it's an alien! it's a slug! it's my niece/nephew!

my brother and his wife are expecting a baby. he sent me the first sonogram yesterday!!! nick's sister had her second girl last wednesday, making him an uncle twice over. nick is hoping to have a nephew at some point in time. my brother wants boys for now. so here's hoping this little one comes with the right set of parts. :)

postcards postcards postcards

over on amusing muses we had a postcard-a-thon. so from July 31st to Aug 2 we had to make as many postcards as we could with the theme of wings. i made 3 total:







lately, i've been creating basis for my work. normally, i'll draw what i want to do and then paint from there. but i've been experimenting with just drop dots of paint on the paper and smearing it with a piece of cardstock. then i base my image around this. it's a little more organic and adds some depth.

here's some more postcards i made over this past weekend:

k is for koala.


august challenge using the word "map".


thursday trade off using the word "snail"