Influence - Illustration Friday

Her art has influenced me many times.

I am celebrating my blog's 5th Year Anniversary and am giving away all kinds of art stuff - all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post HERE and in two weeks I'll randomly pick a winner! Also if you tell a friend and your friend wins, I'll send you something too! Here are the prizes...

Illustration Friday - Intricate

The word this week for Illustration Friday is "intricate". Today, while drawing this (for something else) my 8 year old was jumping up and down behind me - i asked her to stop because i was drawing something "intricate" (the hair) - and thus, here it is...
Unfinished, 5 x 7" ink on watercolor paper...

Soon Across the Hudson

For an Art of Jazz show - hopefully it gets in...
Acrylic on canvas - 16 x 20"

Update...i didn't get the painting in on time (drop off was Sunday Mar 1) - had the dates screwed up in my calendar...very disappointed because this is a great show and generally easy to get into...i am learning lessons, learning lessons...some times i feel like i'm back in middle school again...leaving homework at school, forgetting books for studying...

i'm going to reopen my etsy store and probably place it in there...

Illustration Friday - Pale

"your skin is pale white and ice cold..."

(anyone recognize the reference?)

Just added: I got a Fan Art award for this little watercolor at an absolutely hysterical Twilight book series fan blog - thanks gals!!
hope i can make this a real link...
http://letterstotwilight.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/fan-art-award/

Considering Death

We should consider death every day. And this is not the same as considering suicide. Death is the thing that is coming so act accordingly. Do not step back, do not give up on what you really want, do not waste time on what if. These are things i do not do. So i am starting to consider death, to give it just cause.

Beauty = Fleeting