Male Goldfinch with Wild Oats

February 1, 2010 at 10:28 pm (Drawings)
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Thing-A-Day starts today and this is my first contribution. If you’ve never heard of it here’s the website: Thing A Day. It’s ‘a creative sprint for the month of February.’ Basically you try to do something creative everyday for at least 20 mins a day. It’s harder then it sounds. I’ve done it twice already, but have never completed the challenge. I hope to change that this year. So if you want to follow my TAD progress, this is my part of the website: Artist-In-Me . I will post here some, but for the month of Feb, I will be posting on that website every day. *Hopefully*

I sketched this drawing from the book ‘Drawing Birds with Colored Pencils’ by Kaaren Poole. I’ve always found birds to be difficult to draw and I need to learn to blend colored pencils better, so that’s why I drew this guy. I might make it a week long theme. We’ll see. I think I will still post once or twice a week here, all my creativity at once. Wish me luck!!!

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Garmin Holder

January 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm (Sewing)
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So I got a new Garmin GPS for Christmas because my last one died. I wanted to take better care of this one, so I decided to make a Garmin Pouch! With the help of my aunt, since I’m not very good at sewing, I made this:

I used that ridiculous fabric because it’s adorable and I can’t think of anything else I’d use it for.

Close up:

I think I’ll make one for my cell phone next!

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Little Sketches Throughout the Days

January 20, 2010 at 5:24 pm (Drawings)
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I promised the good…..and the not so good. Here are some sketches, just ideas or inspirations that hit me. I haven’t worked on a big piece in awhile. I think I would like to start one soon. As soon as my room is organized.

Okay…stop laughing…..here’s some sketches:

This is just a guy at a volunteer meeting I went to. Someone sat down in front of me and blocked my view before I could give him arms.

Coffee cup, paper plate, and napkin of the women in front of me at the meeting.

Fun little pond scene. Yes, I know I put a saltwater fish in a freshwater pond, but it’s not my fault…..really. He wanted to be there.

Then they started talking about the South Pole, and I thought polar bears, then penguins and seals came next. Not sure why the candle was there….it was a very long meeting….

This one was inspired by a painting Leslie White did. You can find the link here:   http://lesliepaints.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/

Sorry, you’re going to have to copy and paste because I’m lame and not sure how to make links…but seriously, check it out. It’s a very good painting.

This sketch was inspired by Monet’s ‘Woman with a Parsol’ painting. I would like to get some references and really try to draw more of this type of clothing.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/claude-monet-giverny-paintings-4.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/painting/1/0/D/r/1/ppknife-BOrton1.jpg

(if you know how to post links, please tell me.)

Last, but not least, a drawing of my new phone, The Rogue! I love this phone, touch screen, super nifty, and yes Weifei, the bunny is still around!

So those are all the sketches I’ve done over the past week. Like I said, hopefully I’ll get into a bigger project soon. Although I do have a few ATC swaps coming up, so keep a lookout for those!

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Pointillism

January 12, 2010 at 10:00 pm (ATCs)
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This was an ATC I made for a Pointillism swap. My partner liked dragons and mushrooms, I like how it came out. Although now I remember why I haven’t done pointillism in forever.

I got a tabletop easel for Christmas, so I hope to be painting more often and bigger now. I got a few canvases, different sizes, now I just need a picture I really like or a project to work on. Any suggestions?

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Christmas Crafts

January 9, 2010 at 9:39 pm (Jewelry)
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So most of my art time was spent making seed bead bracelets on a bead loom. Very time consuming, but the bracelets are so beautiful.

This is the loom I weave on. Putting the strings on there is probably the most frustrating part of the whole process. Definitely takes time and patience. The second thing I don’t always have enough of for this process.

The top bracelet was my first attempt…it actually looks okay here. In reality it was horrible….but at least it held together well (which I found out when I pulled it apart for the beads). My very first attempt, a few years ago, didn’t hold together for even a day.

This is a close up of both patterns. The second bracelet, the white one, I kept for myself. Since it was my first successful bracelet.

I used the lobster claw clasp. I am not good enough to do the normal beaded loops. This bracelet was a gift.

This bracelet was a gift, and actually my favorite one. It always makes me smile when I see my friend wear it. I have some beads left over, I think I might make myself one like this.

Anyone want one of these bracelets?

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