Category Archives for cute girls

The 2013 Calendar is here! + a DIY set of monthly calandar blanks for you crafty people, you!

Whoo! I am in full-construction mode piecing together this year’s cute girl calendar, and here it is! They’re now up in the etsy shop, here, and of course will be with me at all the upcoming holiday craft shows in the next couple of months. I say this all the time, but I cannot believe how fast this year is flying by, and the holidays are just around the corner, along with all the cookie-making, mulled-wine, random gift-giving, and happy hibernation.

Every year when I make calendars, I scour the internet to see if I can find some simple, pretty monthly calendar blanks that I can download and use, never with much luck. Most free calendar blanks are kind of ugly, or not proportionate for my use, and I end up drawing my own out with my little brush and ink. This time I decided to whip some up in Photoshop, keep it simple, and share it with you guys, so you can make your own!

This is what they look like, all just in black and white, for you to color as you please. Also, there are no holidays, so you can add or ignore whichever ones you fancy.

Here is the download: 12 separate .jpgs.

2013 blank calendar months for you

Enjoy! I’d love to see what you guys can make with these.

30 paintings in 30 days – the halfway point update

Here’s an update on how all 30 little canvases are coming along, counting down the days till the October 30th deadline for the ’30 Day Art Challenge’ show.

(that’s Robin E Kaplan’s wonderful Star Trek fan art on the wall)

As I’m working on all 30 at once, most of them at this point I consider about half-baked, some more, some less.

Okay, probably shouldn’t show this, but here is Kiki rolling all over the paintings. As long as they’re not wet, I indulge her addiction to flat pieces of paper/cardboard/canvas. Do all cats do this?

After painting in white outlines on all canvases, I went in with some skin-tones, then moved onto hair.

Floating heads, stretched ears-used for mice transport, UFOs and sullen eyes.

Okay! Onto another day of floundering around in this acrylic world, and pretending to know what I’m doing!!

Percolating… finally, an ode to coffee!

It’s been brought to my attention recently that, though I’ve done quite a few tea-themed drawings, I still hadn’t made anything devoted to coffee (my true love, but don’t tell the tea!). So, here she is (thanks, Nichol!)!!

I know, I know  – anyone who owns a percolator knows that it is impossible to bathe in it, if only because of the pesky spout that lets water travel from the bottom to the top and makes it possible for coffee-creation to occur. Sadly. But by the magic of drawing, there! It’s happening! Coffee bath in a percolator!

I prefer the french press, but putting a girl in there sounded pretty sadistic, not to mention claustrophobic.

Also, I have a new printer!! After much procrastination and nailbiting, I decided on an Epson, for its ultrachromatic inks and large format. I can now print up to 13″ wide and virtually unlimitedly long (have to buy a roll of paper for something like that, though). Yay! 11×14″ prints will soon become standard in my shop, where you can pick up little coffee girl now!

Anywho. It’s time to make dinner – a hot pot, I think, full of meat and mushrooms and whatever veggies are hiding in the bottom of the fridge. Then I believe it’ll be time for another pot of coffee and a Borderlands 2 marathon. Hmmmm. Yes.

100 little faces – finished!!

Last night I finished the last of the 100 little faces ACEO paintings (above is #100 of 100)! Woohoo!!They are all titled, stamped, signed and dated on the back.Over this next week I’ll be photographing them individually and putting them up for sale in the etsy shop, here. Have a fantastic holiday weekend, you all!