22 Years Ago!!

     Today is my son's 22nd birthday! I cannot believe he is this old! Such a fabulous kid too! I am very proud of the young man he is. I also look forward to the man he is becoming. He has been the biggest encourager for me with my love for drawing. I probably would not have even tried if it was not for him. I drew this for him. He was surprised and I think he really liked it. I am really happy with how it turned out. I look forward to drawing more!

My First Dragon

     I have also been watching a lot of coloring technique youtube videos and have frozen the image of a stamp. I then draw it freehand by breaking the picture down in small steps trying not to get overwhelmed and taking it one stroke at a time like Zentangle and also Dragoart.com teaches you to. I have also started to work with odorless mineral spirits to blend my colored pencils and this was the first try with it! The stamp is by C.C Designs. Stamp!! I added the link just in case you want to see it!

Pumpkin Patch!

     The more I learn, the happier I become. I watch a lot of speed drawings, trying to soak up everything I can so one day I can be that good!! I watch some of these 15 year old kids draw such amazing things and wish I had started younger!! I try not to get depressed over that though and focus on the fact that I am drawing things I never thought I would be able to a year ago. I mean that dragon, yeah its a bit misshapen, the coloring could be better, but wow....I drew a dragon!! 

     It's been a hard week, I have been missing my mom, she would have loved to see her grandson grow up and become such a wonderful, giving, young man. I also think I could have gotten her to draw or stamp or something that would have made her happy. She wanted to be artistic but was unsure how to. I would have enjoyed getting her to try stuff, not to mention she would love to see the art I am creating now!

     My son was  born at 3:24 am today. He is the absolute best thing that ever happened to me. I was 21 when I had him, he has taught me so many things, helped me become a better person.

I Am The Diva Challenge #105

   Hello there! Here is my entry for The Diva's use my tangle challenge. The pattern is called "Dansk" by Margaret Bremner, a CZT. (Certified Zentangle Teacher) I had a great deal of fun. It is quite hard for me to do just a picture with tangles lately. The critters beg to make an appearance on paper. I had never used this pattern, and found it quite fun. Ar first, I had no idea where to place it, but then it told me it belonged in the sun. The bee is showing up due to the past bee blimp surprise in a different drawing.

Diva Challenge 105!!

   Dust Bunny was a pattern, I had a hard time with in the beginning. I kept working on it and think it comes out pretty well now, I use it often.

   It has been a rough few weeks. Pain wise, it has been very very bad. I am hoping that I get out of this cycle very soon.


   I hope you enjoy it. I also wish to share my sketch of a quoll. I am quite thrilled with how this turned out and decided to show it early.

Quoll Sketch

 ~Pixiey

Mandala Fun!!

     I spent a bit of money on myself! I bought some mandala stencils to help me not draw circles around bowls or use my ever moving compass of doom. A very good friend of mine bought some and she loved them, I love her art so I sent away!! They came from France which is very cool, my first package from that country! stencils!!  I was so excited and tried them out right away. Genevieve Crabe takes all the work out of these very sturdy stencils. All you need is a pencil and something to draw on, it could be the wall, any flat surface! I chose paper though. I know boring right?! So you just use your pencil and make dots. When you are done all that stops you is your imagination! If you have a hard time figuring out what to do, I suggest using Googlefu and searching Mandala or Zendala.  Here are my first two.

Flower Power

Kitties Are Staring!

Enjoy!