tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166711802024-03-23T13:15:36.636-05:00Thinking, That's All....Some of my favorite work...Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-10940375652272323822009-04-28T21:59:00.001-05:002009-04-28T22:00:47.893-05:00Guitar Series<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zEYKSd-XQGRwIRFPValEABfj2YpaNxiUj0RJ4fEmxxxD5Z1XKXNs-0ADCcd8PHeNDSbBFc_L5kP0FPzMwbEpMonph8gkcpKO96N_o4uKMWgrDqPeZ9Q8Gt7OP9bSRs50fzYFyw/s1600-h/guitarnew.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329942801366009042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zEYKSd-XQGRwIRFPValEABfj2YpaNxiUj0RJ4fEmxxxD5Z1XKXNs-0ADCcd8PHeNDSbBFc_L5kP0FPzMwbEpMonph8gkcpKO96N_o4uKMWgrDqPeZ9Q8Gt7OP9bSRs50fzYFyw/s320/guitarnew.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Acrylics and Colored Pencil on Bristol</div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-37343610136140715452009-03-15T15:11:00.001-05:002009-03-15T15:12:53.115-05:002nd Piece<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3oqT2v-OEDORofrdZClEWUPafxSRhuuLOVknL7eq2tFt6OOu8Dey4BaKYn5ZopH5nH5rrkp1G6xdypRYfYV64s1Nvwq_9ln8BkO2rpRvw6WvOWyrar3Z9ytht0ff_8RruMea1g/s1600-h/newpic2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313509746302056002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3oqT2v-OEDORofrdZClEWUPafxSRhuuLOVknL7eq2tFt6OOu8Dey4BaKYn5ZopH5nH5rrkp1G6xdypRYfYV64s1Nvwq_9ln8BkO2rpRvw6WvOWyrar3Z9ytht0ff_8RruMea1g/s320/newpic2.jpg" border="0" /></a> 14"x16" Acrylic and colored pencil<br /><br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-22585211615610223982009-02-02T20:14:00.003-06:002009-02-02T20:19:26.167-06:00"Cloud Watching" in a Painting<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WGPYD800t3D0iNh_f9BXXhZDpTN1t6Af3lo6jlJqNVWiC7LD4AoM5GXlhyuWDn2t7E50ugBEbcQfNYwFv7EsR5yXw9XoXMb-54RQa08MQ9NhwEoLBaby9uvN9oCeJ2vhD66lTA/s1600-h/floral1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298388984284716274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WGPYD800t3D0iNh_f9BXXhZDpTN1t6Af3lo6jlJqNVWiC7LD4AoM5GXlhyuWDn2t7E50ugBEbcQfNYwFv7EsR5yXw9XoXMb-54RQa08MQ9NhwEoLBaby9uvN9oCeJ2vhD66lTA/s320/floral1.jpg" border="0" /></a>14"x16"</div><div align="center">Acrylics and Colored Pencil on Bristol</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here's a better shot of the actual colors (Digital Cameras don't capture some colors very well), although this image is a little blurry: </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298389174075896578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsdfjVnv7w2dlDfmFkN1Go_VohyiiH0n32MAxgyhklT2Q3bkcyZfFGR3Xe8J4YBvS8uQT52llJOG67CIKn_wLmKlkXhxVLq9gkgsnCY6LwGZ3RYFxiuYL-dd_RcolZLVoT89u2g/s320/floral2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-31769431663501527932009-01-08T09:48:00.003-06:002009-01-08T09:59:08.460-06:00Winter<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLKm8wdwtgXsbHbmaMpJFUdpKWCu5-GMbNHq3H732oHZ0INX3T1S5xChe4zrmcsYj5nRAwmc1j2W_jXvRDFhfnQA32TGr52eYJYSqxzYDtojE8EqqFyj3_ACSZrafnUbyMP8Vmw/s1600-h/winter+new.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288950369854247330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLKm8wdwtgXsbHbmaMpJFUdpKWCu5-GMbNHq3H732oHZ0INX3T1S5xChe4zrmcsYj5nRAwmc1j2W_jXvRDFhfnQA32TGr52eYJYSqxzYDtojE8EqqFyj3_ACSZrafnUbyMP8Vmw/s320/winter+new.jpg" border="0" /></a> 9"x12"</div><div align="center">Colored pencil and Sharpie on Bristol</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I finally posted something new! My inspiration has definitely been lacking for a while now... It's about time. This one came about after standing outside, thinking about how it hasn't been severely cold yet this season...