The Forgotten Brush Giveaway!

Laura over at the lovely Forgotten Brush is currently running a pretty swell little giveaway on her blog, and one of my mini paintings has been included!


A Little Windy is a 2.5x3 framed watercolor. Laura was looking for donors to her giveaway and I contacted her over the holiday. Definitely go check it--and her blog-- out!

Clicky here!

StudioHaus Blog

Aha! The lovely StudioHaus has featured my little moth in a "vote for your favorites" entry. As usual, jewelry has the edge over art (it's all very nice jewelry though!) so I won't mind if you vote for me... but regardless I'm pleased to have the mention! Tis an honor to be nominated. ;)

StudioHaus' blog

NaNoDrawMo ?

So, I'm going to assume you've heard of NaNoWriMo. Wait... you haven't? Oh, okay. So, NaNoWriMo is an annual "event" held every November. The idea is you write a novel in a single month. The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days. Every year I intend on doing it and every year I neglect to do so. I was all set to do it this year and.... pfffft! My computer died (more like is in a coma). I've just gotten access to a computer for the first time in over a week and instead of writing furiously, I've found myself distracted by something else--

NaNoDrawMo.

This is a new little endeavor by a group of people on flickr, to try to inspire people to create 50 individual drawings in 30 days. To some people, that's cake. To some, eh, not so much. But I'm intrigued and am aiming to participate. Here's what I've done so far, although in the future I'm going to (a. get more rendered and (b. incorporate some figural stuff and portraiture. The latter two I've not done so much of recently, and it's time to really draw my ass off.

This one, I've actually put on etsy...

Craftastic

Arg! I just realized I'm missing the Bust Craftacular Holiday show in NYC this year. Last year I missed it due to Day Job but figured, "Oh, it's okay; I'll go next year..."

Ugh.

In time for Halloween, this blog is back from the dead.

First of all, if you still remember this blog at all, my thanks. I dropped it like a bad habit back in August, mainly due to a 1500 mile move. That was a bit of a pain in the ol' ass.

But, I'm back, as of today. I've got some stuff I'm adding to 7seventeengallery.etsy.com; check it out!

Like I mentioned in my last posting way back when, the tiny food paintings were a hit, and so I've put a few up for sale.


Who doesn't like cupcakes?



Annnddd a tiny cheeseburger. With radioactive beams of light!

Most of the pieces I'm uploading this week are 2x3 or 2.5x3, and all original... though, not all food. :)

I've got the Cintiq, printer AND a phat scanner hooked up and so there should be some prints available either this weekend or next, after a few tweaks on some stuff. So I'm looking forward to that.

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So, I've been pretty busy. July was practically nothing but traveling; seeing friends over the 4th of July, visiting parents right after... my birthday came and went, and I had friends visiting, and almost immediately after they left, I went to Comic Con, to promote the book with Art Squared Publishing. I took along some mini paintings and did really well! Now it's August and... well, my summer really just flew past. I'm worn out.

Check out a few of the little things I had at SDCC...


This fox was a favorite of mine, yet he sat ignored for a day or two. Finally a guy came by and declared he'd give him a good home and off they went.


The donut and birdy painting is long gone to a home found off etsy, but I quited liked the donut itself. This is a tiny painting, in a 2x3 frame. I did a few little food paintings, and found them to be quite popular! The cheeseburger was also a fave.


One guy took a look at the donut and the burgers and such and asked me to do a commission! He apparently loves cheesecake, and asked me to paint a tiny cheesecake, so he'd bring it back to show his girlfriend as a gag. I guess she teases him about the cheesecake obsession.

Maybe that's my new niche; making tiny paintings of food.

I wish I could be buried beneath a mountain of salt and vinegar chips right now, and then just eat my way out of it. I always go through these food phases, where I can't get enough of one thing for a month or so, and then I get tired of it and move on. Although, I haven't been able to kick this chip habit, and it's been about 3 months now.



Like, if it wasn't crazy, I'd go up the street to the convenience store right now at 12:20am just to get a bag. But it is a bit crazy, and so I won't.