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oh boy, have I been a lazy blogger!

I promise to start updating here at least once a week, even if my art life is dull dull dull (as it has been )
These past two months have been very hectic, with no time for art!!
Well, actually that is not true..
There is always time for art lol
So let me rephrase that - These past two months have been very hectic, and I chose to put my art on hold while we worked on the house and entertained relatives….and played WoW lol

Yah I have been playing lots and lots of WoW…since the last patch I have become addicted again and its only going to get worse when the expansion is released next week…AHHH!! so freakin excited!! lol

The house is definitely coming along nicely - we had the kitchen cosmetically upgraded (meaning new counters, new floor, new backsplash, new paint). No huge demolition, just made it look nicer Still need to paint the cabinets and get some furniture though, hehe.

My fabulous sister and her awesome fiance came down for about 10 days at the beginning of October - soo much fun!! Here they are eating a huge turkey leg at the Renaissance festival!!

I am still waiting on a pic they took of David and I in our costumes, but once I get it, I will post it!! hehe

After they left, my parents came down to visit - we had a week break inbetween, which was spent cleaning and getting ready for them We had an awesome time with them too!! They helped us a lot in the yard - got about 4 cubic yards of bull rock that we moved about and put in the garden lol but with the 4 of us, it went quite quickly! the front yard looks sooooo good now! and the backyard has a nice start to it YAYS for my parents!! hehe

So yah, October was busy
And now its November and I have finally started working on my art again!
WOOHOO!
lol
so here is what i am working on
stage 2, outlining the sketch!

so as you can see, its a fairy taking her wee dragon out for a walk!

I am currently waiting for some special paint to be delivered, so in the meantime I decided to start another illustration! It is my first winter drawing of the year!

it still needs some work before I ink it in, but so far, so good
I will be filming the process of this painting too, so within the next few weeks I will have two videos to show ya’ll!! woot!!

okay so thats about it
as I said, not much has been going on in my art world
but now that it was picked up, ill start blogging alot more!

hope ya’ll have a super duper weekend!!

Well the two Little Bo Peep illustrations are finally done!
YAYS!!!

The video, however, is still in the works - I have to make an intro and I keep putting it off. It is not that I am camera shy…its just that I can’t seem to get the right lighting! Ugh. It is the perfectionist in me that keeps me from choosing the intro clip - lol I think I have recorded like 50 different takes…I am just going to have to bite the bullet and choose one. No more procrastinating!
That being said, I hope to have it up in the next week

Little Bo Peep Prints will be up for sale this upcoming week too. They will be sold as a set, however I will list them separately as well (the sheep one is cute just on its own too I think).

I am still debating whether or not to sell the originals….It is hard to part with my artwork - that is why digital media is so much easier for me

As you can see, the scanned in paintings are alot brighter than the photo I took holding them. I think I will play around with the colours in photoshop to maybe get them more like the originals.

In other news, I have joined Suzi Blu’s Mixed Media site, and am going to sign up for her online class!! I am super excited!! Come sign up with me and support a wonderful artist HERE

Oh! and I got my haircut - as you can see in the picture. It is a subtle asymmetrical cut and I LOVE it! However, it is alot higher maintenance than I expected - I definitely have to blow dry it and put product in it…and I have to get a flat iron lol….been holding off getting one of those things for years now, but the time has come to buy one

Anywho, hope ya’ll are well and I will try to update here more often than once a month lol

Have a super duper weekend tout le monde!

yes yes, it has been quite a while since my last post!
eek!

this past month has been oddly busy, but not at the same time…been wasting lots of time playing games and fiddling about with other projects. Sadly, not much has been accomplished lol

I do have some pics of a work in progress, as well as two finished illustrations! yays!!

First, here is a photo of my second Musical Illustration, completed

and up-close you can see my needlework

photos are not awesome, but until i get them scanned, this will have to do.

Second, I finally finished my Rapunzel Illustration!! woot! I really like this one - it was lot of fun

i used watered down acrylics, and shaded with pencil crayon.
This is definitely my new favourite way of colouring!!

And last I have a shot of my new mixed media illustration - another Musical girl, this time with a lollipop hehe

I really like working with calligraphy ink and pens for outlining now - works really well, and no smudging!!

I have been posting little tidbits up on my Utterz page, as well as Twittering a bunch, and I have been thinking of starting up a video page! I really like Viddler, but Youtube seems to still has the most users/exposure…so I have not decided yet. The videos would be art ones, probably of me making my wee mixed media pieces. hehe very exciting.

David and I are still doing the kettlebells, and we feel super duper! Once again, I really recommend EVERYONE try it (lol I sound like an informercial, I know :P). My mom bought one and I am sending her the DVD we use - I am very excited for her! yays Mom!!

Alrighty, so I am going to make some more tea, continue painting until David comes home, and then it is time for our kettlebell workout!!

Hope ya’ll have a super awesome Monday!!

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