The End

 

It has been a really really slow month this January with work, everyday seems worse than the last, and we slowly run out of things to do. I decided to bring my sketchbook in with me because I haven't been making any progress with W to Z at all. Considering most mornings I do not see a single customer for about two hours it is a pretty opportune time to knuckle down and get some of it done. And it worked! I sketched out all three of the remaining pages, lined them when I got home and today before even two I finished painting them. So it is very exciting that they are all finished up, though a bit sad at the same time. I have really enjoyed doing them. But now for the hints.

 

 

So all good things come to an end and I hope Camille Tyler and Lea, like them all. And hopefully soon I will have another project to start.



U and V

I've finished u and v only two more pages to go.

Can you guess what they are?!

Also you can't really see in the photos but its snowing!!

New Years Eve

So December as been a pretty amazing and eventful month and as such I should have posted way more on here than I have because I have loads of cool things to share but for some reason every time I sat down to blog about something I just couldn't get a decent page out of me. So that's been no good. I have had concerts and my birthday and not to mention Christmas to share all about and perhaps it has been overwhelming but that is still no excuse for the lack of posts especially when I have interesting things to talk about.

So today be New Years Eve I was thinking I better get some stuff down but I will definitely have to give proper attention to everything later.

So for now another sneak peak,

 

 

I only have a few pages left but I am struggling a bit for the harder letters, why does the end of the alphabet have to contain v, w, x, y, and z. Hopefully it will all come together soon, I am hoping for a stroke of brilliance later today for most of those letters.

 

 

 

From M to R

So December has been a busy beginning to the month so far! I am so full of Christmassy Spirit this year its unbelieveable, so I have been busy getting Christmas presents sorted, even though there are a couple people on my list who are stubbornly not letting anyone know what they would like! So hopefully Dixon and I can figure them out soon!

I have found quite a bit of time lately to do a whole bunch of wee paintings and some secret paintings, that are admittedly, not so secret anymore. I will have to do a post another time of the wee paintings cause for now I have some hints of the next few pages to be sent, though they may not make it out until after Christmas. But by then quite a few of them should be sent over so even if there is a wait at least it will pay off in the end.

 

 

Unfortunately there was no Dr. Sketchy's this month and according to the website, next month doesn't have one either, but I am hoping that because there was no December one that January will step up!

And in other news, I have a green thumb! I don't know if everybody had this but in school when you're young, we got to grow Sweet Peas from the seed in class. Everyone elses sweet pea grew and then they got to take them home and plant them, mine didn't. This was followed by a catcus which I over watered and it shriveled and died. So I am proud to announce my Christmas tree is growing!

Infact this is a little bit of an older picture and it is about double in size! I am going to have to find extremely tiny baubles for it though!

K and L

A few more sneak peaks at the new painting for A is For, can you guess what they are?

 

 

Perhaps I will get some more done before the day is over!

Lea Pearl Smith

 

My sister and her husband had their baby the other day, a beautiful baby girl, they called Lea Pearl Smith after both of their Grandmas. She was in fact born on the same day as Tyler's Grandma, Pearl, and Pearl would have been 100 years old that day!

So a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Camille and Tyler!

So it is very exciting to be an Aunty and that is what the Secret Paintings have all been about!

I didn't take the best photos of the paintings but perhaps I will get better ones another day, but they are now with Camille and Tyler!!

 

 

 

 

Busy Busy

So I had another productive Saturday off I managed to put down the videogame I couldn't put down on wednesday and actually paint! Something about when Dixon is away to go skating, I can really be productive. So here are some wee previews.

 

These paintings are turning out to be a lot of fun! I am really enjoying thinking them up and putting them out there. I do need to get onto the next few soon, because I think I have a lot of painting to do in my future! But so far it has been fun. Its made me draw and paint things I normally wouldn't think to paint.

 

The newspaper was giving away free lego all this week and because the shop that you had to collect it from is not close to my route to work or home from I haven't got any of it! Buuut Dixon got a lift to the shopping centre and picked it up for me even though he isn't the biggest lego fan let alone Lord of the Rings fan. My own little orc!

 

And finally last but not least it was my awesome brothers birthday and through the magic of technology I was able to send him a birthday present on time and everything! Though not a card, thats still coming!! Sorry!!

I did get him one of the best movies of our childhood!

 

Busy Week

 

So its been a bit of an interesting week, mostly a lot of work, but also I went to the dentist. Its been some time since I have been to the dentist and the verdict wasn't amazing but not as bad as I thought it would be. I went in for a chckup and left with a filling and a substantial amount of money seemed to have dissapeared from my accout. But getting them fixed now is better than no teeth later.

 

Its also slowly but surely turning into fall and the leaves are finally changing colour, making it feel a lot more like fall. It really is getting me excited to carve some pumpkins.

 

 

And I have been productive with some more secret painting!!

 

 

Day Off

Yay, day off! I mostly tried to do some drawing, bits of it I am happy with, other bits not so much. At least there was some drawing taking place. Hopefully some more soon.

 

 

In other news I am going to go see Frankenweenie today, for you guys over in North America, you're thinking oh whats the big deal. But for Britain we know its not out until the 18th. Hayley managed to get us some free sneak peak preview tickets for tonight so that pretty cool! Plus free tickets to a movie you already wanted to see is pretty cool! So I am watching the Nightmare Before Christmas to set me up for later!

 

 

Also,

Edinburgh was being kinda beautiful last night.

 



Something Special

I did some painting again, finally! Its been ages! But it was a lot of fun but only a preview of it for now because it may just turn out to be something bigger