Catching Up...

Here are some of the things I've been working on the last couple months...since I went back to work full-time it isn't much. But I try and do some kind of art every day (even if it ends up in the trash...)

Drew this as a gift for Christmas - the original can be found here.

This was also a Christmas gift - just redrew, resized the fairy bookmarks into one piece.

 Just for fun...

Christmas Cards this year...by me and my littles.

  

Made this for my classroom to learn about the number 9 - maybe I'll have to turn the story into a book!

There are a few unfinished projects that are waiting to become finished...but we'll see when that happens.

Art Update

Well, my art has definitely been slow going with all the crazy demands on my time these days, but it hasn't stopped. I've moved away from ATC trading, and it's been more satisfying going at my own pace.

I recreated one of my favorite pieces that I had traded away - this one's a little bigger and better than before.

A card for a friend - a very cool cat lady who likes this style of people :)

My sister's dog passed away and she asked for a painting to remember her by - my first attempt at animal watercolors...hmmm...

This was drawn for my husband's phone case, because he loves zentangles and the Sorcerer's Apprentice...it looked so cool with all the gradient filters etc...but we found out we couldn't use it..bummer.

Did a few more ATCs and limited myself to only colored pencils - very therapeutic.

And last, some old scans from the Draw 100 Things When You're Bored list and some DLP.

A New Swap

Well, I decided to start a new swap to stay active on AFA, but I didn't want it to be too big to handle because this baby is coming any day now...so I went with a goddess of __________ theme. Players can choose anything for their ladies to be a goddess of - silly things or real things...I thought I would do more whimsical, silly cards, but it didn't turn out that way.

Goddess of the Sea

Goddess of the Sunrise

Goddess of Autumn

Combo Swap

Even though I'm scaling back my ATC making (waaayyyy back!) I am still keeping active on the AFA site to be able to keep my hosting abilities etc. Luckily for me, this combo swap opened up, and I LOVE those! The idea was to pick a word from column A and a word from column B and mash them together in a card.

My combos were: Teacup goddess, party pig, zetti flamingo, and flying sock monkey.

Checking in...

Well, I only made it half-way through the December photo challenge before I had to give up my camera...our transmission went out, and having to pay thousands of dollars to fix that meant giving up new toys...boo! But on a happier side-note - I did find my old camera so I have one again. Still not as good as the one I dropped (and definitely not the new one), but at least I can still take pictures...right!?

Anyways, I've still been doing a little art here and there. 

These two cards were for a personal trade.

 These cards were for the December PAT. The themes were a zebra (any color), a cat with wings, a rainbow lego man, and a rooster.

The themes for this group were Queen Elizabeth the 1st, Farscape TV show, a moonlight landscape with a house and trees, and a Thomas Kincade inspired landscape.

November PAT

Even though I've really scaled back my ATCs I still can't resist a PAT! I get to pick my own theme, and I'm usually happier with those returns. So, I've signed up for a few more PATs.

 The themes for this group were: Buddha, mushroom house, realistic snail, and realistic bird. 

 The themes for this zentangle-group were: sunshine, heart, flower, and cat.

Day and Night

I was asked to make a card for another player. They like anything about the sun and moon...so here it is!

Day 4 of the December Photo Challenge

The theme for today was handwriting.

I'm sure this theme was supposed to maybe steer me towards Christmas letters or cards...but I don't have anything that I wanted to take a picture of. So this is a mixed media ATC I posted a short time ago, and I think it shows off some artistic handwriting.