eastern Europe, behind the dreaded 'iron curtain', my access to movies was pretty much limited to old classics - we didn't even own a color tv! Our photos were mostly black and white too, because color film was too expensive and hard to come by. Our entire life was lived in shades of grey, in more ways than one. Even though I grew up decades later, in many ways I was more connected to the 40's and 50's and to that aesthetic focused on shape, values and contrast more than color. Can you imagine the colorful 80's in black and white? I mean, the 80's! There was no color explosion for me during that time, that's for sure, and even as a kid I was drawn to grey, much to my mother's frustration :-) Of the six portraits I painted, I try not to play favorites, but Vivien Leigh is up there for me. With a simple raising of an eyebrow, she made Scarlett O'Hara an iconic and fierce character - her famous last line in 'Gone With The Wind', 'After all, tomorrow is another day' is filled with both sheer determination and hope. Katharine Hepburn is one of the strongest inspirations for me. Her quote 'If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun' is something I think about often. And I hope I am at least somewhat successful at having some of that fun ... Sophia Loren was quoted as saying: 'Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful'. What a great lesson in self-confidence! Believing in ourselves is definitely something we can all use more. 'I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong' - Greta Garbo's wish to make all right with the world. Bette Davis believed you should 'Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work'. Fearless! 'I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did' said Ingrid Bergman. Follow your heart, do the things you want to do, and don't let anything stop you. Spending time with each of these leading ladies, getting to know them better as I painted their portraits was a big leap for me as an artist, and it certainly made me feel like I was not letting doubt or fear of the end result stop me from doing something I really wanted to do. I knew I would not regret pushing forward, but I would definitely regret not going for it. It's all about taking a chance and following your heart and your intuition. The opening was so much fun, and I was very happy to have reinforcements for moral support :-) A huge thank you to my awesome and always supportive boyfriend Keith, for always being there for me, in so many ways, big and small 😘 and to my cool friends Natalie, Quincy, Mimi and Norris who took time out of their busy schedules in the middle of the week to come out to West Hollywood on a Thursday night. I know it's not an easy thing to do after work, and in rush hour traffic, no less! Thanks for all your support and encouragement, you guys, on this night and always - love you all so much ♡ Thanks, Norris, for taking many of the pics and for the DSLR crash course, this iPhone girl is definitely a convert now ;-) Mimi even let me borrow some of her stylish photo poses, too, lol. Always so much fun with these two! My portraits will be on display at Critical Content until August and available for purchase. Thanks for having me, Critical Content! And thank you so much Colette Daze @cocolettied for your kindness and support, the opening was a huge success, you did an incredible job pulling it all together! Congratulations, my friend! 😘 If you’re not familiar with @CriticalContent, they produce some great shows like Limitless on CBS and The Writer’s Room on Sundance – check out their website at criticalcontent.com Last but not least, thank you to everyone who came on Thursday night to support the artists and the show! Congratulations to all the participating artists! You guys are amazingly talented and inspiring! All my best to you ♡ ps - The exhibit will be up through August at the Critical Content address below, if you would like to check it out:
I was recently commissioned by Gracye, whose portrait I painted a few weeks ago at the Chris Guillebeau book signing in Santa Monica, to paint a portrait of her beautiful mom, from an old photograph on her wedding day. What an honor! Thank you, Gracye, for trusting me to create a painting of such a special memory for your mom!
I absolutely love painting portraits, and especially wedding portraits! <3 It's that time of the year again: my mom's birthday and her wedding anniversary! Pretty brilliant if you ask me, getting married on your birthday - nobody forgets that anniversary! My mom, Ari, and her husband, Bob, both love to take spend some downtime at the Chumash casino, which is very close to Ventura where they live. Every so often they make a quick trip and make a day of it, and they have so much fun in the process. It's a whole experience. This year, for their special day, I decided to contribute to their little casino fund in a fun and unexpected way. I painted this cute little card, made up an appropriate rhyme, and origami folded a few bills to help them celebrate. They have a dress and ring for mom and a nice suit and tie for Bob! Happy birthday, mom! Happy anniversary, you two! Win big! :-) Courtesy of ct-sketches press <3
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