2012 Excitment

What shows am I excited for this year? Well, Mad Men for starters. I realize it's not till March, but I love that show more and more every episode! My favorite Mad Men moment? Lawn Mower.

The Closer is ending this year, but I'm still excited for the finale. I know watching it makes me seem like, as my friend Matthew says, a "80 year old man", but I don't care. I love me my crime drama!

 THE HOBBIT. It's not coming until the END of 2012, but I am so excited for it I'm re-reading it! Well, I shouldn't even say I'm "re-reading" it. I read it when I was in middle school, didn't understand a thing, and don't remember it, so I should say I'm reading The Hobbit before it comes out in theaters.

Ahhh Downton Abbey. How I have missed you. I keep trying to convince my boy friend that we need to travel to England so I can watch it already! I get that they have a license thing, but darnit I want to watch it already!

So, this may be the elementary school girl Leonardo Dicaprio lover in me, but I am SUPER excited for Titanic: Blood and Steel. I'm mainly excited to learn about the history. I feel like, although James Cameron came out with a great movie, he kind of skated right over the actual history that is, Titanic. This has the issues of women's rights at the time, and gets more in depth of the actual people on the ship (ahem, check out Chris Noth as JP Morgan!).

I enjoy learning about the royal family. I also enjoy learning that the Duchess can get a clothing company out of red because she wears their clothes! If I could afford it, I would certainly try to dress more like her. Of course, our jobs are a bit different. She travels the world getting informed on world issues, while I work with flowers and typically splash buckets of water all over myself. Wearing a 300 dollar dress may not be the most appropriate choice for work, but I can dream!

By the way, I disagree with the woman that says she needs a stylist. She's apart of the royal family for goodness sakes! What, do you want her dressing like Lindsay Lohan with her who who peeking out? What is wrong with someone dressing respectfully? We're an odd society if we thinking someone dressing well for their body is bad.

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.

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!

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!

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!