</div><div align="center">Winter - Snow everywhere, so cold outside you can barely breathe, bundled up as warmly as you can... Oddly enough, we've had more warm rainy days than freezing snowy ones here in the midwest so far. But it's only the beginning of January, the rediculously painful cold and terribly inconveniencing weather is still on its way... yuck.<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-79016248919950522332008-10-09T07:16:00.002-05:002008-10-09T07:34:32.075-05:00In A Rut?I've been finding it hard to finish a lot of projects that I start lately... I'll get an idea, get excited about putting it on paper, and then halfway through, the desire to see it as a finished piece just disappears. And it gets put aside...and forgotten about. I emptied out one of my closets and rearranged it to be an organized art supply area, and amongst moving so many things, I found numerous pieces of art that I had created so long ago...and those, too, were unfinished. I wonder if other artists go through the same thing... not finishing so many pieces?<br />It's a lot easier for me to actually see a project through if I'm at an art workshop or class rather than at home on my own time. Away from the house, it's so much easier to immerse yourself in your work...the determination seems stronger. Surrounding yourself with other artists, even for only a couple hours a week, can do wonders for your creativity. I've been going to an open studio night at another artist's house, and it's actually helped me to be productive. Maybe that's all I needed to help me get back on track. And I'm making it a point to try to go every week now.<br />I want to do more artwork, be in art shows, hopefully even sell some pieces. It won't happen overnight, and the current economic state won't make it any easier. But at least I'm on my way to something...one step at a time...Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-81711916797546198832008-10-04T15:29:00.000-05:002008-10-04T15:30:51.571-05:00Untitled<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8HfC3s74VV0Y4a1hhO1BWvC6ccifYET_fmcY3nAom70K5iFOKVA4RfRNuJJRLDQqC_HNCkuNgNXG6IvAleIH2QYCbutnQOiF50jRrAQtWxjwm3Ij3YI_V6QA0b3qw0ks__KRYA/s1600-h/butterflies.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253398747573733650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8HfC3s74VV0Y4a1hhO1BWvC6ccifYET_fmcY3nAom70K5iFOKVA4RfRNuJJRLDQqC_HNCkuNgNXG6IvAleIH2QYCbutnQOiF50jRrAQtWxjwm3Ij3YI_V6QA0b3qw0ks__KRYA/s320/butterflies.JPG" border="0" /></a> 9" x 12"</div><div align="center">Acrylic on Bristol<br /><br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-57919358695760128502008-08-24T21:40:00.003-05:002008-08-24T21:41:54.749-05:00Happiness Is:<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBNVRozFqohNEtATnsTZBQhvaruL2ZKxaKOabncp5QMtfAEcp72kTzkBgpaRqSfSefuf1KFJDbdzHED5eJU4yV-j3dE85nbVJSK2aL5UbUT19Je6ux2iI24K9TevcrjvJAr6z7A/s1600-h/happiness3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238279770399780674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBNVRozFqohNEtATnsTZBQhvaruL2ZKxaKOabncp5QMtfAEcp72kTzkBgpaRqSfSefuf1KFJDbdzHED5eJU4yV-j3dE85nbVJSK2aL5UbUT19Je6ux2iI24K9TevcrjvJAr6z7A/s320/happiness3.JPG" border="0" /></a> 8"x11"</div><div align="center">Watercolor and Acrylics, digitally