Tee Hee

Some more Valentine's Cards for your viewing pleasure. I do a little sketch in my notebook then I draw it bigger on some scrap paper. I cut out the more difficult shapes then outline that on the colored paper. Tada! Now that you all know my secret, I expect at least 5 cards this February! ...... no really. I love getting stuff in the mail.

I really have been doing stuff

I got a job!!! Well, two jobs. One is canvas wrapping gig: my employers (Solart Designs) prints photos/art on canvas and then we wrap them on frames, then ship it. My other job is as an online marketing/blogging person for my favorite quilt shop: Valli & Kim. In between jobs I've been keeping very busy trying new recipes and attempting to finish some projects.

 Oil Painting. The pear is an overdone classic, I know, but Mike ate all the peppers I was planning to practice with. As soon I finished this one, he ate that pear too.

The Quilt Saga. This project has been going for about 8 months now; collecting all the fabric and putting it together. Each block has 100 squares in it and takes about 2 hours to make. This half of the quilt has 1,830 squares in it. I'm hoping to enter it into the state fair. 

Valentines Day Cards. I make 'em my self and send them to family and a couple friends. This all started when I began exchanging Christmas cards with my high school friend Amber and one year I was ridiculously late sending it. Now, I figure to save me hassle during the holidays, send it in February! 

So these a just a few of the on going projects.... I'll do my best to be more diligent in posting on a regular basis. New years resolutions and all that.  

Unusual Requests....

My twin sister is on a religious mission in New Jersey. The other missionary gals she works with asked for some drawings. Since Christmas is coming, I thought I'd go the extra 15min and paint em. One of the gals likes Mexican Robots and Kumquats, and the other likes birds, banans and raspberries. Its on a heavy weight butcher paper with acrylic and ink. It was a lot of fun and a no pressure assignment to get me back in the grove after going FOUR months without supplies. Sigh... its good to have my paints back again!

Pumpkin Revised

Thank you ladies, for your suggestions. I've made a few changes. If you have any more tweaks, please let me know. I'm working on building a portfolio and a website, so I think I want this to be sharp!

October: And the Winner issss.........

Autumn is my favorite time of year. My favorite colors come out to play. Hollie Hibbert and I were talking and we both thought it'd be fun to do a October themed illustration! Ps. Thanks for all the tips on photoshop brushes! 

Friendly Giant

So my dear friends have been encouraging me to explore craigslist illustrations gigs, in fact Adam Taylor sends me links! (thanks!) Anyway, one called for this description, and I had such a good time doing the sketch, that I finished it. I didn't get the job, but I got a fun illustration out it!

Quick Fix

The poor mirror had fallen off before, so Mike had taped it together, but the hot texas sun is relentless!