The latest drawing I’ve been working on. I apologize for the horrible quality. I’m having trouble getting my old scanner to work on Vista so I had to use my camera instead. :P Anyways, I’m looking forward to finishing so I can finally paint it. I’ve had the idea in my head for a few weeks and I’m glad to have it on paper now. It’s been hard finding time to do anything creative lately, so I’m grateful to have this much done. I’m going to use watercolor, india ink and micro pens. I hope it turns out good. :)

Yesterday was my niece, Alana’s, first birthday! Was a blast and crazy seeing 25+ people fit into a small apartment. I was not only thrilled to see Alana turn one but I also got to see my other niece who’ve been away since April. She’s gotten so big! They grow up so fast, too fast.

I’ve been looking for some sort of mp3 flash player I can put in my wordpress (in posts, not sidebar) but have failed miserably. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know! :)

I haven’t been able to do much lately, especially anything art-wise. My sister developed a kidney infection a few nights ago and so I’ve been keeping my niece for the past three days. We had a blast but she tired my ass out. She’s 9mo now and is crawling everywhere which means I’m chasing her around everywhere. :P

I have been a little productive though. I bought 12 of the 15 canvas panels and am now putting frame hangers on the back. I love those things, makes everything so much easier. :D I apparently bought out all the canvases Walmart had and now have to wait to get the last three. I can probably start without them, I hope. I’m so anxious to finish it. In the meantime, I’ve been spending a lot of time with Chris now that he’s on summer vacation. :) We’re about to head out to Kohl’s and Target, my aunt is having a pool party next week and so we need to pick up a few things.

Ah, before I forget — I uploaded three sketches to my artfolio and have plans to add a few others here soon.

Here are two portraits I’m really proud of. They’re of my mom and my two nieces. Unfortunately, my mom passed away before having the privilege of being a grandmother, so I figured for Christmas I would sketch my sisters these drawings. They are the first portraits I’ve ever done & even though they aren’t that good, I’m so happy I done it ’cause technically, this will be the only picture my nieces will ever have with their grandmother. So they are pretty special to me. Enjoy.