edited</div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-51680152382320746902008-08-19T07:22:00.000-05:002008-08-19T07:23:35.158-05:00Tattoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAywt3hNK4faVqHQ8IEfFBec187O0sEzdWWtteN8ikL5dcC8UfOPKTMXO7xKqV5WKcvxyVQpi6OEo6IEet38o_5xtnJmkkVOPl9H-1XaBUpQm-uTa_LQoF801HDDR91aYmTIk6ag/s1600-h/tattoo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236203180601360290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAywt3hNK4faVqHQ8IEfFBec187O0sEzdWWtteN8ikL5dcC8UfOPKTMXO7xKqV5WKcvxyVQpi6OEo6IEet38o_5xtnJmkkVOPl9H-1XaBUpQm-uTa_LQoF801HDDR91aYmTIk6ag/s320/tattoo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">9"x12"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol</div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-35620739912919363552008-06-27T03:09:00.001-05:002008-11-13T04:27:27.679-06:00Untitled<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEEYMMYBjEiS_NSJG5jdnrpMwMacGi2VCTHrkMoYqN5oFSzYTK5XP2O2PuUgF4SIlLwGLDgp3YfNlVUhbUEN3sFmZs3aGA45qE-7ZjoKgMFGwpUumx-ASrf-9koaxbK1MSW9hWQ/s1600-h/guitar2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216470632981537986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEEYMMYBjEiS_NSJG5jdnrpMwMacGi2VCTHrkMoYqN5oFSzYTK5XP2O2PuUgF4SIlLwGLDgp3YfNlVUhbUEN3sFmZs3aGA45qE-7ZjoKgMFGwpUumx-ASrf-9koaxbK1MSW9hWQ/s320/guitar2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">9"x13" colored pencil, black Sharpie, and cardstock</div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-11865399502032453082008-06-08T19:17:00.002-05:002008-11-13T04:27:27.888-06:00Forgotten<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvxQhSgwUZwNfLUhHkgz-_TmgWWewTUC8H8xWw4PC8Vv0Dof2VzTIDlQbDGe1Pstrk-Sze_g7k-qrrhSeY55zqo-c0z8Hr3ZEZiVW919qyZZZFngfEvVAKhIVsk7t7Gj6v3Orpw/s1600-h/forgotten2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209669374168568898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvxQhSgwUZwNfLUhHkgz-_TmgWWewTUC8H8xWw4PC8Vv0Dof2VzTIDlQbDGe1Pstrk-Sze_g7k-qrrhSeY55zqo-c0z8Hr3ZEZiVW919qyZZZFngfEvVAKhIVsk7t7Gj6v3Orpw/s320/forgotten2.jpg" border="0" /></a> For Illustration Friday</div><div align="center">9"x12"</div><div align="center">Colored pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-66882000343553121842008-05-29T00:53:00.002-05:002008-11-13T04:27:28.153-06:00ipod series - next installment<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSF1HsUOi7mESj1fS0jyp9Ltpr745IM9HSJrnt6Ds-97yAuOpQWDPh6xMD5VDTVe9gGMJC423xcU0emaArKy_S-1lo060Mjc6vaZ5YYFqvVY0aFy2GzAru44fDJKXpIhj3Nu1WwA/s1600-h/blue.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205674043914501330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSF1HsUOi7mESj1fS0jyp9Ltpr745IM9HSJrnt6Ds-97yAuOpQWDPh6xMD5VDTVe9gGMJC423xcU0emaArKy_S-1lo060Mjc6vaZ5YYFqvVY0aFy2GzAru44fDJKXpIhj3Nu1WwA/s320/blue.jpg" border="0" /></a> 9"x13"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol<br /><br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-41848874694131615142008-05-29T00:45:00.002-05:002008-11-13T04:27:28.303-06:00ipod series<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjIolQ_A0GCjlK9rL-kthNgoGVvIJE_8aTUwYpqfXODzxFkkd6VSeZzxccAbIFh9Ocz3UPV6JNwcg9JevxgFmoaCQJX1IuxLZ70gN5xJMfbP0Zbm4Pf-czeq77pz95NZJoB2bpw/s1600-h/maroon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205673549993262274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjIolQ_A0GCjlK9rL-kthNgoGVvIJE_8aTUwYpqfXODzxFkkd6VSeZzxccAbIFh9Ocz3UPV6JNwcg9JevxgFmoaCQJX1IuxLZ70gN5xJMfbP0Zbm4Pf-czeq77pz95NZJoB2bpw/s320/maroon.jpg" border="0" /></a>9"x13"<br /><div align="center">Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-21367347102500430272008-05-07T23:02:00.003-05:002008-11-13T04:27:28.562-06:00Original Piece<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YzDRaJ_gmk-cdRUf0R5O-zdZYE8d4agixkhU965bppEJ8v3FmZt-gJDTfN0Kzqso6Wvo4Izt7SDqt6LygJ-IES7vVcwgHdwmAdW33CQBNlxSUuRnbETZQCINhRF0lRLmtEdN8g/s1600-h/guitarfinal2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197853209421421218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YzDRaJ_gmk-cdRUf0R5O-zdZYE8d4agixkhU965bppEJ8v3FmZt-gJDTfN0Kzqso6Wvo4Izt7SDqt6LygJ-IES7vVcwgHdwmAdW33CQBNlxSUuRnbETZQCINhRF0lRLmtEdN8g/s320/guitarfinal2.JPG" border="0" /></a> 14"x17"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol</div><div align="center">(Had to use the digital camera... doesn't look as good, in my opinion. </div><div align="center">The scanner won't do bigger than 9"x12"...)