PEN & INK & RED & SPARKLE

Quick pen & ink drawing I did for Tophatter.  The red bird was just right for the bidders.  Can't tell if they liked the glitter.  Still need to do more tests.  I feel like this auction site is a game.  It's so addicting for me!

The photo was awful again.  I knew it would be an issue.  I need to perfect my photography.  I really want a new camera but I don't think that's happening anytime soon.  My little cannon that I dropped in the ocean is still limping along.  Darn it!

RICH AND LISA

140lbs. rough 12x16

140lbs rough 12x16

Finally done! These paintings have taken forever...now I need to figure out how to mail them to Seattle Washington.  

ROBERTS PAINTING

 

 This took a LOT longer than I thought it would.  I finished it for my brother and his wife seconds before they walked in the door for our Christmas celebration.  I was sprinkling the glitter as they were walking up the driveway!  My Lovely Brother in Law was leaning over my shoulder taunting me the whole time.  Gotta love the Brother-in-Law! It is a law?  You have to love him? :)

This is the biggest tree painting I've done so far.  I really like the size...I think I will have to go and get more watercolor blocks in this size.  I need to finish my uncles painting and he is getting married so I will do one for his fiance Lisa.

Looking forward to working this year!  I'm going to take my art seriously...I've put time aside, like a job, to work on it!  Wish me luck.  :)

ANNE

 This painting was one I worked on during the Christmas break.  You can hardly see the glitter...it's yellow.  Yellow reminds me of my friend Anne, so that's what I named the painting!

First day of the new year.  It's been good.  Puzzle making with Paul is always cute.  I need to detox (mentally) from all the Seasons activities.  Tough to be a do it all kind of person who has a fear of saying "no" to something especially when it sounds fun.  Everything sounds fun.  That's the big problem..for me.  I guess my new move, this new year, will be to say, "Maybe, I'll have to see if I can do that?" Seems flaky and uncommitted but blah, I don't know? Did I mention the entire family lives within miles of us?  How does one say no to such darlings?

TAGTASTIC

I had a bunch of images that I drew and copied off for the pin back buttons....I copied them onto card stock paper.  My button punch won't punch out the images, the paper is to heavy. SO!  I decided to make them into gift tags!  First I used colored paper, didn't look right, to many colors that didn't match the paper.  Then I found this card stock weight vellum and it seemed to make the images POP.  I love glitter so you know, can't do anything without glitter. :) I tried to sell them at one of the bazaars but they wouldn't sell.  Maybe .25 a tag?  4 for a $1.00? Hmmmm

DENISE

Super hard painting! I loved the challenge but oh man I was thinking as I drew this....What? am I really going to paint around every leaf? And, yes I did!

LAUREN'S TREE II

Finished with the second tree for Lauren's daughter Emily. I'll have to get a photo of them together. I'm still not convinced they "go" together. I can't wait to see them hung in the cute pink room!

WHIMSICAL TREE "LAUREN I"

This is the begining of Lauren I(left). Those sharp pointy plants in the foreground really bugged me. I thought, uh oh, what have I done! I wished I could erase them. They seemed to harsh or sharp or something. I also wanted to add drama to that large hill on the right but wasn't sure how to do it.

Then I sort of blended the pointy plants and that seemed to be okay (below). I still didn't get drama out of the hill but it seems to flow okay.

ARTIST TRADING CARDS

Here are some ATC's I've done recently. The robot (above/left) is my favorite. I was going to hand draw a little robot guy but it didn't turn out very good. Instead I used a gold and silver pack of ephemera I received as a swap years ago. Super inspiring little packet!

I just found this great bird punch for the birds and heart ATC (above/right). I am LOVING collage right now. I have a good assortment of paper scraps and trinkets.

I've even found a use for the butterfly feathers from my sisters wedding (right). Of course most of my work has at least a little glitter!

BAMBOO & LANTERN WEDDING INVITATIONS

Above is a picture of the first 25 that were completed...well, not really done but painted! They need to be cut, scored, green paper and vellum attached with sparkle ivory brads, purple circle attached to the outside with cute sticker and ribbon! Whew, glad Minh and her girls are dealing with most of that part!

Working on invitations is repetitious work. It takes lots of self control for me not to change or "embellish" the original design. They must look uniform, and oooooh it's so hard to do it over and over exactly the same! The little dragon fly to the right has some glitter on his wings. The lanterns also have some bits of glitter.

Minh is worth it! I'm so happy she and my bro Mark are getting married. They are super cute and super perfect for each other. I'm so excited that I have gained an new sister!