Let’s see . . . today I drew a couple profiles – and a cat. It was going to be a face, but as I was drawing it, it had more of a cat-like personality – so I went with it.
and then I drew some mushrooms and some sort of cute stump/plant with a cute face 🙂
both of these were on plain white paper with a #2 pencil > scanned in
Today while I was waiting for things to process, I drew whatever I felt at the moment. I didnt know what I was going to draw, I just let my black bic pen draw whaver my mind felt like it wanted to draw. These were actually on two/three sheets of paper, the little girl i drew on some notebook paper I had at the moment. The flowers and the lady were on another sheet, and the flower with the bells on another.
I scanned the images in, and then compiled them in photoshop and then did a little accent colour with the brush tool. It’s so much fun when you let your imagination do whatever it wants 🙂
So today I did a little more with drawing different types of eyes . . . one with a style called crosshatching . . . but i favour the large darker eyes.
plain white paper, #2 pencil – then scanned in
I haven’t looked into or read about many anime and manga artists, but I have learned about an author/artist that I really like his drawing and characters – Mark Crilley – He has a few series and I might go check out one of his books sometime, but I really admire his style.
So, a guy in my legion on Aion draws, and he showed me some anime and manga styles he had done. I like drawing, but haven’t done it in a while, so I thought it would be fun to learn a new style of drawing . . . one I have never tried before.
So I doodled a few eye styles to start off with since eyes are the most expressive part of a face . . . I might try a few other styles, but don’t expect to see a full body any time soon (if ever -haha). I don’t think I’m patient enough to get fully into drawing but definitely appreciate those with the talent.
P.S. Thanksgiving is in 2.5 weeks!!!
drawn on plain white paper and with a #2 pencil – then scanned in
I was listening to an internet radio station this morning and heard about this new product . . .
a Chia Obama.
Nothing says “proud to be an American” like a clay pot with greenery growing to look like Obama is growing a green fro?
I thought chia pets went out in the 80’s or 90’s
I wonder if Obama got a complimentary one that is growing at the White Hour -haha
Whee!
The NC State Fair 2009 starts today! Pre-sale tickets for $5 ends today (15th) or they are $7 at the door.
If we’ve been to the fair with you before in the past, and you want to go again, message me, and we can see what we can work out!
Details on their website: http://www.ncstatefair.org/2009/
Last weekend, Gary and I went to Wilmington with my parents. It had been a long time since they had visiting Wilmington – usually Atlantic beach is the destination.
Last time Gary and I went, we ate at the Oceanic and Elija’s which is becoming our Wilmington Staples, as well as Kilwin’s Ice Cream and Fudge Shop 🙂 We went to both for lunches, and our hotel had a microwave and refridge, so we had dinners at the hotel (including s’mores!)
One of the days we wandered about the streets looking at shops and popping in antique shops. At one of them, we were caught in the rain for about 10 minutes which worked out well since we perused a little longer and found something for Gary’s office.
We learned a bit about the history in the two tours we took. The 45 minute boat ride – though to be honest, I didn’t learn much from because I slept through 90% of it on Sunday –haha . . . what!? I was tired 😛
The other tour was the horse drawn carriage tour. Before deciding upon the tour, I was happy to hear that they were rescued from going to glue factory or some other life-ending . . . They work one week out of the month, and have two homes. One in town, and one in the country where they run around. They also have shifts, and pull much less than they are capable of. The actual tour (#2 of 7) was about 30 minutes long and we learned a little of the restaurants, shops, and the sites.
We toured one house – The Latimer House. We were lucky to have the director give the tour since one of the volunteers couldn’t make it that day – I’m sure we learned more from her than the usual tour.
We also visited a Serpentarium, which I will post separately about which was more interesting than any of us thought it would be.
We visited Wrightsville beach a couple times, swam in the pool, and relaxed in the hot tub.
Overall it was a nice trip with great weather.
coast guard ship view on on our boat tour
When did the cold whoosh in? I think it was Monday . . . yes, Monday . . . and Tuesday, and then Wednesday. I even had to break out a jacket this morning. Maybe it’s just a temporary thing. No, I remember last year when the fair was here it was cold *pfft*
October seems to be when the cold arrives here in my part of North Carolina. Love/hate relationship where it would be great if we could have story book days of roasting marshmallows by the fire, drinking hot cocoa, snuggling by a fire, and reading to ones hearts content (or in our case, playing Aion). I do like the cold sometimes. I like playing tennis in the cold . . . I can play as long as I like without feeling like I can’t breathe in the humidity. I like wearing my sweaters for a few days. Um, I’m sure there are a few other things I like about the cold that I just can’t think of at the moment . . .
I do though have a new “friend” . . . my car’s seat warmers! Gary has had them in his car, and they are new to me this season.
First get in the car and sit down . . . brrrr
turn the seat warmer on HI . . .
after afew minutes pass and aaaaaaah warmth without the dryness of hot air . . .
a few more minutes pass, my lower back is warmed and comforted . . .
yet a few more minutes pass . . .
it’s getting pretty warm with the help of the car heater . . . set it now to LOW
Oh person who invented the car seat warmers (or as Gary calls them a$$ warmers 🙂 my butt and I thank you.
woo.
Gary and I met up with our friends Mike and Daniel for Sushi at Shaba Shabu, a Sushi and Thai restaurant which was pretty good. First time we had been there, so we got the sushi.
Daniel had to be somewhere after dinner, and Gary had been working all day and had to get to bed, so after they left, Mike and I went to the Lincoln Theatre to see a Michael Jackson tribute band ‘Who’s Bad‘ and they did a really good job. I checked out some youtube videos and they did so much better last night. They performed a lot of the popular songs, a song from the Jackson Five time, popular faves, and they were definitely high energy with the singing and dancing. Even the sax and trumpet players were high energy backup dancing. The lighting was great for a small venue, including the back-lit songs, and there was even moon walking 🙂
Did you see my post about Oktober First? We did indeed celebrate. Tonight I went over to my parents house (Gary had to work this weekend -bummer) to have our own private mini Oktoberfest celebration. We had sauerkraut, German potato salad my dad made, pumpernickel bread, and lots of other yummies. I brought over some nummies that I picked up from Aldi after Hannah gave me the spätzle for my dad. It’s a supermarket that had a nice selection of German snacks and foods. They don’t have a lot of those all year round, so if you want to stock up, do it now . . . but note, they only take cash or debit and don’t have disposable grocery bags, so bring your reusable grocery bags!
I quickly took these snapshots right before running out the door . . . I think I got everything. We had the white asparagus and the marble marzipan cake for dinner and dessert, and some of the peanut puffs while we watched a movie.
My mom sent me this quiz, ‘Are You Über-smart About Oktoberfest?‘
I’m an “Honorary German Citizen”, 8 out of 10 correct. -woo
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