<br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-46853159790982665972008-04-27T17:48:00.002-05:002008-11-13T04:27:28.720-06:00Part 2....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWZL6VhePPjD9w_KNXrXTGO9oHZWngjHx5Avqfs7It11eFcUjyNWDwuH4rY5dXYIXksl0SuuVRwl7spZvMGLK0-New7r_Bs6x6tiI_2FP9XR40oRYOyk5d2vPixfSSzY082NUtg/s1600-h/guitar2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194060817512032834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWZL6VhePPjD9w_KNXrXTGO9oHZWngjHx5Avqfs7It11eFcUjyNWDwuH4rY5dXYIXksl0SuuVRwl7spZvMGLK0-New7r_Bs6x6tiI_2FP9XR40oRYOyk5d2vPixfSSzY082NUtg/s320/guitar2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">9" x 12"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and Sharpie on Bristol</div><div align="center">(and yes, I've noticed I forgot the guitar strings...)</div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-44519762025633851662008-04-17T20:04:00.001-05:002008-11-13T04:27:28.836-06:00"Fail"<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuyQ-43bxFgWsZ1LORMipJSdtQYZFQsJa-B_aKvqchNr3LcqiFv-CSTxrzKiz7V3vQCUEy-7rz1kAvcMus7Lf6Q_CQFzMzjx04WbCN9Om_4yCgPf_omhLw9cSTKcyxP9dFRtkZQ/s1600-h/fail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190385014233770434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuyQ-43bxFgWsZ1LORMipJSdtQYZFQsJa-B_aKvqchNr3LcqiFv-CSTxrzKiz7V3vQCUEy-7rz1kAvcMus7Lf6Q_CQFzMzjx04WbCN9Om_4yCgPf_omhLw9cSTKcyxP9dFRtkZQ/s320/fail.jpg" border="0" /></a> For Illustration Friday</div><div align="center">9"x12"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-31631598271670178942008-01-07T00:50:00.000-06:002008-11-13T04:27:29.507-06:00Sakura 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSIxyC86Ve1w2aoC2jX1v_Yv3NKRHqEl9rCKPStD3Nl01duiWCavsBit70UaaMSMYBrbczMfHN4tAcfMfpU3oXmIhdZS7FZ60k37-8GCnIW7vv3dyM5Mp_60_Dz0HLA0eLiWRWQ/s1600-h/sakura2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152625349359355778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSIxyC86Ve1w2aoC2jX1v_Yv3NKRHqEl9rCKPStD3Nl01duiWCavsBit70UaaMSMYBrbczMfHN4tAcfMfpU3oXmIhdZS7FZ60k37-8GCnIW7vv3dyM5Mp_60_Dz0HLA0eLiWRWQ/s320/sakura2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">9" x 13"</div><div align="center">Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I realized I never draw males... so I decided to make</div><div align="center">a "male" version of one of my favorites (although, he</div><div align="center">does sort of look a tad angry or annoyed...oh well)</div><br /><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-24023736706118925992007-11-13T22:49:00.000-06:002008-11-13T04:27:29.608-06:00Scale<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjja29HFaz7sw_2kTIao-pd5Sae5hjuZji2oBvOrS8IDHW_XMCuxdx9FkAmJX7ezUYqPR4M9-yOhNKtR5rrVQjTTsOAeJuuPJPOpxsCr0VtF1vxMLrX3MQG-iaql1WtrxnyszqWg/s1600-h/scale.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132553869944845554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjja29HFaz7sw_2kTIao-pd5Sae5hjuZji2oBvOrS8IDHW_XMCuxdx9FkAmJX7ezUYqPR4M9-yOhNKtR5rrVQjTTsOAeJuuPJPOpxsCr0VtF1vxMLrX3MQG-iaql1WtrxnyszqWg/s320/scale.