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before going to work. Thought I'd make a short post. My picture frame wall. I love collecting these.
Off to work with books.:)

Rainy day special

Today has been a busy day. I decided to finally get going on creating different things for my etsy other then prints. More on that soon. I want it to be a bit of a surprise for my blog;) I'm hoping people will be excited as I am.
reading material though that has been inspiring: "St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves" by Karen Russell is a must read. Its fantastical. Short stories about girls with sisters who date ghosts and hunting for long lost siblings.
The above drawing is for something special hopefully coming soon to my etsy page. Yes..thats my bunny tea mug. Today was spent drinking much Sencha green tea. Which might be my new favorite tea..
rainy days are made for tea and drawing at least for me...

Violets Home

I found an odd list I made some years ago in an old journal:
-The furniture is uncertain.
-posse retoric and call questions.
-cake carrot
-blood possibility
-caution mind unstable.

I really don't remember writing it..or what it was for. A class? I really can't say.

My art has been featured wonderfully once again on nerdJERK
Check it out! Steph Cortes makes wonderful nintendo related hand knitted items which are totally worth the look.

I've been inspired lately by the civil war. Because of the ken Burns 9 part documentary I mentioned being hooked on a few blog posts ago.


This is the result. I enjoyed drawing this very much. It makes me want to travel and sit on cliff tops watching the ocean..

Sacrifice

I don't know how I feel about this watercolor. I put a filter on it too to make it warmer. I have pictures of mountain ranges beside my computer to look at. I'll post a photo of them soon. Listening to the soundtrack to The Piano.
I just realized Ada from The Piano might of slightly inspired this drawing..

Hats for all

Listening to Iron and Wine and wanting to try water coloring a piece today when I get home. I really need to get something to eat. I post the picture above of Annie Hall because I want to do an Annie Hall inspired art. It is in my top 3 favorite movies of all time. I drew this couple while at work. Wearing different hats. I scanned it wrong though..they are supposed to be looking at each other.

Its sunny outside. Time to go exploring. :)

and.. I like this hat I have.

1863

So I got on a roll today..I woke up and said...I want to draw a civil war bunny. Which started off with the second drawing. Which is based on General Sherman(I will admit I find the real general to be attractive). I wanted to make sherman into a bunny. But I wanted him to have a mustache like chamberlain. So this is what came of it. Then a friend recommended I draw an Abe Lincoln bunny...so I couldn't resist.
Famous Rabbits of history..hahah. Nerd out.

Yosemite

I feel like I am FINALLY starting to get over the cold that I've had for the past month or so...it really has been like a never ending sickness. I went home last week and I was supposed to go to yosemite with my mom but because of a high fever and my cold showing up again we couldn't go. So I named this drawing Yosemite. I can't wait to color her in. I have a few other images though that are ahead of her as far as what gets colored next though.
I've been watching ken burns civil war documentary series on netflix and I forgot that in highschool I had a huge crush on Joshua Chamberlain. Most of my friends had pictures of people like Ricky Martin in the fronts of their binders..I had a civil war general...We had to read "Killer Angels" when i was in highschool. Anyway. Thats random fact of the day I guess...