Double Rainbow! OOOOOOOH

This is one of my latest paintings. I saw the quote somewhere while surfing the web and it just stuck with me. I found a thing of sticky letter stencils and I tried using them but they didn't work out like I wanted them to. I still like the painting a lot though.

The quote says: Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms. 

July 19th 2013

Time for more art!! This particular project was actually supposed to be a four piece project but it turned out to only be three. I wanted to do the stages of a day. Dawn, Day, Dusk and Night, but the Dawn and Dusk looked so much alike that I just made one and it can be which ever one I choose at any particular time. ^__^

Dawn and Dusk:

It actually didn't turn out how I wanted it but I kind of like it. Not my favorite out of the three pieces but it's ok. 

Day:

This one I really like. It actually looks like you're looking up at the sky on a sunny day with little, white, poofy clouds floating by. The color was perfect. But out of the three pieces this is not my favorite piece either. It's in second place. 

Night:

This one is my absolute favorite out of the three. I used a metallic silver for the moon and the stars so they almost glow when the light hits them. And I used a grey for the clouds. I used a napkin (taco bell napkin lol) and dunked it in the paint and used that to make the clouds for both this and the day painting. I love how you can see one of the stars through the cloud. Like you're actually looking up at the sky during a cloudy night. I really impressed myself with these paintings. They're some of my favorites. 

Prepare For Trouble! Make It Double!

Lauren and I have been working on a painting for like two months now. It took us three sessions to finish it but every time we worked on it, it got ten times better. All the of the painting and art was shared. It's very much a two person painting. It's a map of make believe worlds complete with sea monsters and pirate ships and all kinds of fun things.

Worlds listed are:

Top left panel-
Narnia (with a giant wardrobe)
and Sherwood Forest
Hyrule (with the Zelda symbol)

Bottom Left Panel-
Wonderland (with a heart and a crown)
Amee
Remalna
Oz (with a colorful hot air ballon)
and a giant octopus in the ocean

Top Right Panel-
Alagaesia
a giant red dragon
Sinnoh (with the pokemon Cherubi)
Jurassic park
Treasure Island (with a trail and X)
A compass rose
and the top part of Middle Earth

Bottom Right Panel-

Middle Earth (with Hogwarts)
Kaeleer
Askavi
Chaillot
Cildru Dyathe Island
Neverland
and a giant pirate ship

Lauren and I had no idea we could draw this awesomely but we surprised ourselves. I hope you like it.

Art art art, EVERYWHERE!!!

Ok, let's start off this 'new' blog with an art post. This was the first painting I did on a canvas.

It didn't turn out like I wanted it to but I really liked the end result. This pretty much started my painting obsession, which is why it hangs on my wall. 

Guess Who?!?!?!

Well it's been a little while since I've done anything with this blog but I'm back! I'm going to use it to post my art projects and some other random things that I do. I hope you enjoy everything, so just sit back and enjoy the ride!!!

Crayon Art

So I tried some melted crayon art today!





Got my supplies ready





Got the crayons stuck to the canvas





Starting the melting process with the blow dryer





Melting





And the finished product!

Gotta say, this was the funnest and least expensive project I've ever done!! Although I did end up with melted crayon all over my fingers! If you get a chance you should definitely try this project!!

Just Another Day In The Life Of A Kroger Employee

So today Kathy and I had to drive all the way to Smyrna to help pack up a store that had shut down and moved to a bigger store. Of course, it being closed already there was no heat so we were freezing to death but it was a fun time so here are some pics that I took:

Here are pics of the new store, it was AWESOME and huge and AWESOME but I would SOOOO not like to work there:

A few weeks ago my favorite wine vendor, Matt got another route and doesn't come to my store anymore. I was epically sad, but as we were walking past the display in the last picture I looked up and OMG there he is. He looked right at me and didn't see me until I like pushed him as he walked past me. I got a big hug for my troubles!! That made me extremely happy ^__^ Since we had to go to the other store today I didn't get to put up my wine order from today so I have to go in on my day off tomorrow to put the stuff up. I only have to work 4 hours and that's more hours for me but it still sucks. So it was a fun day. And thanks to the store being closed we got to listen to modern music. And I got a TON of new songs for myself! Now it's time to get caught up on my tv shows!

-Noru