"Afraid"

I've had her completed for some time now, (see, girl in my header) don't know why I've not listed her till now...I suppose I'm not really happy with the way my art's been photographing lately...It looks just so much darker than the original drawing making me very unhappy :/  I really need to invest in a scanner!!

Anyway, have I mentioned I love drawing detail!? The eyes...I always put so much emphasis on the eyes...without emotion in the eyes, to me the piece would be meaningless.  Later, I gave her a lovely delacate dress, little wings & long flowing hair incorporating a braid & just a touch of flowers....So... here she is; I've caller her *Afraid* she doesn't know what lies ahead of her.  All of the fear in her eyes is because she's uncertain of her future & keeps looking back, wishing she could go back in time. But there's no turning back now...

A Precious Little Girl & her Monogram

I was commissioned to draw a portrait of this beautiful little girl. Isn't she just a doll? What an inspiration she was to me... Not only is she beautiful but what personality she has in her little face :) It's amazing, because a picture does tell a thousand words...So what joy it was to create this piece using simply a photograph to capture all the loveliness that she possess.



I was told that she loves princesses...but of course, she is one!  Couldn't help but work the tiara into this piece & well, the butterfly slowly transformed into a princess as well :)

A Beautiful Photographer

Her photography to put it mildly is amazing! She's Jodi over at Fresh Art Photography    Here
and to celebrate her 32nd birthday, she's having an awesome amount of giveaways! Which I think is so fabulous because it's giving us small businesses some exposure, as I know all too well how hard it is to get your shop out there!

So needless to say, I'm sponsoring one of her give aways, my most favorite print "Innocence"

My go at ACEOs :)

OoOO lookie, I made some ACEO's ... & how fun are they!?  A little miniature drawing...too cute for me, I think I'm addicted already!  Here are 2 that I've made in the past few days...the drawings measure at 2.5" x 3.5" comparable to a baseball card.


"Doubtful" Poor thing, look at all the doubt in her eyes!

&  "A Little Ray of Light"

"Patience"

Well, I've been going back & forth between her & some newer works, & think I've finally finished this one.  I've called her "Patience".    She simply strikes me as a girl who's waiting...waiting for something unattainable perhaps... something she may only attain in her dreams. & I'm afraid she's just come this realization....

For My Blogging Friends!

I know I've mentioned it before, but I just wanted to throw it out there again for all of my lovely wonderful followers... ALL in my shop will be 15% off...the code is:  KINDREDSPIRITS1

Love you all...have a fabulously creative & artsy day!! xoox

"A Simple Girl"

I've finished this piece a few weeks ago and have completely forgotten about her! I even photographed it, yet didn't blog about her...oh well, no better time than the present.  Here she is "A Simple Girl" just a little sketch smaller than what I'm used to...she measures about 5 X 5 on 11 X 14 paper.



I've been in the throes of drawing, & there's no better feeling than finishing a piece, then getting to start, fresh, all over again...so with that said, I've got 2 other pieces that I'm currently working on. Hopefully, they won't get overlooked at completion as my simple girl.

Monogram For a Sweet Girl :)

I've ventured to do some monograms in the past...but was recently asked to do one for my good friend's little girl... She is one of my daughter's friends from Pre-school and is truly an angel. Here is her monogram, pleased with it's completion. However even more pleased to find out that Maddie's little friend was beside herself with joy once seeing it! What more could I ask for?



I usually don't work with colour...but what the heck it was just one of those things... after drawing the little butterfly, it was just calling out to be coloured in yellow!!!

Time Well Spent

Well, we encountered a bit of a hurricane this past weekend ;) I'm thanking my blessings that we didn't get hit that hard... the worst of it all for us, was that we lost power for a bit & our phone, cable & internet for about a week. With this said, I had no problem filling my time with drawing. Darling husband on the other hand didn't fare too well...he missed a football game, & other things... I joked & told him to take up drawing or read a book or something.... of course video games won out.

 I sketched her mostly Saturday, & Sunday during Irene. I haven't decided on a name yet, I'm thinking *Believe* just because she strikes me as a girl who believes in herself.