Day 11 - Secret Cake Eater

Secret Cake Eater

This was entirely a drawing and then I ended up almost fully turning it into a painting.  I had a work banquet tonight, and I drew a bit on the program while listening.  Afterwards, a friend in town from Tennessee contacted me and wanted to meet which of course I wanted to do, too!  (I love spur-of-the- moment get-togethers, don't you?)  By the time I got home, I realized I had to book it to meet my deadline.  I also needed to cover up names in the program a bit more to protect the innocent. (-;  Anyway, that's how I ended up with a painting/drawing.  

Actually, I was so happy with how it turned out, I wished I had had a program made out of heavyweight watercolor paper.  Ha!  I think I'll be recreating this one on canvas.

Day 308. Gida Finally Revealed Her Hair Color Secret - No Longer Available

Friends had begged her to reveal the secret to her captivating hair color, and finally Gida gave it up:  "Eggplant," she said with a glint in her eye.  All bad girls knew it was the most daring of colors, even rivaling jet black.  It said to the world, "That's right, I'm beautiful, and I'm not afraid to be noticed."

But how did she get those variances in shade, some violet, some lavender, some almost red?  At that question, Gida shook her glossy strands.  She wasn't about to give away all her secrets!

 

Watercolor

That purply-red hair color (I call it black bing cherry, too) is my all-time favorite.  My friend, Shelley, always colored her hair that color in college and throughout her twenties and early thirties.  Here's a gorgeous picture of her with her first child, Lucas.  I'm including a pic. of her (with a bit darker shade) and her second baby, Quincey, just because Q-girl is so darn cute!

Currently, my co-worker Lisa has colored her hair the same color, and it looks fabu on her, too.  Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of Lisa, but I do know that about a week ago some man followed her around the store and stopped her to tell her how awesome her shade was.

Sadly, being the super-pale-faced chiquita that I am, I can't pull it off. They've got the right skin-tone, you see...and an endless supply of eggplant. (-;

Day 157. "Shut Your Eyes to the Outside World." (SOLD)

I love the movie and book, "The Secret."  You can get an email subscription to "The Secret Daily Teachings" through their website.  One I particularly liked, printed, and saved was from 10/3/11.  I don't want to violate any copyright laws by printing the entire thing here, but there was one line in it that said, "Shut your eyes to the outside world."    There are a couple of different contexts in which you can take this...Rhonda Byrne wrote about shutting your mind to the material world and (basically saying) finding the answer within.

I also think of it as shutting your eyes--and ears--to people telling you how to live; what you're supposed to be doing or not doing;disapproving looks and responses.  Shut your eyes to the outside world--the answer is still within.

(Acrylic, India ink, liquid acrylic, glitter)

Quote all around

How it started--fast sketch