Posted by erika on July 27, 2010 – 10:21 pm
Hi there! Vote for me!
I would love it if you could vote for me over at Sketchoholic. The theme for contest no. 53 was Trap (and also Double for I-Fri). Voting starts at 3 p.m. MT and I am entry number 37. You have to register but it is worth it and you only have to register once! You can enter a piece of your own too. I would love to win an original Bobby Chiu drawing, just once.
Anywho, this is also my attempt for the theme of Double for Illustration Friday and an entry for 52 Designs.
Multi-purpose illustrations are the best. ;) I also finally updated my shop with more prints, I will be adding more very soon. Goodnight!
Posted by erika on July 22, 2010 – 7:53 pm
Some of my favorite breakfast items, all together for a group shot. Cute and delicious, great combo!
This is my attempt for the theme of Breakfast for Illustration Friday and it is also an entry for 52 Designs.
Posted by erika on July 18, 2010 – 6:35 pm
I have always been envious of watercolor artists. How soft the colors are and what the method to their work even was because this medium just seems mysterious to me. Plus, I am a digital girl so my method can be a little rigid. I lay what I want down on paper, work off of that in the digital world, etc. So my friend Christie invited me to take a class with her, three hours of nothing but watercolor. We talked to the instructor and she said we would finish two complete paintings by the end of the session. I wanted to back out but I also wanted to push forward in a new medium so I went for it.
Woo wee, it was fun but my brain was stressing. There was no sketching beforehand, we just had to let go and get kicked out of our watercolor nest pretty much within the first 20 minutes of the class. Christie’s art turned out so nice! This medium is slippery and unpredictable but so light and beautiful at the same time. Did you know that there are birthday flowers? That is why we painted a larkspur, that is our instructor’s birthday flower for July. I had no idea, my bday is next month so it is a Gladiola or Poppy. I called my grandpa Poppy. Hmm…
Anyway, try something new! You might even love it.
Posted by erika on July 14, 2010 – 7:54 pm
This is my attempt for the theme of Diary for Illustration Friday and it is also an entry for 52 Designs. Traditional diaries have never worked for me, this blog is about as close as I get to a journal.
Maybe I’ll give it a go again.
Posted by erika on July 11, 2010 – 12:25 pm
This is clematis from my parent’s backyard. Gorgeous flowers, I call them Jurassic Park flowers since they are so huge. They just look like something from prehistoric times and this is the most they have bloomed in three years. A couple more pics are on flickr, just click the image. The wildflowers I planted haven’t sprouted at all and I had been wanting to try a seed bomb packet from Anthropologie. My mom and I bought some yesterday and I already planted mine. The sales associate said she has heard nothing but good things and they sprout rather quickly. So we should still have time! Come on wildflowers, bloom, bloom!
Summer and spring are two of my favorite seasons. I’ve been putting a real effort into getting more active and fit since March and I can see results. Now that the weather is even better, Raul and I have been going on long bike rides at least once a week. Today we went and rode 18.8 miles, all the way around Cherry Creek Reservoir. We went early so it wasn’t too hot and we even saw a deer. The first time we went this year we saw a rattlesnake. *gulp*
Posted by erika on July 5, 2010 – 4:05 pm
I hope you had a great 4th of July! We had to chase down a fireworks show since there were severe thunderstorms going on but we did see fireworks so I’m glad. Before the show we went to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival with my brother-in-law Gilberto and mother-in-law Olga. I am all better too and very happy about it. That cold kicked my butt.
I’ve been up to things and I can never manage to type it here but this time I am determined. So we don’t have a yard yet because we don’t have a house. That isn’t stopping me from growing in my love for gardening though. My parents are the biggest green thumbs I know and I think a little bit is finally rubbing off on me. George, our red geranium we got last year, wasn’t blooming. The pot he was in with drainage got a little moldy so I tossed it and put it in a gorgeous new pot without drainage. This was a big no no because he didn’t want to bloom after that. But after I plopped him in a new pot with drainage and some drops of African Violet fertilizer in his water, he is a new man. The cutest red flowers are popping up now! I also found some herb seeds at Target for a dollar each so I am growing cilantro, lemon basil and parsley. Another trip to Target and I found some wild flower seeds so I planted those in a pot but those will take months. We’ll see how it goes.
Lastly, Raul and I have started going on bike rides again. I live for summer! So going on a ride at least once a week has been great. We both missed it.
Now I’m just geeking out: backing up the blog, website, working on items for the store, etc.
Back to work…
