New project for myself!

After just coming home from beautiful Pensacola, Florida I want to cherish the memories of our trip. I did a lot of searching for shells and sand dollars while at the beach and I came across 3 tiny sand dollars so I decided I want to wire wrap them so I can wear them as jewelry.

Auggee and Kess

I got the honor of drawing a portrait of Auggee and Kess as a surprise for their daddy's birthday! Gregg was very surprised at his birthday present and loved it!

Here's the work in progress:

Christmas Portraits

Happy New Year! I haven't been keeping up with the blog as much as I would like. Life has been complicated much of last year. Looking forward to a great year ahead! Time to catch up here really quick. I got the opportunity to do two portrait commissions for Christmas this year

 Dasha and Leyla

 Work in progress

 Working with Carbon and Graphite Pencil

 All finished! Given as a Christmas gift and was a big hit!!

The next portrait is of Chaos. This is his "Play Ball?" look. I loved it since my dog gives us the same look when he wants us to play ball with him. I could really relate with Chaos!

 Chaos wanting to play ball.

 Work in progress

 Working with Carbon and Graphite Pencil

All finished!

New Project!

I got a request to paint some canvases for a baby's room a few months ago. I was a little apprehensive at first but once I got started it actually was a lot of fun. Baby Madeline's grandma had made her an ABC quilt and I was asked to paint an "A", "B", and "C" canvas to match the quilt. They came out nice!

Here's an example of the fabric used for the quilt

Thanksgiving Sunset

I'm a little behind! Before I post and Christmas stuff I should get my Thanksgiving pictures up first. Thanksgiving day was cloudy and dreary but by dinner time I noticed a pink glow coming from outside. I quick grabbed the camera for some awesome sunset shots!

Butterflies

I have raised Monarchs for as long as I can remember. It's a super fun summer hobby. My kids think it's cool at times too! This season has been really good. I've had over 30 chrysalis's hanging at one time! Unfortunately the season is winding down and my hobby will soon come to an end. Hopefully all the butterflies will make it down south before it gets too cold!

Lampshade Art

Tried something new! I hand painted lampshades! Turns out if you want to purchase lamps with graphics on the lampshades you are going to pay 2-3 times as much for them. My friend wanted lampshades with silhouettes of trees and birds so I thought I would try to paint them on by hand to save my her a little money.
The first shade is based off a tattoo and the second shade is based off a purse and my tree out my front window. They turned out awesome!