After a fight with an uncooperative oven (who thought that the setting for 425 actually equaled 550. Grrrrr.), I made the cream puffs:
December 2008 – MASK!
I ended up going to a surprising # of events where masks were encouraged. Here’s my first attempt at creating a mask that didn’t look *super obviously* homemade.
I found that false eyelashes really complete the look — don’t you think? and now I have a bunch of ideas (and a LOT of leftover feathers) for the next mask later this year when I’m not in a hurry…
December 2008 – cookies!
Here’s the only proof I have of last year’s cookie decorating efforts:
wow…. 2+ months without any new posts. sorry about that. I am now officially home and (mostly) recovered from south america . . . . . and now fighting with my computer to let me get pictures off of my SD memory card. so. as soon as we finish arguing about who is going to win, I will start posting stuff again.
November art – 4 of 4
Here’s the beginning point of my kitchen rennovation:
There will be a step-by-step post someday….. keep in mind that to-date, the thing is only 70% done….. I need to get myself over to talk to some people about kitchen sinks and counters and islands and one more cabinet deal-i-o…. which adds up to: roughly 30 square feet still need a bunch of attention.
November art – 3 of 4
In the time before other thanksgiving guests arrived at my aunt’s house, I ran around her yard with scissors and put together a mantle centerpiece for my aunt:
To which she added a few additional decorations and kept around for Christmas:
Left-handed?
Hilary and I decided that there’s something to be said for forcing yourself to draw with your non-dominant hand….. it seems to produce more “happy little mistakes” or give more “life” to the lines or something….
Dr. Sketchy’s – Jan 09
No way! Here’s an art post that’s actually *from* this month!!!
Sunday I went to the High Noon with this awesome girl and we did some life drawing. I thought about putting these behind a cut or on a different page with a “not safe for work” explanation… but then I realized that none of these are nekkid people anyway. The High Noon doesn’t have a permit for naked-ness, so they will never be nekkid drawings resulting.
So. here ya go.
1-minute sketches:
2- minute sketches:
5- minute sketches:
10- minute sketches:
20- minute sketches… which turned in to multiple, shorter sketches because I got bored and wanted to start over:
November art – 2 of 4
I did not do a lot of “art” in November…. rennovating my kitchen was my first priority for much of that month… that being said, I did make nametags/place holders/whatever they are called for Thanksgiving at my aunt’s house…. and I had a helper for the photography part (who is also originally from my aunt’s house):
These are real leaves, pressed for a few days to get them largely flat, names/messages written on them in metallic paint pen, then laminated and cut down to non-square shapes. fun!
November art – 1 of 4
In November, my furnace decided to stop working…. so I baked 5 pies and assorted other baked goods to heat my house a couple of degrees….
sadly, I did not have enough muscle coordination left in my (then frozen hands/brain) to take a better picture of said pies 😉 and I have no pictures of the other baked goods either.