Magdalena Duran Magdalena Duran

Whimsical Handmade Christmas Ornaments

Christmas Ornaments

Every year around Christmas time I design an entire collection of handmade, hand painted ornaments.

I call it “ Add Magic Collection” #addmagiccollection This collection includes wild life we saw during our summer trip to British Columbia, Canada. Also on our way to BC we spent some time in Drumheller, Alberta there we visited the Tyrrell Museum of Alberta. In this museum we saw some dinosaur fossils and this was the main inspiration for this year’s ornaments collection.

Has been always a joy to make these cute ornaments. They are totally handmade, handpainted and are a cute addition for a Christmas decor or for the best gift. One of a kind, original art.

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Heartland TV Show-Ruby and Emmanuella Spencer Twins Illustrated Portrait

Spencer Twins Watercolour Portrait

I’m so excited to finally revealing this big project that I made as a collaboration with a proud Alberta Mama.

I was absolutely elated when I was asked if I could make this portrait. I immediately said yes to the project and, in being honest, it was a very challenging one for me. Normally my custom family portraits are a smaller size than this one. This was the first time I made a watercolour portrait this big (18 x 24 inches) and I loved it!

The adorable twins on this big custom illustration play Lyndy Borden on the CanadianTV Show Heartland which airs on CBC TV. Heartland is a multi-generational saga about a family getting through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch. The series is based on the Heartland book series by Lauren Brooke and follows Amy Fleming and her older sister Louise "Lou" Fleming on their Albertan-based family ranch.

Here I’m sharing a bit of the process:

  • First, I made a sketch based on the original picture.

 

  • Secondly, I traced it on a big watercolour paper and started to paint

I’m so happy of how it turned out!

Thank you so much to Ruby and Emmanuella Spencer Mom @Spencer_twins I really enjoyed making this portrait for your kids!



And Thank you to Coventry Homes for letting me take these photos at their Show Home with a beautiful home decor here in Edmonton, Alberta. Special Thanks to Sales Associate Jared Keen @jkeehn.sales

 
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Custom Family Portrait Illustration Process | Edmonton AB

Curious about how Personalized Portrait Process is done?

Hi! Some of you have been asking about the Custom Family portrait illustration, here I'm writing about the process :)

This is how customized portraits works:

  • When purchasing a customized portrait please select the number of family members. The pets count as a family members too. :)
     

  • After your purchase contact me (contact@nenaland.com) for: Reference photos. I can work with separate photos to make one portrait out of them.
     

  • After receiving your photos I'll make the illustration (please allow a few weeks),  I'll send a screenshot first proof file of how your illustration will look like and once it is approved by you, I'll work my magic and make a watercolour or a digital file, whatever was your purchase.


  • If you bought a digital portrait I will send a high resolution file so you can print at any print shop as many copies you like.


  • If you bought a watercolour portrait I will send the original via regular mail and a digital copy to your email.

    And voilà! :)

See below a sample of a watercolour and a digital portrait, you can see how they look like and the differences:

  • Watercolour

 

  • Digital


Would you like to know more?

 
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