Who I am.

So it's 9:20 pm on a Monday night. I just had a shower after rearranging furniture in my house and watching season 2 of Teen Wolf. Exciting eh? Let me tell you about myself. I am a 46 year old woman who likes shows like Teen Wolf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sherlock, Angel and Supernatural. I am a nerd. Not a smart techy nerd more a pop culture nerd. 

I have been drawing since I was a little kid. At first it was horses. I was in first thru fourth grade for that. Then it was Star Wars and comic books for inspiration. I made up imaginary characters in the Star Wars universe and also made a lot of fashion drawing with knee high boots and blasters on the hip. Avengers and X-Men were so awesome! More high boots but with heels! Except for Ms. Marvel and Kitty Pryde, I always wanted to be female versions of the male characters. They seemed to have a lot more fun. 

I am nostalgic about Star Wars, but let's face the last 3 movies sucked royally. I am actually a little hopeful about Disney owning it because they might make a good movie. I don't know.

So I am older now, but I still feel like a young person. I have two kids of my own. I love to watch Avatar, TMNT and spongebob. That stuff makes me laugh. I like Monster High dolls and I make my own cloth dolls. As you have seen in my posts. My son loves Mario Bros., TMNT, Batman, Iron-Man and legos. 

 This is a Samus Doll I made for ,my son, Cole.

This is a Grrr I made for, my daughter, Tara's friend.

I wrote this post because I want to blog and share my work with people. I am trying to reach out but I am never quite sure what to blog about. Well, this is me...

Me and Cole

I am divorced(three years ago) and still single. I have a right to take my place in this world. That is one of my daily affirmations.I am fat. I wear glasses. I am growing my hair out and I think about it way too much. I want to lose weight, eventually. I am just trying to like myself, now.

 This is a painting I was working on last night.

This is my gorgeous and funny daughter. Tara

That is enough about me. I would love to hear from people about anything pop culture, nerdy or my art. Thanks. Have a good night.

Dreams

I have this reoccurring dream over the last few years. 

It is about a house that my former in-laws live in. Not their actual house. The house in my dream. It is a house on a hill surrounded by trees. Their house is normal but their back yard is huge and if you go around to the back of the house there is a door. This door is to part of the house you don't see. It is full of rooms and weird bathrooms with giant bathtubs. There are clothes and shoes and other household stuff. There is an indoor basketball court! It is just brimming with stuff! It isn't their stuff they tell me it was like this when they bought the house. I am always so intrigued and want to just go through everything. I always ask why they don't fix it up or explore it more and they just shrug and don't seem interested. They make me feel frustrated and a little jealous. I want to explore it more but they want to leave.

So the variation on this dream is that I want to show friends or family members because I think it is so cool. Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. Another variation is that they remodel parts of their house and they find more room to expand because of the other part of the house. So I will be asking, " Was this here before?" or " Is that an extra room?" Very bizarre. My writing about it doesn't do it justice. I guess writing about dreams can do that. They are so difficult to describe. At least for me they are. 

What do you think it means? Does it mean anything? 
Maybe I can make some sort of board on Pinterest representing my dream. I would love to hear your opinions.

More dolls and wishing it were cooler.

More cloth dolls. These were made last year. I haven't made a doll in the last week. I need to make one because I am feeling the itch. I haven't sewn or anything and it makes me crazy after a while. I am going to go see the Lone Ranger with a local steampunk group. I don't know if I will dress up. It is sooooo hot. Layers in this heat just sounds revolting.

 These are dolls I made. Lots of orange yellow and gold. It's funny because I don't wear colors like that because they look terrible on me. I think because it is hot outside. 102 degrees hot! With humidity! Humidity in Phoenix is just gross. It is bad enough to have the extreme heat but humidity to? Yuck! Anyway I start to think of Autumn weather and I love to make autumn dolls. It is my favorite time of year in Arizona. I want to be outside. Okay that is enough ranting.

Lydia

Lydia

 Lydia is a doll I sold a while ago. I just wanted to share her here on my blog.

 Her hair was made of black felt. Her legs were made with spider web patterned cotton fabric. So of course her whole outfit was black. I always thought she had an Edward Gorey feel to her. Or Winona Ryder from Betelguese.

 The story came from Pocomedia and Loopyboopy on the forums of Etsy. When Etsy had forums. So, when I sold the doll I wrote the story because it was too cute to not tell.

When the Autumn comes I become inspired to make dolls like Lydia.

Wall Dolls and Mixed Media Paintings

 Spring Time Doll made from a pre-made muslin doll I got from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store. I gessoed the entire doll and painted it. The images are rub-ons from the scrapbooking section and then I paint over them a little. I painted the face. Her hair is a nest of flowers and a little bird. Her skirt is skrim fabric ( like cheesecloth) and I machine embroidered words on it.

 These are wall hanging dolls I made. They have very simple bodies and I paint the faces and add ribbon, and scrap fabric for their hair.

 This is a mixed media painting on a wood panel. Paint, pencil, colored pencils, gelly roll pens and papers make up this painting. I was thinking of archeologists in Egypt discovering ancient tombs. 

This is one of my first mixed media paintings on a board. I went to Catholic School. Once a Catholic School Girl Always a Catholic School Girl. That is what it says. I don't go to catholic church anymore and it still influences me deeply. 

Plus I made lasting friendships their.

Commissioned Work

These are paintings I was commissioned to make.

They have Proverbs 31 written around the figures. They were based on her friend's favorite colors and also their features and coloring.

Cow Girl

Red, White and Blue 

 Red and Black

 Teal, Gray and Black

 Purple, Pink and Blue

Orange

I drew them with pencil. Then I outlined them with India Ink. 

I used watercolor and a little colored pencil.