1 painting (or part of a painting):
I know, you can probably hardly tell that I worked on this right? I swear I did, but I won't say it was for that long or continuously. I added more black + pulled out some more lines. I'm trying to make some parts more crisp + not all so hazy. I'm about to start a new one, i promise :)
1 sketch:
1 art journal page:
and my new cushion I got to sit on when I paint :) Isn't it a cute pattern? I got some for my patio chairs too! ♥
(Prompt from this e-course)
We both worked during the day. I got a sweet little rose along with all the other ladies at work. I ordered some vintage looking playing cards so I could make Zac 52 things I love about him deck. I saw the idea on Pinterest + I LOVED it! I was freaking out because they hadn't arrived yet + thank goodness when I went home from lunch they were there! I was able to get them finished just in time :) I used a sanding sponge to sand parts of the card white to add writing.
Zac picked up some pretty roses for me + I picked up a pretty bottle of wine for him. I usually buy wine based on how cute the label is :)
Zac made dinner all by himself. I sorta felt bad for not making anything, but he wouldn't let me :) He's a really good cook (except for the salty, inedible mashed potatoes, haha [it's ok baby]). He likes to experiment, when I always follow a recipe.
He got chocolate covered strawberries for dessert :) Yum, yum, yum! It was the perfect little night in spent listening to records, enjoying each other's company + romantic notions ♥
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We're going to see The Vow tonight + I'm so excited!!! I hope everyone has a great weekend. xoxo
...the instagram february photo a day challenge:
1. YOUR VIEW TODAY 2. WORDS
3. HANDS 4. A STRANGER
5. 10 AM 6. DINNER
7. BUTTON 8. SUN
9. FRONT DOOR 10. SELF PORTRAIT
11. MAKES YOU HAPPY 12. INSIDE YOUR CLOSET
13. BLUE 14. HEART
15. PHONE
1 painting (or part of a painting):
1 sketch (or two [look sideways, haha]):
1 art journal page:
(Prompt from this e-course)
Zac "BLE", Please be mine.
♥
*photo by Tec Petaja
1. Valerie Confections // A Dozen Rose Petal Petits Fours, $50
2. Diptyque // Roses Mini Pink Candle, $32
3. Thymes // Kimono Rose Gift Set(hand creme, bath salts and votive candle), $29
4. Korres // Lip Butter in Wild Rose, $12 *I bought some the other day + I'm in love
5. Crabtree & Evelyn // Rosewater Eau de Toilette, $45
6. Miette // Box of 6 Macarons Rose Geranium, $14 or Rosettes, $5
isavirtue started a monthly art crawl on her blog every first tuesday of the month. It is a link up + the idea is that bloggers will "crawl" from one blog to the next in search of art. Doesn't that sound like a great idea? She has featured many lovely artists on her blog. Go check it out :)
I just found Trish Grantham's work + I really enjoy it. I've been thinking about exploring layering more + collage in my next painting. I'm partial to her paintings that include pink (of course), haha.
I had to include the one above because it is in my favorite hotel ever (Ace Portland). Zac + I stayed there when we got engaged, so it holds a special place in my heart always. I think it is the coolest hotel! Awesome art + record players + stumptown coffee + photo booth...what more could you ask for?
1 painting (or part of a painting):
I'm still working on this one, but it is getting closer + closer to being finished.
1 sketch:
I posted two last week, so can I count one of those for this week? Haha. I didn't really sketch anything this week. I missed the sketch group this month because there was a Memphis Tigers game at the same time. Which means I need to sketch more this week!
1 art journal page:
Highs:
-Hysterically laughing in bed about my hair + "poncho". Apparently my bangs make me look like I should be on teen mom according to Zac or straight out of the 80's and....he got a major kick out of me saying that I looked sexy the other night. He said "ahhhh hahahahahahaha in that thing? what was that? a poncho? what do they call it?". Yeah, I got the point. Thanks. (Wait, is this a high or a low?) It was pretty funny.
-Zac asking me pitifully at lunch "Do I have to eat clean too?" He has been very supportive of me eating clean + he even tried it too. Towards the end of the week we sorta stopped all together, but I plan on continuing it. Just not so strictly.
-Eating breakfast with Zac before work. We never do that. It was nice. We're usually rushing around in the morning.
-The smell of rain.
-Having a heart to heart when you least expect it. In a bar, over beers + fries with Bourbon mayonnaise. That should go on a separate line itself.
-Bourbon mayonnaise. Thank you bardog. It's the most amazing thing ever.
-Zac ordered a book for us to read together. He was so excited when I brought the mail into the house saying "I've been looking for that!".
-Zac writing I <3 U in ketchup on his eggs at breakfast :) I looked at him thinking awe, that looks like he's writing I love you...then realizing, he is! My hubby melts my heart.
Lows:
-Major tummy aches + pains from this clean eating thing.
-Cravings. I went 4 days with no refined sugar + then I caved. Big time. I'm talking coconut cake at lunch. Vanilla milkshake. Pralines + cream ice cream in a waffle cone. Don't judge. I didn't eat it all at once or finish it all. Haha.
-Both of my grandparents were in the hospital. It's really hard to see the ones you love in so much pain. I couldn't stop replaying them laying there helpless in my head :(
-Not going to the gym at all, but I did go to my usual pilates class.
-Laundry.
-The weekend never being long enough.
