two little birds

life is finally getting a bit more productive! (i'm not being quite so lazy anymore!) i signed a new lease for moving my business this december, i painted a few new paintings, and i'm drawing more and more.  not to say that i still don't watch a good amount of bad television, but that probably can't be helped.  you just can't win them all.

maybe my etsy shop will finally have things in it to sell. maybe.

for now, a lady and a dude bird. one a tree swallow, the other a bluebird:


tree swallow lady, my favorite of the two:


dude bluebird:


hanging on my wall, keeping the rhino company until they find a new home:

sister's bridal shower

my sister is getting married! yes, the one who used to make peter pan hats out of grocery bags and who bore a remarkable resemblance to mowgli as a child.

being "maid of honor", my duties include easing countless tensions, nodding my head a lot, and generally not knowing what I'm doing.

that aside, I finally sat down and made her bridal shower invitations. watercolor + ink makes for a good combination.



using the trusty computadora, I almost wish I inverted the colors, but whatevs.





p.s. I turned a solid twenty-four {24} on Sunday and today I hit a car.  So far this number sucks.

deer hunting

recently commissioned by a friend to paint a young buck in a scarf for his lady's birthday.



took me awhile to like this one. i fought with myself for awhile about how it looked, but now it's grown on me. best/worst part: the wallpaper.  it was a pain to paint it, but makes the whole thing that much better.

here it is a little more saturated so you can actually see the blue on green.



i should spend my time a little more wisely. less netflix, more this!

feel the warmth.

i just spilled some hot lemon ginger tea with honey into my lap, and the sensation felt too similarly to that of peeing oneself.

i feel uncomfortable. time to change my pants.

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in my attempts to get more productive, or at least feel more productive, i'm starting to paint here and there. sure, only animals in hats, but maybe something will come out of it.

example 1:




a clockwork giraffe. i have it listed on my scant newly-made etsy page: DirtyBeasts. it's listed even though i've already committed it to hanging on my wall. oh well.

"es un gato con una pipa!"

it took michelangelo four years to paint the sistine chapel. millions flock to it every year. weep and cry, and marvel at its majesty.

it took me two years to paint my replica of "un gato con una pipa". one will flock to it. weep and cry, and marvel at its overwhelming sadness, for it is "el cuadro mas triste del mundo", well, the (second) saddest painting in the world.




this is the last reference i make to this video, i promise. (for this year, at least.)

guess who?

while keeping my sissy company while she painted a banner, i got bored and painted on her old magazines.

say hello to my little friend(s):



kind of fun to just play around with paint again.

feeling crabby

look, mom, it's the painting you stole from our neighbor's lawn.
i painted on top of it.