Seahorse Edition

So this weeks Summer of Color had me stumped at first. I could not think of anything that I liked with two oranges and a blue. I didn't want to do a dragon, and an orange and blueberry sounded silly :D

Oddly it was work that gave me this idea.

The visual display for the one brand of bathing suits had framed pictures of seahorse paintings and other ocean related goodies. I have looked at it many many times since the beginning of spring and this time it just clicked. I want to draw a seahorse! So yeah, seahorse :)

I am actually surprised I made it to the end of SOC, it was fun, I learned something, got to see a lot of neat ideas and I hope we get to do it again next year!

Cross Stitch Progress

Even though I didn't get to work again this week, it wasn't so bad. I got to walk the dogs almost everyday and visit my husband's niece and her step mom who was amazing and gave me all her cross stitch goodies. My cross stitch hoard is amazing and ALL MINE!

I really can't wait to finish the blob with the ducky, it's the cat's belly but right now it looks like nothing. Seriously not taking another progress shot of this piece till I am about to do the back stitching.

I don't see the progress on this one till I compare it to the previous progress shot. I originally was going to take my time on this one but I already know what my next big project is going to be and I can't wait so I'm pushing on this now. I will only let myself work on two cross stitch pieces at once because I know I won't finish them if I keep starting new ones :D

I get to work next week which means I probably won't post at all or only once. SO yeah back to regular schedule :)

Cross Stitch Progress

I'm trying a different method, instead of sticking to a spot and working out from it, I am now sticking to one color as much as I can do in the part I have framed. It just may be going a little faster that way. Only problem with that is if there is a lot of the color (like there was with the black and white) I start to go a little crazy and antsy to work on another color. I honestly don't know why.

Look at the cute ducky blob! Besides it being on sale I think I got this cause of that darn cute duckling!

You have posted everyday this week, what is going on?!
No work, all week. I really hate how slow summers are, August needs to hurry up and get here so I can WORK. Because next week, no work all week AGAIN. So I might try to post Mon.-Fri. again.

Eye See You

So, this is suppose to be a flamingo eye. I wanted to try something real and I really don't care for it. If I was going to do a bird I guess it wasn't the best choice for a close up :D

Another dragon eye, this will make the last eye. I was getting bored on this one and really not trying to put much effort into it. Think I'm going to "zoom out" and do full heads now as I still experiment with the markers. I really should try this out with water color pencils too...

Spot the Ocelot?

Okay I wouldn't really name it Spot but that was the only thing that popped into my head for a title :D

I am super excited that it now has a full face. Canvas wise I am half way done but stitch count wise I probably am not because the bottom half is fuller then the top. It is also possible for me to say I am done but it would bug me knowing there was more and didn't do it.
So I'll do it.

Wordless Wednesday

Cat Eyes

Well I am glad to discover that the Bruynzeel design pencils blend well with Prismacolor pencils. Now I want to see what they look like with mineral spirits!

I think I just may do a red feline next, I've had an idea for one on the back burner for awhile.

Living Treasures Animal Park

Went and seen the animals for my birthday. I think I spent more time playing with the goats then taking actual pictures :D

This cutie was just cuteness overload for me, so little and fuzzy!

This little piglet managed to get out of the enclosure because it was so small and fit right through the openings. Momma pig was not happy about it and made sure to keep it with the others after that!

That was the first time I had ever seen a baby zebra.

The first picture I took, I was scared to try to stick the lens through the fence because it was watching me so closely and I thought it might try to peck the camera. The second time I stuck it through with no problems but the first one I am definitely using for a future drawing!

Wordless Wednesday (Photo Heavy)