April Project: Day 26

Hello! Happy Sunday! And happy birthday to my wonderful husband and bestest friend, Chris. Today I've been baking and cooking for Chris, but I put aside a little time to make a little painting. Here it is. I got a little frustrated part way through, but now I think it looks better. I'm realizing just now that there are some things I will want to change and adjust at another time, but for now, here is what I did today.

I'll keep working on my summer piece and I'll share it and the process when it is finished. :)

April Project: Day 12

Howdy, folks! Today I worked a bit more on my chair with cats, or cats with chair. I still don't think it is finished, but I'm liking it more and more. Let me know what you think. I'm still thinking of adding a pattern to the chair upholstery. For some reason I love pink in combination with pea green. I'm not sure why I love it so, but I do.

Here is what my gouache looked like as I was working. I thought it was pretty, so I took a picture.

I'll do something new tomorrow, so check back to see what it is. :)

April Project: Day 11

Hello, friends! Today, in between working on illustrations that are due early next week and watching a Norwegian relative of mine win silver in a karate competition, I decided to draw a chair and some cats. It is Caturday, after all. I had a scrap of rough watercolor paper to use, so I drew with a pencil and painted the pink background in gouache. This is a work-in-progress, so I think I will play some more with it tomorrow. I am unsure about how much I want to paint and how much of the graphite I want to leave showing. So far, I like the graphite on the chair and I'm considering drawing a pattern on the upholstery. I'll decide tomorrow, I guess. :)

Have a great day! And check back tomorrow to see what more I end up doing with this piece. :) 

Pablo Picatsso Takes a Nap

It's that time again, when I've made a pattern to suit a contest theme. I really enjoy the challenge of it, and since I already had a pattern of napping kitties, I decided to modify it to fit the "Cubist Cats" theme. I dressed the cat up in some Picasso style stripes and beret, added some colorful paintbrushes and palettes, and even got the shirt a little messy in the process. The result? I think it's a pretty cute cubist cat pattern. I think it would make an excellent artist's smock, and it would be a fun material for a craft kit of some kind. Well, I'll let you know when voting opens, and if you like my design, please vote for me! Thanks!

Fairies, Flowers, and Lots of Cats

For the past few days I've been working on some new patterns, so I thought I'd share them with you. Here are a few that I especially like. I've been on a garden fairy kick lately. Could it be the darkness of winter in Iceland, or the lack of flowers in my life? Maybe. I've just had so much fun making these repeating patterns. Surely there has got to be a use for these somewhere out there!

Before my garden fairies, I did some digital illustrations based on my cat, Eyja. She finds the cutest poses as she naps and plays and wants her belly rubbed, so I decided to make a repeating pattern of her poses. Here is how that turned out.

And because I felt like it, I made some variations and matching plaids. Plaids are awesome, and so are cats, so I thought if I combined them into matching sets, that would be super awesome! 

Well, I hope you have a great rest of your week! Cheers!

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