Who let the dogs out?!

It was not because of the dogs...
The story began with a hamster...
My Boy JR got a hamster for his birthday from us, and my co-worker Beata she gave us the hamster cage and all the wood chips plus tubes/wheels all kinds of hammy accessories from her son... They used to have hamster when her kids were little, but not anymore; now they have a puppy...
So I decided to do a dog portrait for her as a gift by starting to do some puppy drawings...
I'd planned to make it into a bit bigger acrylic painting, but need to see how it looks like in color pencil sketches...
She got a cute Boston Terrier puppy =)

And then for some reason, I start to drew other puppies...
Here is a little Beagle mix...

Maybe I'll drew a whole bunch of puppies...

Little Red Riding Hood...

I really want to watch the movie red riding hood... *Just watched "Rango" with my kids for March Break..*
This painting was done first week of march and then the next few days the trailer of the movie was on...
What a coincident~ Anyway, this painting was not that dark as the movie...
A scene of Red riding hood walking in the winter snow with basket of goodies while Mr. Wolf was snooping on the side...

done by watercolor and color pencil (outlines) on watercolor paper

Finally a new physio found...

Our previous beloved physiotherapist  for my boy J.R has to go on a medical leave and we'd been waiting and waiting for the Children Treatment Network to find us another children physio specialist to work on J.R's feet. Finally we got one that hopefully will fit into J.R's schedule and will work out for him... Last week he was going to get a Botox shot on his leg again (we thought) but instead the doctor said to wait till spring time because he has to do another serial casting to stretch his leg/foot muscle right after he get the needle shot. If we do it now in the winter, he won't be able to wear his boots and the cast might get wet because of the snow... Not a good idea since he has some eczema problem with the skin. If the cast gets wet, the skin will get soft and itchy... *sign* Anyway, we'll visit out new physio lady tomorrow~ Wish  J.R luck! Cheers!

My mermaid love...

I just love mermaids... Don't ask me why because I don't know why =)
This one I named it "Down in Atlantis". With a mermaid lady on a sea turtle... looks worried...
It's a watercolor with some color pencils on 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper.
Recently I took a portrait class with Glenn Bernabe. From the drawing exercises we did in class it does help me correct some of my figure drawing problems... At least it looks more proportional in this painting than the ones I did before =P
On the left was the pencil sketch on watercolor paper; and the right one was the finish painting.

Next week I have to start looking for quotes for my boy's new AFO... He'd outgrew it so fast...

And new shoes too... The new AFO probably won't fit his old shoes... *sign... more$$*

New Mermaid Art in Progress

It's so hard to find my momentum back to do paintings... So many things going on in my life that couldn't give me enough time to do illustration... My current daytime work... *stress* LOL *always be*, my son's medical condition and special needs, many other lively issues with family, fear of 2012 coming and so on... It's very complicated to live as a human being... Maybe that's why I always paint mermaid, fairies, angels and all kinds of fairytales creatures. They are my escapes to my current life. *LOL* Anyway, I'm working on a new one. Hopefully I can have it done soon and post it.

These are the recent artworks done... Pastel sketch girl portrait.

Also fairy art color pencil drawing



Patricia's Studio Ebay store change...

I'd finally decided not to keep my eBay store active to sell my paintings and prints. Why? I'd found the better home! My own website with the Zen Cart application!!! After a period of testing and trying on this Zen-cart program, I finally can make it fully function to showcase and sell my artworks! Oh well, occasionally I may have my artworks for auctions at the auction website for a bit, but in long term for economic reason, I'll just keep it in my own website and promote them here~

I'd made the new flash animation for entry at http://www.patriciastudio.com
The store location is at http://www.patriciastudio.com/store/
How simple!!! Please come visit!

New homepage look

Haha... I just made a new flash for my homepage before entering the store part. It's fun =)
Check this out http://www.patriciastudio.com/
It will directly load to the store part. This is the first time I'd open the Zen-cart store. And gradually I'll have to move my original paintings to my zen-cart store since it's easier and cheaper to manage... Economical concern... XD **save$**
Anyway, hope the new website is easier to manage and will have lots of updates with new graphics and new comics!

Recently the place I work was super busy... @o@... Hopefully I'll have more energy left when the busy season is over... maybe in Mid December... Right now my right arm is so sore~ partly from the mouse I used at work... There was a pain spot that I really want to have acupuncture on... ouch!

Winter is getting closer, and I really want to get a 2nd hand car for driving to work... Really tired of having no freedom... **sign**

Moving on...

Just got an offer from my existing working company about being a full time artist which is pertty happy. Hopefully it will be a longer stay and everything will work out. At least I don't have to run 2 jobs XD
Good for the winter time, less to travel, don't have to spend too much on gas. Life must go on... No one cannot stop it. Wish the best =)

Bold Look Gothic Wired Ring

Making wired ring is really fun. At the beginning of the construction, you may not like the design at all. And then gradually after all the components are in placed, it will start to look stunning. I'd made this ring very big. Why? I just like the look of it. You don't even have to wear bracelet if you wear this big ring * LOL* Pretty fun and Gothic look cocktail ring~~~ Available on Ebay as well

Hammered Wired Jewelry

It's been for a while since last time I craft any jewelry item. Making handcraft jewelry sometimes can take a long time... It's really fun, especially after you'd crafted the finish product =) Wired jewelry is convenient with its material and the method of crafting. It doesn't need torch or jewelry bench to make the item. (I don't have to worry about burning down my house... )

I like this bracelet I just made; the focal design is very big, and has a Gothic look. Next time I may do something similar in black or cooper wire, to make it into the "Dark Look" XD

Thanks for viewing!

This item is available in a set in my ebay store for auction.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300452068056

New original watercolor painting "Butterfly Maiden" 8.5"x11" available now on Ebay

for sale. Thanks for viewing~

Not feeling very motivated recently. Everything seems not going very smooth at this moment. My brain juice is like EMPTY... The creativity flow in my head is not running very fluently... The personal life, work, kids... It's one of those moment that things are not going your way again... I can only say that "patient is a virtue"... Just have to be patient...