Mama's Holiday Wishlist

TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

• A sewing machine
• Set of professional watercolor paints
• Subscription to ImagineFX magazine
• New workout shoes (& maybe some outfits to go with it hehe)
• A new journal (that can handle watercolor) to start the new year

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

• A picture frame my son made.

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

• A handmade journal (have to learn how to make them first!) Hmmm. . . maybe bookbinding supplies should be in my holiday wish list?

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

• I honestly don't remember what I received when I was little. I do remember when I was in high school I got tickets to see the Phantom of the Opera from my parents. One of the best presents I ever received for Christmas.

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?

• LEGOs
• Anything Princess-y
• Books
• Littlest Pet Shop toys
• Toy swords
• Remote control cars

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

• Kare-Kare (It's a Filipino food that my mom makes sure to make every year for Christmas since I love it so much.)

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

• Mini-journals
• Christmas Cards

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

• It's A Wonderful Life

9. Favorite holiday song?

• White Christmas

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

• Watching Christmas movie marations

AEDM Finale

Hello December! So sorry to see you go Art Every Day Month!

It's been a busy month and to sum things up, here is what I was able to accomplish in the second half of AEDM. (Oh, and I'm so sorry for the bad photos of my work!)

Some practice in values and the folds in cloth:

Materials: Conte Crayon, Paper

Materials: Charcoal, Paper, Eraser

Some practice in 1-point and 2-point perspective:

Materials: Graphite Pencil, Colored Pencils, Paper

Materials: Graphite Pencil, Paper

And my current work-in-progress that I started on the last day of AEDM and will hopefully finish up tomorrow (oh and it is on gray paper):

Materials: Charcoal, Paper

Once again, I would like to thank you for visiting my blog and for all of the supportive comments! AEDM was an awesome month!

Almost Done!

What's almost done? We're coming up on the last month of the year. Art Every Day Month is coming to a close. My first drawing class ever is ending in a few weeks. My projects that I've been working on daily are finally starting to see an end.

It's been so busy, that I haven't had a chance to post what I've been working on. I can't wait for things to slow down a bit more! Hopefully I'll be able to share what I've done for the remainder of AEDM on either Monday or Tuesday.

I'd like to thank everyone that has stopped by and left such encouraging comments and those that just come by to peek inside my world! I appreciate all that you do!

I'm off to work on more projects! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

P.S. From now through Dec 1st, 2009 - everything in my shop is 33% off with the coupon code SVHOLIDAY2009.

Finally Done!

My project that I've been working on daily during AEDM is finally done. I didn't realize it would take so long but I was determined to get it done! And here it is:

It was based off of the photo that I found here and done for a class project and as a present for my husband. The Buddha was actually done within a week, the stippled background was the real doozy.

I've learned to like pen and ink and have a better appreciation for those that work in that medium. I think I'm going to give myself a little break from it, but it is definitely something I want more practice in.

Thanks for looking and all of the support!

Works in Progress

So far, I've been taking Art Every Day Month as a time to work on projects rather the the route of finishing one piece of art every day - which is absolutely fine by me.

It's slow going, but here are a few things that I have been working on:

Pen and colored pencils.

The above was inspired by the Barron Storey journals (specifically this one). It's a little hard to see but there are very light shapes blending into the background, like ghosts surrounding the figure. I don't know if it's done yet, but for some reason it keeps calling me back to look at it in my journal.

Pen & Ink.

Above is just a sneak peek at the pen and ink project that I mentioned in my previous post. I'm about a quarter of the way through, but hoping to have it done and ready to share in about a week or two.

Graphite pencil.

And last is just some practice in perspective that I did today of my front door and the view out of it.

I'm loving AEDM and hopes that it gets me in the habit of doing something daily by the end of the month! Thanks for looking!