Christmas is Coming...

This year I thought it would be nice to get a Black Labrador ornament for the Christmas Tree. I was exasperated when I found how difficult this quest was. What I kept finding over and over were Yellow Labs. Really? I can count on one hand how many Yellow Labs I have seen. Also, aren't black labs the most know face for Labradors?
Frustrated I kept looking, I even looked online but I wasn't happy with what I was finding. So I took matters into my own hands when I stumbled upon this ornament. (Which still isn't a black lab!)

Seen here having an identity crisis is a brown lab I'm painting black. (Didn't think to take a picture till after I started.) I might change the scarf color too, not sure yet.

I swear it was destiny I found this ornament. It had been sitting were the 'white' ornaments were, probably set down by someone who changed their mind. I tried looking to see if I could find more (in hopes for a black) but I couldn't find anything that it would have been with. No other dog ornaments, no cats, NOTHING. I guess it can go with the saying 'never look a gift horse in the mouth', now I have a Labrador ornament AND I'm painting. I forgot how fun it was to paint objects :)


Oh no!

Baked Goods and Pretty Vegtables

It has been a busy November for me and I can't believe it's already about to come to an end. Thanksgiving was chaos as usual but before, I did get some camera time...

Was trying to give everyone a sugar rush, but they stuffed themselves so well on dinner they didn't get to the dessert. So I made them take it home.

I found some awesome looking squash and Indian corn to accompany this pumpkin.

I took a number of pictures...

I figured they can be some inspiration for drawing..

Or just fun to look at!

I'm hoping to make pumpkin seeds before the pumpkin goes yuck. Never made pumpkin seeds before ^_^

Am I Blue?

I do so good during the summer it amazes me how much I hit bottom when autumn comes. I guess I get the winter blues easily and this year it isn't looking like an exception. So, no drawing, way less posts, and if I'm lucky I will cross-stitch and still take pictures until it gets warm again. I have learned that if I force myself to draw it makes it worse, gah. I feel a bit silly about it but at the same time it's like it has all been drained right out of me and I have to sit around and wait till the meter is full again before I can 'go'.
I did work on my cross-stitching today, to lazy to take a picture. Maybe next time :P

The Snow Has Come

Since I moved up here seven years ago, this is the earliest it has ever snowed. I'm not a huge fan of being in the snow, but it is pretty to look at.





I finally got to play with the video mode on my camera...I apologize I really didn't know what I was doing :D

Exploring New Avenues

Several months ago I noticed people drawing these crazy mash of patterns and thought they looked really neat. I let it go for awhile and then I was seeing it more and more. Then I stumbled on to this site; zentangles. (Click it!)
Once I saw the break down and that it was very easy, I had to make my own of course! So flipping through the patterns they have available, I made my first zentangle.


I made the mistake of using a mechanical pencil and the smudges are the horrible erase job. It was fun and just as relaxing as they promised it would be. I'm thinking maybe this can be something I do when I hit the "I don't want to do anything" block.

Wordless Wednesday

My Current Fustration

I know I said I wouldn't post anything till I finished it, but I miss posting things and I didn't want to do another photo post. I wanted to redraw something that I had done in the past. Guess I wanted to prove to myself that I had improved somewhere since it doesn't seem like it most of the time. I have the bad habit of when I have a way of doing something, I won't change even if I'm shown a better way. So I know my coloring suffers the worst for my stubbornness. This is what I have so far..


Knowing that I have a harder time with orange then any other color you think I would have avoided this but its what I had colored the original..


This was drawn nine years ago. At the time I thought this was the greatest thing ever, now I just flinch when I see it. Unfortunately I'm flinching at the one I'm working on now too. I just don't know what to do with my shading. I know where it goes, but when I put my layers down it never looks right, they are either too close in color or to far. Oh well, I will still get it done eventually and then I won't touch orange for awhile, lol.