Sia Karamalegos (art & photo account)

I should have said no NFTs

Yes, this and almost all my work is available for purchase. You just have to let me know which one and your zip code and I can get you a quote for both the work and shipping. Then I would email you an invoice to pay.

Watercolor painting described in post

Quick study of the mule guy going home up the cliffs at the end of shift while watching the sunset in Fira, Santorini

#watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #santorini #greece #art

a tiny aloe plant with a post it note that says LEAVE ME ALONE! TRYING TO LIVE >:(

tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house

Pencil sketch of a giant cat on a moon with another moon in the background. She's looking at an astronaut who is standing in the sunroof of what may be a Ford Taurus converted to a lunar rover. He's holding a giant wedge of cheese out toward the cat. Also the car is surrounded by giant flowers and there's a field of smaller flowers in the foreground

The collage of all that same stuff plus what was going to be a biodome with Amelia Earhart inside observing the cheese exchange

"An offering to the moon cat"

Today in experimental drawing I giggled a lot. Drawing from a collage reference. I might keep my collage and redo the artwork in ink and watercolor 😀

Abstract spray paint art in teal, red, and black

Abstract spray paint art in orange, lavender, and goldenrod

More experimental drawing though this time with spray paint
#art #painting

When you're a web developer but also an artist and get sucked into color theory - 10 hours later the dogs are whining for dinner and you realized you missed your own but at least you made this
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Multiple artist sketchbooks on the ground showing various scenes from a small town plus one portrait

We had a fun time sketching and painting in Hillsborough Friday evening. It was a bit swampy and I forgot to get the group pic of us holding our work. Plus it was dark. Forgive me 😄

Last Fridays in Hillsborough are popping! Definitely check it out

#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usk #pleinair

Two sketchbooks showing watercolor and ink sketches of small town street scenes

Urban sketching yesterday evening in Hillsborough with Durham Plein Air/ @ncartmeets

It was hot and swampy and I always paint impatiently when it's like that. 😅 I kind of like the vibe though

#urbansketching #usk #pleinair #watercolor #watercolorandink

Thanks!

I feel that way too when I'm stressed. It's hard to do art then. Hoping things ease up for you and your mother.

Watercolor of a covered Farmer's Market

Watercolor sketch of another painter

A group of sketchers holding up their work

The first watercolor in process

Urban sketching at the Durham Farmer's Market with @ncartmeets.com today. Steamy but fun!

#watercolor #urbansketching #usk #pleinair

4 framed art pieces. The bottom left is a watercolor of a horse skull with a vase of flowers in the background

Admiring my piece in the Durham Art Guild member showcase (bottom left)

#watercolor

Watercolor of a pelican and the legs of two fish market men in jeans. One is holding a basket of newspaper -covered fish

Fish market helper, Mykonos

I think it's done? It's hard not to go back and make small adjustments. Anyway, it's signed now. :)

Going to submit this to the NC Watercolor Society show

#watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #greece

Watercolor of a park scene with a bench under a small tree with a larger oak trunk in the foreground

Coker Arboretum from the plein air event a few weeks ago

#watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #pleinair #art

Partially complete watercolor with a pelican and legs from two fishermen wearing jeans

WIP

Working big always stresses me out 😅 Stepping away a lot on this one.

Pelican at the fish market on Mykonos

#watercolor #art #greece

Charcoal gesture drawings of a woman in various poses

Today's gesture drawings

#figuredrawing #gesturedrawing #lifedrawing #charcoal

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Well, I guess it’s never too early to post this again —

July happenings in NC live art In this issue, I cover general July announcements, new meetups on the site, and Durham Plein Air pics. July Announcements The Durham Plein Air events will be...

I just wrote 'July happenings in NC live art'.
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Lino print of a classic Santorini scene of a church with arched bell tower and cycladic buildings with the sea in the background

First print off this new design. Not enough ink but at least the details weren't lost. I bought some of my own paper which hopefully will print better.

#linoprint #linocut #art

Figure drawings of a woman in various poses

Today's figure drawing. Gestures are 90 seconds each. The other two were maybe 15 min and 20.

#figuredrawing #gesturedrawing #lifedrawing #charcoal

Thanks! Indeed even when it's muggy, it's still nice to get out there

Bench under a small tree with a large oak on the left

Watercolor painting of the same scene

Bench next to a narrow path surrounded by vegetation in a park

Looking up through the giant leaves of an umbrella magnolia tree

Beautiful though muggy morning at Coker Arboretum doing a little plein air painting. Need to make a few more additions/subtractions then will post the final painting

#pleinair #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle

Cow skull with horns stuffed into a black garbage bag inside a car trunk

Y'ALL, ONE OF MY MEETUP REGULARS GIFTED ME A COW SKULL!!! How awesome is that?? So excited. Stay tuned for more skull art ☠️☠️☠️ Beaucoup thanks dad_mink 🙏🙏🙏

4 members of Jem and the Holograms from left to right: Aja, Jem, Kimber, Shana. Aja and Shana are playing guitar. Kimber is playing keytar, and Jem is singing into microphone. Aja has blue hair and wears a pink shirt and purple miniskirt. Jem has pink hair and wears a pink minidress with fringes belt. Kimber has red hair and wears blue capris, white blazer, and pink blouse underneath with cuffs that peek through end of sleeves. Shana has purple Afro and wears purple dress with silver blazer on top. The background is yellow, orange, purple color gradient. Jem logo is in bottom left corner.

Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨

Portraits of 11 different people in different colored markers

Day 1 of experimental drawing class. We had to draw our classmates while our markers were attached by string to our neighbors to add a little chaos. Each of these is about 2.5 minutes.

#drawing #art

Portraits of 11 different people in different colored markers

Day 1 of experimental drawing class. We had to draw our classmates while our markers were attached by string to our neighbors to add a little chaos. Each of these is about 2.5 minutes.

#drawing #art

Print and lino showing a Greek key running down the center with an olive branch on one side and oleander on the other. Forgot to carve out one of the baby olives lol

Test print so I can see all my errors 😅

The assignment this week was to use a pattern that meant something to us, so I chose a Greek key. Then surrounded it with more organic shapes of olives and oleander.

I'm pleased with the design, just need to go back and make some fixes

#linocut #linoprint

Print and lino showing a Greek key running down the center with an olive branch on one side and oleander on the other. Forgot to carve out one of the baby olives lol

Test print so I can see all my errors 😅

The assignment this week was to use a pattern that meant something to us, so I chose a Greek key. Then surrounded it with more organic shapes of olives and oleander.

I'm pleased with the design, just need to go back and make some fixes

#linocut #linoprint

I'm so annoyed that they seem to auto-label sexually suggestive on all figure drawing now even when it's not and I've already labeled it as nudity non-sexual. I haven't had luck lately appealing the label either