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">For Illustration Friday</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">9"x12"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">This week's topic instantly made me think of scales and body weight, and then onto the epidemic</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">of body image. So many girls trying to look like the models in magazines....</span></div><p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </p><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-78438663986348889202007-11-09T00:34:00.000-06:002008-11-13T04:27:30.059-06:00Trick Or Treat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajn-JPeSPDPnNoejs4uIfxRjKXNIg2pWNwZ0x5OhChtt-qUQdhEstrbVCOb8bLXg9DtwPpnDRNPFbLbU2Qnqh6aONYhAeEoiJnW-GDLZDXj4DxrTsS4faHGFIE2r6ksM8687opw/s1600-h/trick+or+treat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130726536825065330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajn-JPeSPDPnNoejs4uIfxRjKXNIg2pWNwZ0x5OhChtt-qUQdhEstrbVCOb8bLXg9DtwPpnDRNPFbLbU2Qnqh6aONYhAeEoiJnW-GDLZDXj4DxrTsS4faHGFIE2r6ksM8687opw/s320/trick+or+treat.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">9" x 12"</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I was hoping to have this one done by Halloween, but unfortunately, work got in the way...<br /></span></em></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-89252471349947446482007-10-12T10:18:00.000-05:002008-11-13T04:27:30.188-06:00Sakura<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-zuI5i-N-8K2EL1mvKdbmAtZrOVs_qAyAuQ6D-0NcmGuhhdbgP2Yk4iNCaAsu_zXCPyvmH6Pwcz52LhAQEo1_VT_x4T2luKo0239gVp-he7sg3-shiHKmU4sYhuwGCX3LlrEyA/s1600-h/bloggersakura.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120471976116337282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-zuI5i-N-8K2EL1mvKdbmAtZrOVs_qAyAuQ6D-0NcmGuhhdbgP2Yk4iNCaAsu_zXCPyvmH6Pwcz52LhAQEo1_VT_x4T2luKo0239gVp-he7sg3-shiHKmU4sYhuwGCX3LlrEyA/s320/bloggersakura.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">9"x12"</div><br /><div align="center">Colored Pencil and black Sharpie </div><br /><div align="center">on Bristol<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-81543488973138753462007-08-06T21:09:00.000-05:002008-11-13T04:27:30.626-06:00Star<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddjY55bRX8ZL2VmSvIH-CunN1MBYfiANqFthtGI3uzJsxsE9m4zMV3bOIPCsHdvyKIDxylfIsoBcjOLnMr_xwBOntUwQwminZiPTNh6MydtlDxkBI-pLVvTSWNK_FkGJyNi4YNw/s1600-h/star1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095775131771076850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddjY55bRX8ZL2VmSvIH-CunN1MBYfiANqFthtGI3uzJsxsE9m4zMV3bOIPCsHdvyKIDxylfIsoBcjOLnMr_xwBOntUwQwminZiPTNh6MydtlDxkBI-pLVvTSWNK_FkGJyNi4YNw/s320/star1.JPG" border="0" /></a> 20" x 22"</div><div align="center">Acrylic and paper on canvas</div><div align="center">"Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star" - willis reed<br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-56317109064138668562007-05-15T23:50:00.000-05:002008-11-13T04:27:31.266-06:00Citrus<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgc-GsEsOOJtV5pzKzPeVcty1ogerO1gLmErnufleTbKH4DtsfekyhoAMau6Hr-o_A87V1swJYBAecCiBABpgY11SATKoRFJVHaA3E-VVrzopqvuGfhrqPxnpXdjA5BuAy79BPg/s1600-h/citrus.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065016435965209650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgc-GsEsOOJtV5pzKzPeVcty1ogerO1gLmErnufleTbKH4DtsfekyhoAMau6Hr-o_A87V1swJYBAecCiBABpgY11SATKoRFJVHaA3E-VVrzopqvuGfhrqPxnpXdjA5BuAy79BPg/s320/citrus.JPG" border="0" /></a> 14"x14"</div><div align="center">Colored pencil on Bristol</div><div align="center">For Illustration Friday<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-90639095086971901602006-11-07T20:49:00.000-06:002006-11-07T20:51:54.791-06:00Another Nakamura<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">I "copied" another Yusuke Nakamura....