Thanksgiving

So on Thursday it was Thankgiving! I always really enjoy this holiday. First of all it was nice for the simple reason that I had time off work. :) But more importantly I love the family time and reflection on gratitude that this holiday brings. There is so much to be thankful to the Lord about. My sister Celeste was able to visit from Arizona which has been a big treat - I haven't seen her in a while.
Thanksgiving morning I woke up early to get the most out of the day. My mom and sister Esther were already busy in the kitchen and I came down to assist them. I soon found that the beautiful sunshine outside was also beckoning to me and I could not resist taking a little walk to the park. I really enjoyed walking barefoot in the sunlight - a rare occurence lately because of my new schedule. It was quite warm outside (about 80) and when I got to the park I just basked in the sun for a short time.
I soon walked home and started helping in the kitchen. I sat outside (still enjoying the daylight and weather) and peeled a ton of potatoes. I helped on the stuffing and other miscellaneous things while mom, Esther and Celeste were working on the turkey, pies, rolls, mashed potatoes, gravy, and fluffy green jello. After a while of busy cooking, baking, laughing, talking, and smelling delicious foods being prepared we were finally ready to eat around 2:00. Everything had come together wonderfully with the exception of the shoefly pie boiling over a little and the unintentionally flambayed marshmallows on the sweet potatoes.
After the feast we played a few games, went to the park and played football, and then came back and visited and some more and played more games while eating pie. :)
It was a great day.

Just another drawing

Inspired by Treselle perfume.

This one's for Esther. His name is Henry Wellerd.

2009

An experimentation with acrylic paints. 2005

Deep Sea

I know this is a bad copy, but this is a piece of 'non-drawn' art. I did it as a project for a class. There was going to be a small mermaid in there, but I never ended up putting her in. I liked the tri-fold theme and calming colors. I feel like there's a certain amount of mysticism to it. Unfortantly it got a bit damaged by a cup of spilled water.

Another sketch from a random picture in a magazine. :) I've never quite understood how to draw blonde hair.

This is a simple drawing. I chose it because
Sarah said I
should pick it and also the depth
looked like it would be challenging
becuase
there is so little shading in the picture. She is
just a
random girl in a purse advertisement.

Spring!

I love Spring! It is beautiful!

A drawing..

Okay so this is a drawing a did a little while ago. Sometimes I feel like drawing something but I don't what, so I'll browse through magazines looking for ideas. So it was with this particular drawing/sketch. I was flipping through a national geographic magazine and this pic caught my eye. I thought "Hey, I've never tried to draw a picture like this..." so, here it is! The gun was challenging, but I had fun doing it.