Girls Day In Event

I can't wait for tomorrow. It will be my first big event that I am participating in for my artwork here in beautiful San Diego.  I will be featuring my prints and glasswork.  Have a great weekend everyone.

Frog Plays Dress Up

Here is another page from my Frog story. Frogs are so cute, don't you think?

Your Free Personal Shopper

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George will find you the best prices on anything you need.  I know, because he has personally helped me in the past with alot of great deals.  Become a follower of his and I know you will be happy.  Right now hes found a good deal on the new WII fit program.  Stop by and say hi to him.

Frog goes for a ride

I drew this picture about 5 years ago for a frog story that I had in mind. I never did get around to finishing that story, and now that I look at the pictures there are many things that I would like to fix, but for now I think that posting them is fun. I will post a few more of the pages in the coming days. I am to busy working on another story at the moment to give this one any thought. Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend.

Another SOLD

Yeah! This Grandma is my most watched on Etsy.

A day with Arline Fisch

Yesterday I went to the Mingei Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego.  I went with a really good friend of mine for a few hours. Camile (my friend) who works with wire metals and crochet needles; makes crochet jewelery.  She insisted that I come and see Arline Fisch's work.  I must admit, I had never heard of Arline Fisch and was a little sceptical about seeing a "crochet artist".  I was envisioning really big crochet blankets and benie hats hanging from the ceiling.  When we walked into the grande foyer and saw dangling from the ceiling: MY FAVORITE SEA CREATURES, JELLYFISH, I knew instantly that I was going to like Arline Fisch's work.  Check out a few photos from her show below.

  

I am a glass artist, and seeing the colors that Arline uses in her pieces was very inspiring to me.  The time and work that she puts into each piece must be outstanding.  Her show officialy opens here in San Diego on October 22, 2009 at the Mingei Museum.  Her work will be properly lighted then.  I can't wait to go back and see what the jellyfish will look like when they are all lit up.

Plantation Watercolor

Here is another example of the houses that I have been illustrating for the past few weeks.  This one is my first commision.  I hope this family will like it. :)

Watercolor House

I've been painting this picture this week for a neighbor up the street from where I live. Last week, I thought I would make a flyer of my work for my neighborhood, and promote my small business of JennyDraws. I will be offering to draw and paint peoples homes for them.

First I drew my own house, which I have posted here before, and then I went up to my favorite house on the street and I asked the owner if I could use her house on my flyer. I will be giving her this painting for free in exchange for using it as advertising for myself. What do you all think? Is it a good idea. I am still working on the flyer, but I think this is a good start for myself.

Best friends

My daughter Tatum (brown eye) and her best freind Mylie (green eye) are glued at the hip, or should I say "the head". These two are inseperatable, and I love watching their friendship grow.

My 10 year old took this pic by the way. Pretty good I must say so myself.

Dog n Cat 5

Here is pic number 5 from Dog n Cat series.
Enjoy

Dog n Cat 4

This is Dog n Cat # 4. I think this would make a cute kids book, what do you think?

Apple Tea

I was in the mood to make tea today while working here at home. Here is a healthy, yummy tea for you all to try out.
* Sliced apples
* few sticks of cinnamin
* flor de jamaica (flower of jamaica)

I get the jamaica flower in Mexico ( this is a great antioxident, and suppresses your appetite as well).

Boil, steep, then you can drink it hot or cold. I like to put it into a pitcher in the fridge, and drink from it for a few days.

I love how pretty an apple is on the inside when you slice it this way ( in the pic).

Dog n Cat 3

Here is page 3 of Dog n Cat. We are still enjoying summer whether here in California. I can't wait for the fall air.

JennyDraws New Website

I am very proud of myself today.  These past few months I have been working on designing my very own JennyDraws website, and  I finally have it up and running. Whew! Hard work since I am not a programmer or computer guru, this was a big task for me. I have it hosting through GoDaddy. The site is overwhelming at first but gradually overtime it gets a little bit easier to understand. My offical website is at jennydraws.com. I also have a link set up at jennydraws for a shop. I must also say that a good friend with computer website knowledge is a must when designing it yourself. My friend is George Ogan and he is great at designing web pages. He helped me get my banner up on this blog as well as my website. Shoot him an email if you would like for someone to help you design your own website. Hmmmn, what picture should I pick for this post....

Dog n Cat 2

Well, after visiting my parents again down in PrimoTapia Mexico I enjoyed my time water coloring my sketches that I drew last week. This is page 2 of Dog n Cat, or should I say "Cats".

Have a great Monday everyone.

Pizza Tonight

Anyone want homemade pizza for dinner tonight? Going to use tomatoes from my friends garden, and fresh herbs from my little herb garden. Wish I had a cow outside to make fresh cheese. ha... A cow would look lovely in my swimming pool, and I wouldn't know how to even milk the cow let alone make cheese...wishful thinking, but if I lived on a farm, I'd sign myself up for a "milking the cow class". I'm the type who always loves to learn how to do anything or everything. Maybe that's why I don't get around to tidying up my house like it should be. Hope everyone had a good day today.... chow.

