I am working * lol *

I really am! Here's the proof! * LOL * I thought I would share a little drawing that I am working on. Its John Wayne, of course. I Started this about 2-3 days ago and have worked on it a little each day. So far its only like 25% complete but its a start, right? I thought maybe I would share part of my drawing process, I already had this drawn out before I even thought of sharing the entire process with you..... But I can talk about the previous process. Basically, I just sketch out the entire drawing a little at a time until the entire piece is drawn out, to where it looks like a drawing, or at least you can tell what its supposed to be. I even draw in where the darkest spots should be for shading.



This is a bit of a close-up of the part that is complete... well sort of... its shaded and shows a lot more detail but I still need to add the darkest places and sort of straighten out and deepen the lines a little more.... I'm pretty happy with the way it is turning out so far. I will blog more and more each time I complete a part of the drawing and hopefully you can see the process a little better. But since I have been working hard the last few days on this, Im taking the weekend off. Its eerie and plain yucky here with all of the rain and snow, and coldness! So Monday, I will hop back on the bandwagon and get some more completed.
I just wanted to share that I am working.... even if it is slower than usual. ~A~

A random creation....

To the left is the beginning of a random piece.... I have been practicing yoga for a few weeks now and I guess this was the outcome of me enjoying it, or appreciating it. I thought the cat reaching as well was a cute addition and I enjoyed the black vs. white silhouette. I really wasnt too sure what I was going to do with this after I drew it out. So I just randomly started 'arting' around it. Here is the first product I created using it. I may redraw the main image and create some other pieces with it. The background was done with oil pastels. I used white acrylic and painted stars in random spaces. I used black ink and a great scroll stamp for the border around the entire image and drew out the word Believe in black. Its actually a rather large 9x12 piece, and Im really unsure of what to do with it... any suggestions would be great! Thanks for taking the time to take a look! ~a~

A bookmark for my sister....

My sister and I share a passion for reading... and when she was relaxing on our couch reading a book by her favorite auther James Patterson, and using a $1 bill as her bookmark, I had to do something for her * lol * I was so shocked that with all the books she has and all the reading she does she didnt have a bookmark, even one she bought to use. Sooo, I got my supplies out and started creating something for her :) For this bookmark I used oil pastels for the rose and background. I added some glitter gel to accent the rose in some areas, and also to add a sort of border around it for an embellishment. Finally I added the gold foil filigre stickers and the cool multicolor fibers. It is laminated to protect the oil pastels, since I was well aware she would be using the bookmark very often I didnt want it to smudge or ruin the pages in her books. I thought it turned out nicely and she was really happy to have it rather than $1 bill *lol*