Friday, December 30, 2011


Glee - River Deep, Mountain High por pedrinhorafa no Videolog.tv.





Currently my favorite song, and favorite duet on Glee. Although I enjoy most Glee songs, this is one of the best in my opinion.

Meat


I'm working on a freelance piece with my old teacher from MCAD. It's for their animation collaboration class; this is Meat. It's a youth baseball piece that's trying to promote the idea of kids going outside to play, instead of sitting inside with their video games.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Happy Halloween! Love, Linus and Sally




My boyfriend and I went pumpkin hunting this year, and got ourselves this wee little guy! He was too perfect for me to carve into, so I named him the Great Pumpkin, and painted some Peanuts characters for decoration. Of course Linus was my number one pick. His love for the Great Pumpkin always makes me smile. And always gets me in the Halloween mood!

Happy Halloween!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

William and Catherine - The Beginning


Here is the start of my portrait for my William and Catherine. You've got Buckingham Palace in the background, Westminster Abbey, and the House of Parliament. In the middle will be William and Catherine on a horse drawn carriage (a little "Cinderella" moment going on...) with confetti, crowds of people, and houses will be sticking out on the sides. I've actually colored Westminster Abbey since I've taken the picture, but I wanted to post this regardless. Oh, and I should explain that this is actually 3 canvases taped together in the back. Once I'm all done I will take off the tape and it will be 3 pieces that I will space out a bit.

I wanted to emphasize the church, government, and royalty of England. Being from US, I find it interesting that this country was once ruled by one person who was born into their position, to now a person who is voted on. And yet, even though the royal family is no longer in charge, they still mean a lot to England as a whole. I think this marriage is the best example of that. William (a royal) marries Catherine (a commoner) and this brings together exactly what is happening to this country. It's not like a think this is a bad thing in anyway, I just find it interesting!

Anyways, that's where I'm at so far. I'm also painting a pumpkin! I'll post pictures soon!

Monday, September 5, 2011

The Finished Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Portrait


It's done...done done done done! I know, it's been a while. Sad, seeing as how the only thing that I needed to finish was the pictures on the wall. I'm going to keep them the same for every portrait. Behind Henry is his brother, Arthur (Catherine of Aragon's first husband). On the left, behind Mary, is Henry VII, Henry VIII's father. And right in the center is his "crest" if you will. As he get's older it changes. But this was it for his early reign. 

So the Anne Boylen portrait is next, and I'm currently painting the William and Catherine one. Yeah, out of order...but that's how my mind works. I should be posting process work of that, but I'm being lazy with my posts. That's got to stop! I'd like to blame work, but that's a pretty lame excuse, so I'm just going to say that I was enjoying my Minnesota summer weather, and now that it's cooled down, the art work will come out faster!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

What has been happening

This is what's been going on in my world lately


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

One year later...diploma = framed!


Here it is! After a couple of months of sitting at school (because I didn't feel like driving out there) and then about a year of sitting in it's original envelope at the bottom of my scrap book box, I finally got it framed! A nice, shinny gold frame...I love it! I'm not usually too excited about diplomas (my AFA and high school one's are...somewhere...) but this frame made me pretty pumped. 


I also felt like bragging about my "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. It was only 8 dollars!