Dog n Cat

Yesterday I spent most of my day painting and sketching. Yay. It was fun and relaxing. I must admit I was watching "Gone with the Wind" during my painting session. I love that movie. Anyone else like it as much as I do? This illustration is the first page of my series. Im not sure of what to call it yet. Who knows maybe I will write a story to go along with it too. Next page will be coming soon. I have a question if anyone might like to respond to. When writing a story that you would like to publish, if you blog about it, or put up the illustrations for it on your blog, is it considered published already? Would a publishing house not consider it for publishing? Hope that makes sense.

SketchBooks Rule

Almost all of my doodling occurs in a sketchbook. I sketch in many different sizes. The current one I am using, seems to be my favorite. Where do you do your doodling at?

I am working on a series of paintings right now that involve my wire-hair dachshund named "Peanut", and some pesky cats. Like my "Grandma" series, I will start with one animal and work my way up to five or six. ( In this case, I am using the cats, in my Grandma series I used mice). Since my Peanut is so spoiled, my little paintings will reflect a very spoiled dachshund. :) hm mm.... I'm wondering if I should use watercolors or acrylics.

My sketchbook

My House

MY HOUSE

watercolor by JennyDraws

I was thinking I should put up a picture of my house so that you all can see my place that I spend most of my time in.  So far in this bad ecomomy my family has been blessed to be able to stay in our place of residence.  My heart goes out to all the familys who have lost their homes.  Here in California there are numerous beautiful homes with nobody to love and cherish them.  So sad.    Here are the pictures that I worked from.

Its so hot.......

Cactus Party - Acrylic on canvas board

8x10

For the last week, I think that summer is having a hard time saying goodbye, and letting fall come on its way. The air is hot, sticky, sweaty, and very unlike a true California day. It makes me think of my cute little succulants who must be the only ones enjoying these long days. Please fall, come soon now.

California Wild Fires and Dumb Donkeys

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/story?id=8451478&cid=ESPNheadline

California Wild Fires Rage

Schwarzenegger Urges Evacuations as Fire Threatens 12,000 Homes, Communications Center

By LEE FERRANAug. 31, 2009

11 sepreate fires burned Monday in California at temperatures reaching 100 degrees. Now at least 150 square miles, the fire tripled in size Saturday and more than doubled again on Sunday. Some areas that are burning have brush that had built up unburned for forty years.....

Now, five people who refused to evacuate the spreading California wildfires cannot be rescued and will have to wait out the flames, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said that on Monday the four men and a woman called for help because they were unable to leave a ranch in Gold Canyon. Just a day earlier they refused to leave the Angeles National Forest.
"What this says is, 'Listen, listen, listen,"' Whitmore told the Associated Press. "Those people were told to get out two days ago, and now we are putting our people in danger to get them out." The menace of the rampaging fires was starkly illustrated Sunday by the death of two firefighters who were battling the blazes. The firefighters, Capt. Tedmund Hall, 47, and Spc. Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones, 35, were killed when their vehicle tumbled down the side of a mountain on the northwestern front of the fires. Along this front, one fire, known as the Station Fire, has already burned more than 20,000 acres, according to Gov. Schwarzenegger's office.

A note from JennyDraws: The wildfires in California is not funny, however the five dumb asses who stayed put, are.

Go Green and Buy a Flying Carpet

I couldn't resist drawing this quick sketch. A magic carpet would be a fantastic way to get around. What do you think?

Cartoons

Who doesn't like cartoons? Anyone? Well if you don't then you might be a little too serious in life. Drawing little characters for me keeps me young and happy. If you have children, sit down and watch their cartoons with them. You might be suprised and find yourself smiling. I wonder why? as we grow older that we stop enjoying simple little things such as a cute cartoon. What's your favorite cartoon character?

SOLD

Grandma and Five Fast Mice

I sold my first print today. Woooohoooo. I can't beileive it. It took awhile. I've been blogging, and adding to my Etsy store, and today was my big day. Thank you Gretchen Higbee for buying my first sale. Hope you enjoy Grandma.

Prints at Etsy now only $6.00

I have added smaller prints of my work on my etsy store for only $6.00. Check it out and pass the word. Yaaaaay.

Can't Sleep

I wonder if Michael Jacksons sheep were playing poker all night.

Painting Class

Last month I decided to have Jo Merli, a friend of mine, have a small painting class at my house. Joe taught us some fabulous techniques to use with acrylic paints. I'm excited because I have never been able to properly do landscape paintings in the past. My daughters Capri and Tatum joined in on the fun, and this was the end result. Capri is 9 yrs old and Tatum is 14. I wont tell you my age. :)
This is Capri and her painting.

This is Tatum and her painting.

This is mommas painting.

Capri's closeup painting.

Tatums closeup painting.