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">The girl and heart are the same, but I added my own different </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">elements to it...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Colored Pencil</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">16"x20"</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/460/2035/1600/pic.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/460/2035/320/pic.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#33ff33;">Man, I love this guy's work.....</span><br /><br /></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-1156365999632976092006-08-23T15:42:00.000-05:002006-08-24T00:56:51.443-05:00Match<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/1600/match%202.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/320/match%202.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#66ff99;">They match...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#66ff99;">For Illustration Friday.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#66ff99;">8"x11"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#66ff99;">Colored Pencil on Sketch Paper</span></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-1151229294209377422006-06-25T04:51:00.000-05:002006-06-25T04:54:54.230-05:00Retouched...<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/1600/Broken.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/320/Broken.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">Thought I would enhance this one with a colored background, to make the image pop a little bit more compared to the original. ..I like it better like this (and it wouldn't hurt to bring this one back into the main page, being one of my favorites and all)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">"Broken"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">8"x11"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">Colored pencil with the aid of photoshop</span></div>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16671180.post-1148584469172434432006-05-25T13:57:00.000-05:002006-06-15T20:51:12.990-05:00Painting on Glass<div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Below are some very fuzzy, unfocused, slightly crooked snapshots of the glass cabinet doors my Grandma asked me to paint. It took a few weeks, not to mention 7-hour-long sittings per day, to complete (mainly due to numerous coats of paint because the paint company lied to me about the finish's opacity). I only wish you could better see the detail in the pieces, because I'm a bit amazed at how well I was able to detail it all. The glass doors were both just too big for me to be able to zoom in enough on the entire thing. After putting a clear varnish on the finished pieces, I laid them over a black sheet to get the effect had they been on the actual black cabinet.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993399;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993399;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993399;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/320/glass%20full.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Full shot</span></p><p align="center"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/320/glass%20left.0.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Left panel</span></p><p></p><p align="center"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1274/1589/320/glass%20right.0.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6666;">Right panel</span></p>Beckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753887214515514471noreply@blogger.com1