My FIRST PORTRAIT!

This is a portrait that I did of my sister for Christmas. My very first basic sketch was of Calvin a few months back and I decided to give it another go and try Rachel. I've never had the confidence to tackle any kind of life drawing because they are so hard to get right and take a great deal of patience. There is a TON of stuff to learn and improve on that's forsure! Took much longer than I thought and I learned from a lot of trial and error!!. Next time I'll work with a better quality picture that shows more detail and blow it up full size. I had to use my imagination for the hair and neck areas cause the original was cropped too much...eeck! I guess you have to start somewhere :)

CHEERS TO 2007!
Happy New Year to all our amazing friends and family! I thought I'd jump start the new year with a blog entry! Yes can you believe it? I'm actually posting! I probably lost what few fans I had but have a little faith cause I'm back in blogging business :)

Here are some pictures from our Christmas festivities

Christmas dinner at my house

Christmas with the relatives

New Years Dinner with the Hass side