Painting!

I started two new paintings today! One is a commissioned piece of my friend's dog, Mo. You may remember that I met with her and Mo last month. Well, I'm finally getting around to painting her. She still needs a lot of work, but I feel like it's off to a good start.

Painting pets is not an easy thing to do. I really want to make sure that I capture her big personality, and spirit. It is nice looking at the painting in this format. I can see what areas need work!

I also started another feather painting. I liked the illustration so much that I decided to make a painting from it.

Well, tomorrow is my first day back at work after 2 weeks off. I can't say I'm really looking forward to it. But, I will make the best of it for sure!

Work!

Still working on my craft fair show for Crafty Wonderland.

These are some of the things I made last week.
I'm in love with the Polaroid camera that I drew and painted.

If you live in Portland come by the Convention Center from 11-5 this weekend. I'll be there with 200 other artists having a great time at the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal sale :)

This Feels Right

I've been really getting back into the Etsy groove this week.

I've made six new items for my shop, I've been participating in the forums and on Twitter, and I feel like I'm getting back into a nice routine.

I think one of the most important thing you can do for your Etsy shop is to post new items weekly and really promote yourself.

Doing all this has kept me busy, and that's a good thing for sure.
Sometimes I feel like if I don't stay busy doing something I'll just drive myself crazy with my thoughts. I guess that's one of the great benefits of making art for me. It helps me stay sane. Well, sometimes...

Today is going well. It's a beautiful warm day and I'm thinking of heading down to First Thursday. I haven't been in such a long time...

Maybe I can get some pictures to share.
Hope everyone's day is going well :)