Inspiration, a need for change, and a doodle

I've been in somewhat of an artistic block lately.  Maybe artistic block isn't the correct word.  Maybe what I'm trying to say is I'm bored.  I've been using color pencil for years now, and I'm starting to yearn for something new.  I've been super inspired lately by Fran Meneses's work, who uses mainly markers.  After watching almost all her youtube videos, and doing my own research on markers, I decided to take the plunge and finally order a few.  I also ordered a brandy new sketch book.  This is the first time in a while that I bought new art supplies.  I'm super excited, and ready to experiment with something new and really develop my style even more.  

And since I can't really post something without a doodle, here is a little color pencil doodle I made.  This might be my last color pencil doodle for awhile.  Hopefully I can get the hang of my new markers, and am looking forward to posting new work soon!  Stay tuned!

IF:Wood

Keeping it simple for this week's Illustration Friday.

IF: Tool

This guy is a tool.

IF: Sparkle

Because it's always a good time when unicorns fart sparkles!

IF: Wisdom

Because owls are wise, right?

IF: Dragon

Here is my dragon illustration for this week's Illustration Friday.

IF: Childhood

So I'm back!  I took a couple months off from blogging to get back into the swing of things.  It's not always easy being a full time working mama, and most nights I just want to spend with my bud, but I was able to work out more of a schedule to where I can devote a little time each night to doodling before bed.  I thought Illustration Friday was a good place to start!  My plan is to participate in this every week.  I'm hoping to develop more of a style to my work and to also experiment more with water color.  Here is my doodle for the theme Childhood, done in my favorite medium...color pencil.

Even though I took some time off from the blogging world, I have been doodling here and there in my sketchbook.  If you follow me on Instagram you will see some of the doodles I've done in the past couple months.  

Happy Xmas Eve!

Happy 5 months!

Here's a little drawing I did in honor of my son's 5 month birthday!  I can't believe how fast these 5 months have gone and can remember back to the morning I woke up early and got that positive pregnancy test!

I also complied a list of my favorite things I've experienced in the past 5 months that I know I will  never forget...

• That sweet sweet baby smell

• Two words: baby butt

• Baby giggles when you make the stupidest faces

• Waking up in the morning to a baby full of smiles

• Baby snuggles after a long, stressful day of work

• The face of your smiling baby right after he peed all over you, five minutes before you were going to leave for work

• The diaper explosions at the most inappropriate times

• The way he looks at you when you feed him

• How he can fall asleep on you, the second his head hits your chest

• Baby farts

• And last but not least...over time, the physical scars of pregnancy and child birth will fade, but you will never get back the time you didn't spend with your new little family.  Don't worry so much about your appearance.  Enjoy every moment, because it all goes by way too fast...

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

IF: Mermaid

It's been awhile since I participated in Illustration Friday, so I figured I'd give it a shot again!  This week's topic was 'Mermaid'.

Hooray I pooped!

It's the simple things in life that make us happy.

Pregnancy doodle

Here is a little pregnancy doodle.  

Happy Birthday Tommy!

Here is a little birthday doodle I made for my cousin Tommy.

Tigger and Eeyore

Well, I guess you can say it's been awhile since my last post!  As you can probably imagine, things have been a little hectic in my life right now!  I am now 30 weeks pregnant with baby C, and we are slowly getting things ready, including the nursery!  Before we even found out the gender, we decided we were going to do a Winnie the Pooh theme for the nursery, so we've been hard at work!  I painted this Tigger and Eeyore painting on canvas to hang on the wall.  My husband loves Tigger, and I'm more of an Eeyore gal, so this painting suits our relationship so well!

I'm planning on painting one more painting for baby C's room, but this time with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.  I already started the sketch, so hopefully I'll be able to post the finished product on here soon!  I also have a couple pregnancy doodles I've done over the past few months, and once I stop being lazy, I will also post those.

Xavier's First Birthday

My godson Xavier's first birthday party was a couple weeks ago, and as a birthday gift, I painted up this garbage can for him.  I chose this design because it matched the canvas I painted for him when he was first born.  I then filled it up with some stuffed animals and wrapped it in some clear wrap.  Happy birthday little guy!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

So I'm well aware that I am almost a week behind in posting my Christmas doodle, but I still wanted to post this before the year ended!  I actually did this weeks ago during some down time at work, but just got around to scanning it and posting it today.  I've been super distracted and unmotivated lately due to reasons I will explain in a future post, but for now here is my last post of 2014!  I had a pretty descent year, and looking forward to a very exciting 2015!  More to come!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  

Happy Birthday Lily!

Here are some characters I drew in my sketch book.

I ended up turning these little animal doods into a birthday card for my little cousin Lily.  

Painted Pumpkins!

Fall is probably my favorite season.  I love the weather, I love the fashion, I love Halloween, and I love painting pumpkins!  I only painted one this year, as opposed to the two I painted last year, but this year I got a little bigger of a pumpkin and painted both sides.  If you couldn't tell, they are inspired by Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas.  I have always been a huge fan of Tim Burton's work, and couldn't think of a better time of year to be inspired by him.  

And if you can see in the last picture above, I also have a hand painted mail box.  I painted this years ago, but I don't think I ever showcased it on this blog.  I had found an old, white, flower covered mail box, and not wanting to pass up an opportunity to be creative, I did what any girl would have done...I painted skulls on it!  I've had this mail box on my house for about 4-5 years now, so it might look a little dirty in the close up below, but I still wanted to post it.