The Grand Finale

I've decided to stop apologizing about not posting very often. Real life is more important than what happens on the computer, and that's that.

(For the record, though... I am not this behind on the 30 Day Drawing Challenge. I was only a little over a day behind. Our scanner is only hooked up to one computer, though, and it happens to be the laptop that Dad had brought to work for the past several days).

Day 23: Something You Need


I stole Lydia's lovely idea-- of course, Our Savior is someone I need!

Gouache paint, based off of an icon on a prayer card. 4X6 as usual.

Day 24: A Couple


I thought about being all smartypants and drawing something like a couple socks or a couple dragon claws or something... but then I decided that this idea floating around in my head was just too cute.
Gouache paint.
Day 25: Scenery


Due to a very unfortunate spill, the backside of the Couple painting got smeared with paint. Now, I did the entire 30 Day Drawing Challenge in one little notebook, and was running low on pages. I had to do the Scenery drawing on this smeared peice of paper...

...so I ran with it and smeared more paint on randomly and then drew random cartoony scenery stuffs in sharpie. I call it the Magic of Random Paint Spills-- An Abstract Study of the Biochemistry of Gryphons. It's a masterpeice and will someday hang in a museum.

Day 26: Something You Don't Like


I don't dislike Rubik's Cubes. It's just the fact that my little brother can solve the entire thing in two minutes flat, while I... well, I can't even solve one side of it! ;)

Day 27: Someone You Love


When you can't decide who to draw because you love so many people... it's always safe to draw the cutest littlest dude around. Meet my brother, King of the Laundry Basket (we didn't have a mountain handy). Complete with the paper crown handmade by our eight year old sister.

Day 28: Anything You'd Like


Feeling a little nostalgic for Autumn. We just had our first sprinkle of snow and first frost to last beyond the sun's waking.
watercolor

Day 29: A Place You Want To Go

A ticket to Middle Earth? You shouldn't have. Aww, thanks. YOUR'E THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!

(Here's another unforunate spill at work. My india ink made a nice big blot right on the bottom left corner. I did my best to fix it with some guoache paint and stained the entire map brown. Now I'm not sure if it looks all cool and aged, or all messed up and stained!)

Day 30: A Congrats Banner


I meant it when I said I was running out of paper! This is drawn on the back cover of my sketchbook. Sharpie and a wee bit of white watercolor.






30 Day Drawing Challenge at Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe


Here's the linky... sorry it's so late... go ahead and use a seperate link for each of your drawings, or a single one, or whatever. :)




An Orange Tablet Pirate Ship

(P.S. Don't forget to check out the Shoppe-- tommorrow is the last day of free shipping/special prices!)
Day 20: Something Orange

Because sometimes, your life isn't complete until you've drawn a super-cute orange owl with glasses.


Photoshop is fun, by the way.

Day 21: Something You Want

Going materialistic here and drawing a thing, even though there are many things that I want... like heaven and world peace and more time and being totally caught up on essays and other good stuff.


So, I want a Wacom tablet for digital artwork. I'm actually going to get one of these very soon-- I've finally made enough money, between the Shoppe and some freelance work, to purchase one.

Day 22: Something You Miss

Fine Linen Drama. The theater group I was in in my old town. The people were absolutely amazing (in fact, I met many of my friends there) and the shows were spectacular. The drawing is of the set for Pirates of Penzance, the second and last play that I had a part in. I love my new town and new friends, but I dearly miss those Saturdays full of rehersals and friends.
Guess who needs to work on her inkwash technique?



P.S. It is very fun to make up blog post names by using parts of each drawing... :D
 
30 Day Drawing Challenge at Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe


Doodled Earrings (Day 18-19)

(Hey, be sure to visit the Pink Lemonade blog to enter a giveaway of one of my chainmaille cross necklaces!)

(Also, I'm running Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales. Starting today and lasting until Monday, get free shipping on your order from Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe, plus special sale prices on many items! It's the perfect time to get Christmas presents... plus it'd make me very happy. :D )

30 Day Drawing Challenge...
Day 18: Just a Doodle


 
 
Day 19: Something New
 


During Thanksgiving, I was doodling some new jewelry design ideas. Then I realized that my doodle counts as the "something new" challenge...


When I got back, I made the earrings I drew.


 
They're available in the Shoppe!
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My family thought it was so funny that I behind and got stuck coming up with ideas of what to draw for this challenge that I made up. I suppose I wasn't really clear when I started this challenge: it's not my idea. I was inspired by this picture that has been making its rounds on Pinterest. I just wanted to see how many of my online friends would like to join me in my (admittedly crazy) venture to actually do this!
 
 
30 Day Drawing Challenge at Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe



Favorites: Week 2

More features! Again, it is so hard to choose just one favorite per person per week... So I wen the eenie-meenie-minie-mo route. Go check out the artists' blogs to see more beautiful drawings!

Victoria (Raindrops and Moonlight) drew Rapunzel! Yay!

Alison (Mousin' About) drew this sweet sketch... technically it is just some additional sketching, and not part of the 30 Day Drawing Challenge, but I really liked it... so...

Mary (Saracen's Head) drew a lovely lady running down the stairs. 'Tis the wise woman from George MacDonald's story!

I love the details on Lydia (Saracen's Head) drawing of her First Communion. It looks like a prayer card.

Anna (Sarcen's Head) drew this beautifully whimsical drawing for the "favorite candy" challenge.