Guess what just came in the mail...? (just a little WIP)

36 Prismacolor pencils! (in love here with them - I love color)

Medium: Prismacolor pencils

=)

More later,

-Bethie

Ocean inside me

Medium: 2B

Funny thing about this is that when I got up the nerve to show some of my family this picture, I warned them that it was a little abstract (They always grimace when the "A" word is mentioned... and I used to as well... but now I have found my appreciation for the abstract as well as the fine art. I don't judge them together because you just... can't), and my dad nodded at me and took this sketch and looked at it. And looked, and looked and looked...
To be honest, I got a really, ton, a lot but mostly little-ish nervous. =)
He finally said that, yes, it was abstract, but he could see it now, "you're looking out of a cave!"
*facepalm*

Oh well. I tried. (and if it's not just my lovable family and I truly need to work more on this, it's a figure with the ocean inside it... =)
All that said, when I said that I had to get my nerve up to show to my family, I feel like I should explain. I love my family, and they love looking at whatever I show them.
My only hesitation is that I sometimes don't believe them (does that sound bad - hopefully you can understands what I mean=)... and lots of the time I just want the hard truth ("you need to work more on this!").
There are times when all I want to do is hide up in a hole and draw and paint and not show anybody!
I sometimes hesitate (who am I kidding, I hesitate every time!) whenever I show/post a drawing/painting... I'm not afraid of harsh critics (I can only dream of them), rather, I'm afraid of myself... of what sort of monster I'll become if I keep showing people, and they "ooo" and "aahhh" over my work, say it's pretty or whatever... I get scared that I'll just stop. Right there. That praise alone will get good enough for me (and my pride, my horrible, nagging pride will get the better of me, has in the past so I don't doubt it will in the future. By God's grace alone I stand).
I don't know... I'm sometimes hope I'm just overeating in my head... but other times, I think I'm making sense (sort of, in a rambling kind of way I guess).
If you've read this- I'm impressed... (I don't even know if I would have!)

Anywho - Happy Sketching everyone!

Excitment

There is nothing that spells out excitement better then getting something unexpected. Me? I just did a very wild, happy dance-while squealing and hugging my package (it was unexpected even though I bought it - I never remember when it's supposed to come and then when two or more weeks have gone by and I've already lost the tracking email... lets just say I have somewhat of a dog brain) in complete, utter joy.
But come on, five yards (15 feet, 189 inches... geeking out here....) of watercolor (cold press) paper.

Judge me if you must but yes - I love the little(r) things in life and this would be one that I will gladly put myself out there.

What's something that spreads excitement through you so rapidly like coffee does to my little sister?

Something I love, something I hate

Something I love, When my baby brother crawls into my bed one morning and falls asleep in my arms.

Something I hate, When that adorable little boy throws up all over me and my bed...

Very odd morning...

who needs sleep anyway?

I mean, really?

Musician watching commencing...

Medium: HB Pencil

About a week back, I went to a Musician's conference in Redmond, Washington. While there for the weekend, I hung out with super awesome music makers and singers. I got to listen to (and watch!) Paul Baloche, Lincoln Brewster, Norm Stockton, Jonathan Lee, Carl Albrecht, Doyle Dykes and Phil Wickham. If you didn't recognize any of these names - look them up (and Phil Keggy - he was there last year and was AN-MAZ-ING). But with all that said, I didn't really have time to pull out my handy sketch book, but I was able to get this amazing person' (one of the problems with musicians is you can't hardly tell the sex of the person from the back...=P) style. Long overcoat, beanie, scarves, colorful skinny jeans, messengers bag w/ pins and beat up converse, is the theme of all musicians (and yes, for one of the days I wore my own -very beat up- lighting blue converse high tops =)

(sorry for the poor quality of the photo, cellphones are lousily photo-takers)

Beware

Those who leave their Mac's in my fathers house will come back to something unexpected. As our friends The Wintons found out last week.

Medium: Sharpie and exacto knife =)

Déjà vu

Happened to you?

The duckling speaks for me...

Who is always watching? ...

 The Ninja Nail.

My poor thumb has to deal with me in times of boredom...

Confessions of a scattered brain

Something I love... Summer mornings, the golden yellows and sparkling, silver dew

     

Something I dislike... Splinters, tiny ones, in my little toe.


Something that makes me giddy... Blindly walking through the dark house (I'm weird that way).

Something that makes me sad... Tripping on my (very old) sweet doggie in that dark hallway.


Something that terrifies me...swimming in lakes and oceans. I scare my self silly just imagining things. (I've very odd at times)

Something worthy of note... (*crickets sound*)


Something not... I stayed up very late last night reading this book titled The Trouble with Tulips... =P

Something done... Taught five-year-old sister how to trace the linoleum with a crayon and paper (yep - it was on my bucket list, between Skydiving and being kissed in the pouring rain)


Something in need... Writing to pen pals.


Something I want... this skirt =D

Something I need... Watercolor paper

Something I'm thankful for...

What Ho!

It's time like these that I wish that I could pull off a moderately good Brits twang and shout “what ho?” all around the streets.

Of pearls and feathers

Have I mentoned that I now have feather hair extensions?


You can kind-of see them here...  =P

 Also, just funness at the ocean. Keilah (my older sister) and I both went out to the sand as the sun was setting - both in brothers plaid shirts and pearls. Awesomeness right?

Both photo credits to my sis.

Confession - I have CDO

=D

To my fellow Seattle area neighbors...

Hannah, hat tip to ya' for first posting this. I am posting your link as my post. 

This is crazy. And I don't know how I feel.

The combine force!

Is totally awesome.

A huge thank you to my friends - ♥

Ponder...

Does everyone's voice... talksuperfastwhenwrittenlikethis? ... or...  in. their. head. pause. between. words. when. a. period. is. placed. between. them?
ANd iF a PErSoN tYpeS lIkE tHiS, YoU iMaGinE tHEiR vOiCe GoINg uP aND doWN?
AND WHEN THE TEXT IS ALL CAPS, YOU IMAGINE THEM SAYING IT A LITTLE LOUDER IN YOUR HEAD...





I know I do.

Talent - that is what I have.

If only...

If only I had money to spend.

via

so cute...