Day 9

Okay, today's cat is much much much better than yesterday's! yay! what do you think of this one debbie?



I used watercolor. no idea how this will translate on fabric...but just a sketch for pose, color and style I guess...whee!

On a side note, Bryce and I got a puzzle today...3000 pieces, it is proving to be quite the challenge...and in my focused distraction I knock beer on the left side edge so that was quite frustrating but we survived. hopefully they don't warp too much... I also picked up Fluxx and Zombie Fluxx which will provide great amounts of entertainment when I can find people to play with...like tomorrow...

Okay, I'm going to go read for about half an hour toodles!

Day 8 pt 2

Okay! I did it! just barely! I dunno debbie, what do you think for a cat design...gimme ideas on this base drawing for your cat applique...

Day 8 pt 1

Okay, so part of me wants to cheat and say that this is my "drawing" for the day...even though I made them yesterday and they aren't drawings...but they're artistic! and no I'm not actually going to say these are it...I'm just really proud of them and wanted to post them. I made a bracelet with sterling silver Alice in Wonderland charms, furnace glass beads and Swarovski crystals. The characters are The Queen, Alice, The Rabbit and The Mad Hatter. and then I mad matching earrings with a deck of cards and a tea set to go with the theme. Totally happy with the results! I bet they'd sell super well on Etsy...but I can't bear to part with them...that's the problem with me and my artwork...I get too attached to it...*sigh* but I'm happy and that's what matters!











So I'm going to try and do a drawing before the night is done while I watch Enchanted. (such a cute movie!!!)

Day 7

and here he is! the mostly finished Quetalcoatl!



I say mostly because I still feel like some finish work needs to be done, but I've worked on it long enough today and I need to take a step away from it and look at it tomorrow with fresh eyes. I'm really happy with the result. I'm very much enjoying this whole drawing a day thing... time for bed!

Day 6

Okay, day 6 is going to be part one of a 2 part drawing. I don't know why but earlier today at work we were talking about 2012 and the end of days that everyone thinks is going to happen. oddly enough I was the only one slightly excited that something like this would happen in my life time. sure it will suck when it finally comes if it does actually come. but I mean, how many people will be able to say they lived during the apocalypse? I'm weird though...anyway, so I started reading about the Mayan calendar and I came across this fancy guy named Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god. so I used a photo reference I taken from a mayan temple and came up with something pretty cool I think...here you go



clearly it isn't done yet but that's where part two comes in. I want to do some fancy color work but I want to do it when I have some more energy and can do some research on mayan colors that would look good. I'm planning on using gouache on this one. so look out for this in color tomorrow! yay!

Day 5

I keep cutting it very close as far as getting these drawings up each day goes...don't let the time update on the blog fool you, it's actually 11:40pm not whatever it says...I shouldn't tell you that, that would give me what, about a two hour leeway? *shrug*

So here's the drawing for the day, it's the bottle of wine Kristi gave me last night for Christmas. it's in a pretty kitty bottle! I can't wait to try this! and I'm not sharing either...it's all mine!!! I have to say I'm pretty proud of how I made it look glass-like and shiny. and the cute little cat boa! hehe.



My days have been pretty uneventful. I'm having people over on saturday so I'm excited for that...I took a three hour "half hour" nap, you know, one of those where you tell yourself you're just going to lay down for a bit and end up killing your alarm when it goes off only to sleep for entirely too long...yeah...one of those... after my nap, bryce and I went out to ghetto cub and got some food, when we got home we made tuna sandwiches and tomato bisque soup...(yes debbie, you should be very jealous...hahaha!) quite tasty...But now I think its time for bed...since it's almost midnight and all...

Third day in a row that I haven't worked out...bad bad katie...*sigh*

Day 4

Nothing terribly good today since I spent most of the day curled up with my book. Then around 4 or so I went to get my mother and take her out to Jasmine 26 for her Christmas. After that I gave her a tour of my place and then headed over to the theater where we watched Marley & Me...Honestly, everyone says it's such a great movie and I feel like I've seen it before...like all the other supposed "tear-jerkers" out there involving a man, a woman and their dog...No surprises, point-blank morals and only half-way decent acting. It got no tears from me, although my mother more than made up for my dry eyes.

meh, whatever, didn't spend any money on is so at least I have that going for me...

oh, here's the drawing for the day, sorry it kinda sucks...just the sauce trays at Jasmine...



After the movie, I dropped mom off and ran over to Kristi and Alex's place where they were having a gathering of peoples. spent about an hour there but I'm afraid my mood we set poorly after spending too much time with my mother. But it was good seeing people again, I think I shall have my own gathering of peoples this coming saturday, before everyone goes back to school. sounds like a good plan to me.

Okay, off to bed now. I was going to work out with boyfriend but I'm too drained to move and I have to work in the morning...yay pay day!!! Toodles all