Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  

More ipad drawings!

Here are some more ipad Paper 53 drawings I did while watching tv.  

Hurricane Sandy

Anyone who hasn't heard, Hurricane Sandy swept across NJ on October 30th and destroyed almost everything in it's path.  It left a lot of people with out power, myself included, who was without power for 10 days.  One way I prepared myself for this hurricane was to go grocery shopping three days before.  While I was there I saw these cute little pumpkins and realized that it was almost halloween and I totally forgot about getting a pumpkin!  I picked one up with intents that I would paint it if the power went out.  Well our power did go out and within moments I lit a bunch of candles and painted this by candle light.  I had so much fun!  Since the power was out, there was nothing to distract me, like tv or internet, or my cell phone, so I was really able to enjoy it.  If I realized that I was going to be without power for so long I would have picked up a few more, but instead I spent the rest of my 10 days knitting and trying not to be grumpy.  I will be posting some of my knitting projects once I stop being lazy.  

Happy Birthday Lily!

My little cousin Lily just turned 10 last week and I made her this card!  I know I am a little behind on sending this to her, but I wanted to draw her something instead of just buying a generic card, like I normally do for my other cousins.  She is really the only cousin I draw stuff for, and this is only because she is really into art so this is something I know she will appreciate!  Happy belated birthday Lily!

Hey Lady!

This is a quick doodle I drew tonight while watching re-runs of Honey Boo boo.  

Century 21!

I haven't been posting lately because I have been busy.  I was just hired as a full time photo retoucher for Century 21 Department Stores!  It's weird having a full time job after freelancing for so long, but I am definitely happy there and hope to never go back to freelancing!  More posts to come soon!

Wood Illustration!

Lately I've been seeing a lot of different artists making drawings on actual pieces of wood.  I thought the idea was so great and was excited to give it a shot!  I bought this piece of wood at Michaels about two months ago, but I've been procrastinating ever since because I was positive I would somehow screw it up.  Since I downloaded Paper 53 for my ipad, I really haven't been doing any traditional drawings, and last night I figured I'd just go for it.  It was the first time I just started drawing without an actual sketch in from of me, and to be honest I was surprised with the results!  It's the first drawing I've done in a while that I actually like!  The only thing I didn't like was how messy the bark of this piece of wood was.  Since the moment I took off the plastic wrap, pieces of bark have been peeling off everywhere!  At one point I even caught my dog licking it! (Must have tasted good!)  Anyways, I'm sure I could somehow glue a hook to the back of it so it can be displayed on a wall.  I am definitely going to be experimenting with wood art again very soon!