A Pink Lady...

I finally got my new graphics tablet! It's a Wacom Intuos. I love it so much. The quality is unbelievable. Definitely worth the money! I'm still learning, so things aren't great. But I feel like I will be able to do some great things!

Water Flowers....

Water color and ink pen, scanned into computer. I love how this looks! Think I will do a few more! Watercolor is so much fun.

Lumps, My Lumps

Working more with Adobe Illustrator. I cannot stop making Adventure Time characters. It's so much fun. Haha.

The Sad Cloud

I decided to try something new. I love using newspaper in art! It looks so fun! Also, buttons are cool too. :)

Vampire Queen

Marceline the Vampire Queen, I made. She's the best part of Adventure Time! :)

Tea and Ears

I'm not really sure what this is about. I wanted to make a skull with Mickey ears. And I also wanted to use my Oolong Tea wrappers I've been saving. So those combined equals the above!:)

Sketchy stuff......

Playing with a trial of Corel Painter. Pretty fun!

Trying a different outlet, with some dead eyes...

I've been trying some graphic art with Adobe Illustrator and I  love it! It has so many different tools and options to make your art what you want it to be. The different effects you can download make it all worth it. You can do like I did here and sketch the picture on paper, scan it into your computer, and paint and outline it in the program. I can't believe the results. So much fun.

Cat's eye

Mixed up

I recently got some new art supplies. My new favorite things are now Gesso and Glazing medium. I have also been taking advantage of the Christmas sales at Joanne's where the scrapbook paper is on sale 5 sheets for $1! I've been using paper in my paintings along with the gesso.I hope to make some better stuff soon. This is mainly experimentation. Definitely more fun than paint alone. The finished product is so far pretty awesome!

Long Time....No Paint...

I've been away from painting for too long! I have had a few health issues but I am finally feeling better! Crocheting is taking a lot of my time...Christmas gifts everywhere! Can't wait to post pics. Tis the season for yarn and chocolate and everything else they usually mention......Here's something I did while I've been away...Another pretty lady...

Woman of the Stars...

Painting again! This time a girl. With stars. I love her!!

Buttons & Wool

I have started making these flowers from old yarn my Grandma Snow gave me and buttons my fiance got me at a yard sale! 

Girl on Fire.....

Another late night painting......

Owl Eyes

I just finished this 'painting'. I sketched the owl on canvas, went over the outline with the hot glue gun, and then used a foam brush to cover the entire thing in gold metallic paint. I think I will do a second coat to make it look more like metal. Something fun and different from what I'm used to making!

Vintage Stitches

This painting was spur of the moment. The actual sketch on canvas was awful!! I just added to it here and there and love the way it turned out. Pin-up girl meets Sally. This is one of my favorites so far! It definitely pays to just go with what you picture in your mind. Even if it is strange. It makes the best art, I think.

Lady Love

My latest painting took forever! Too many tiny dots. But I like the end result. [She kissed a girl and she liked it]

Vintage Button Inspiration

My fiance bought me a jar of old buttons at a sale in an Ybor parking lot. I was so excited! They immediately had me thinking of a girl with button eyes. And here she is!  The ocean and the sail are linen that I painted and glued to the canvas. She is totally out of proportion, as is the entire painting, but I don't care. It's from my brain, yo. 

Painting the Perfectly Imperfect....

   I recently started a new painting! Yes, she's green... Yes, she's missing an arm and wearing a 50's style red dress. What's not to love? I used acrylic paint and two canvases so that they can be hung askew, another imperfection. To me there's something great about painting and drawing the imperfect. It reminds me that there is beauty in everyone and everything. Even a 50's zombie with one arm....

Yarn Is Everywhere!

I've decided to make purses this year for my sisters and mother. I should have found something a little quicker to make! These will be so cute though! The pattern shows you how to line them with fabric and add decorative flowers and/or buttons. I will post pictures of the finished products at the end of the month! So excited. I love making gifts. So...many....stitches.... http://bendbeanies.blogspot.com/2009/05/bag-pattern.html