Hello from this summery fall day; Found this big ole pumpkin ‘n lil ole birdie on the roof on my lunch break 🐦 Went with a friend to a little food truck called Wren & Rail. Super cute patio with fire pits & lots of tofu options! Then, some Armenian pomegranate wine for painting fuel. I had it with some Italian orange dark chocolate. We love a constant stream of snackage.

The Queen With Fake Nails Watercolor, black and silver ink — The Queen With Fake Nails
Watercolor, black and silver ink

Today’s remake comes from one of my homemade childhood sketchbooks. I don’t have an exact date on here, but it appears that I must have been 3-4 years old. Here we have “THE QWEN WETH FACK NALLS” otherwise known as “The Queen With Fake Nails” lol! So, as I worked on the remake, I kept asking myself why this character seemed so familiar. Something about the crown. At the point where I am almost finished with the painting, I realize perhaps this looks like Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. I’ve never seen the movie “Maleficent” and I don’t think I’ve seen Sleeping Beauty since I was a kid, so I had gone through with the painting without looking at the character thinking it was just our O great Qwen weth the fack nalls. I look up the Disney character and the crown sure enough looks REMARKABLY similar, so I’m going to go ahead and say I was 4 years old drawing and watching scary toons! Also, check out the sweet outer space flare on the felted cover.

The original piece is available in my shop: https://novastardust.com/originals/the-queen-with-fake-nails

Thanks for lookin’, will see you all tomorrow for the next one!

xoxo NOVA

Nova Stardust

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