DAY TWO: FAVOURITE ANIMAL + WHAT YOU WORE TODAY

Monique's Day 1

Photo of yourself.

DAY ONE: YOURSELF

Day One (according to both challenges) is a picture/drawing of "yourself".

READY SET GO

30 Day Challenges - I'll Make a Man Out of You

Hello world!

It has been a long time without you... but I think I'd like to write a bit more... and express myself a bit more. It's been a busy summer filled with work and I'd like to do something for me.

I stumbled accross a couple of "30 day challenges" online and I've been mulling it over and I'd like to set some goals for myself. Lately I feel like I have had to be a grown up and I'm not sure I'm ready for that. So I think goal-setting is good... but creativity is better.

These two I caught on Allison Lehman's blog that I stumbled upon using STUMBLEUPON.

Handwriting Tag like Ali?

  sooooo... Ali posted this:

Loteria de mi famila - almost complete!

Well here you go.. some almost complete works! Still some final touches needed.. but basically finished. Unless I decide to do the one of my dad as the sun.. so maybe I will do that...
Images after the break!

WIP - loteria de mi familia

WIP! Almost complete (critique tomorrow).
Alex L kept me company while I painted! (hence the I HEART AL EX)

This one of my dad is pretty much done. Just need to put in the face/skull-face. And finish the lamp...
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More after the break...

loteria series

Back to the old inspiration... looking at those Loteria cards

I'll be working on those some more. My goodness third year is pretty much almost done. One more day of classes then this painting series + one more essay.


photos soon.

Dia de Lost Muertos - Final

I'll just go ahead and leave these here...

Mama y Abuelito Bailando:

[MORE AFTER THE BREAK!]

WIP - painting of Dad for Dia de Los Muertos Portrait series

So I'm LOVING the new stuff I've been painting.

Last night I started this painting.. and finished it (by 2am!) Inspired by a fantastic b+w self-portrait of my Daddy...

This is just a photo of my other series I'm working on - with Loteria cards as inspiration.. more on that later. (I was considering making Ali "La Borracha" with her cute lil bachelorette tiara on.. but she'll be the mermaid instead)

Getting started! Cute little 8x10 wood board.

WIP space - I'm going to miss the studio so much over the summer. I'd rent it out but the fee this summer is insane I think.. I'll look into it.

palette!

I'll post up the final paintings soon!

papel picado!

In good news and full of happiness. I figured out what felt wrong about the other painting (this one)

It was just missing something at the top.. the top 2 inches were empty.. and needed something nice.

Here's the WIP (finished product soon!)

grumble grumble

I will be happy if I never have to look at oil paints again.. Hopefully this is the last one.

crunch time!

Exams exams exams...

More importantly.. all of these essays that need to be completed. In addition to paintings. TIME TO FIGHT!

mi amor - WIP

First painting of Monique!

I didn't realize that I'd never painted her or anything...

but here she is!

what do you think, should I put in the glasses?

VOTE: []YES []NO []MAYBE

ali catrina

Painting cute little ali!

Mama y Abuelito bailando

Painting is going well so far!

I'm really enjoying the experience.

My mom is such a babe!

more to come!

crows at hurdman

On my way home from school I saw these crows at the Hurdman bus station. I had to get off and try and take a few pictures... If only I had my tripod then the sunset would've been perfect!

Still it was pretty fun.. I felt like I was in The Birds...

Sexy Lady

Something I drew in horror+fic. Thanks Tor for the faboosh insipration <3 Your computer contains the most lovely images to be inspired by.

Grumpy birds "I'm grumpy when you're not around"