SKETCHBOOK: PART 1

Hey there everyone! Welcome to another weekend rendition of what I have been working on artsy-wise for the week! :) Thank you for stopping by! 

 A disgrace to teacups every where?? Or, utter genius? I am going to go with the latter...

I worked on my second tiger in my entire life. I think the first tiger I worked on was when I was like 10. So, just saying... I found this photo to work from, and it was a lot of fun. Actually, I am pretty damn impressed with myself. lmao. 

I found a super cute teacup on Pinterest and just had to try my hand at painting it. It was really detailed so it was really fun to paint all the little flowers.

And this little guy. I was so proud upon finishing him! It looks like A DOG! Ack! Woo hoo. Found a photo of him on Pinterest too.

Made up this silly and fun quote, and painted it. :) It made me happy.

Yes, I painted my blog header!! And then I took a photo of it (with my iPhone5 by the way) and put it into Photoshop Elements. I outlined it in there to give it a little oomph. :) Man, I tell you what, I am so proud of this!

Also, if you take a look below my navigation (about, shop, contact, etc etc) you'll see my new social media icons. :) At first I didn't really like them. I had to pull them into PSE (photoshop elements) and brighten them up, and put white in the white parts to make them really stand out. Or else they really looked dull and hard to read. So what do you think of these hand painted elements?

I found this photo on Pinterest and thought that it would be super fun to paint. I love coffee, so... I just had to!



The other day I was approached for an advertising spot on Two Martini Lunch. She needed a square button of mine. So I was thinking that I wanted to make a self portrait with watercolor to add to it. :)

This is what I painted. I was having a hard time with shading on the nose, and was getting quite frustrated. My friend suggested that I take it into PSE and draw on it, to see if I could come up with something better than possibly painting it too much and ruining it. Great idea she had!

So there is my final drawing of myself. I think it turned out quite well. :)

And this is what I came up with for my square buttons! :) So happy with it! :) I love that I can just take a photo of one of my paintings and put it into my computer, and work on it some more. It's nice.

I think I am going to work on having some more watercolor elements on my blog. I am pretty stoked! :) 

Since this post is getting kind of long, I am going to make another post for tomorrow!! :) So be sure to stop back by, I would love it if you did! 

Have you worked on anything artsy lately? I would love to see! Check out these link ups below!! :)