Dinner Date

Yay!  I got taken out to dinner tonight.  Unfortunately I decided to get myself a glass of wine before the food arrived and got a little tipsy, or as my boyfriend called me, drunk.  So feeling very giddy I found it kind of hard to participate in a serious conversation about my situation at the moment.  I feel terrible about that.  I really should have realised that I had an empty stomache and that with my weak resistance to alcohol it was going to go bad. Luckily my boyfriend didn't seem upset, and given that it's Sunday night I don't feel too bad.  It wasn't even a whole glass!  It is at times like this though that I lament that I'm such a feather weight with alcohol.

I've had an idea for making friends in the area though.  I love making ATCs and wish that there were more in my area who were interested or even that I had some sort of social art group.  Since I can't seem to find one I though that I should try starting one.  I'm doing my research first, to check that there are none about that I can simply join.  Otherwise I'm going to try and make use of community boards, the local library and perhaps the local scrapbooking store to get people together. 

Where I lived before I went to an art class for 4 years every Tuesday evening.  Even though we paid to go, after the first could of terms it was more about being social and having time for art than about the class.  I really miss that and hope I can find a way to get it back.

And make friends!!

Art over the last few months

I haven't been doing as much art as I could have been over the last few months. But here is a selection I've done during that time.

This little Faerie was done for an Advent swap. 24 of us made 24 for of the same card and sent them to each other to open over Advent. It was a wonderful swap and such fun to open them over an entire month. I must say that hand drawing her 24 times though was pretty hard work!

These cats were drawn for a person on request. They are actually her cats from three different photos that I combined into one. The littest at the front was the hardest as the angle of the shot was so different from the other two! It's actually much bigger than it looks here. I didn't stick to the usual ATC size for it, couldn't with all the detail needed.

The painting is of Angel falls, it was inspired by the movie "Up" which I really enjoyed. The copic horse was drawn for a friend to trade with for one of her lovely flower paintings. The aged card was done as part of a 5 card series that told the story of a some mysterious documents which told of some impossible animals, plants and a mysterious location.

So in love with copic...

I was asked by a fellow ATCer to draw her dog for a trade, so here they are. I'm really happy with the simple lines I drew for these, but that they retain the detail of the original photos.


This card was created for and ATC raffle. I love their expression! I hope the person who wins it enjoys.

Collage galore

Okay so I got a bit crazy with the collage tonight. Must have talked myself out of drawing mode, or maybe I was enjoying the fast gratification I get from collage. Which is ironic considering how long the closet one took!

It's really late now, I'm getting a lot less sleep with this hobby...but I love it too much to give it up in favour of sleep. Now I'm off to bed.

Let me know what you think!