Cherry Blossom Apron

I was invited to my friend's bridal shower back in 2009. I had heard she was going to Japan for her honeymoon so I decided to paint an apron with the famous cherry blossoms. I used acrylic paint and a white apron from Michael's arts and craft store and finished it in a few hours. If I had more time I would have definitely added more detail, but overall I like the way it came out.

My Rio Birthday Card

I love making cards for different occasions, and for my mother-in-law's birthday I decided to make a card based on Rio the movie from BlueSky. Also, my husband (her son) worked on the movie so I thought it would be appropriate and a fun thing for her to have. :)

Wicked Witch

I haven't updated in ages and a lot has happened since then. Here is a post to start things up.

progress again

I was not liking the way the baby's head was looking especially with the hair. I pretty much re did a lot of the colors of the face and tried to blend the colors better overall in the painting.

More changes

By this point of the painting I had changed my mind about the background and I tried to get the colors of the baby and the mother as solid as possible.

painting

At this point I wasn't sure what colors to do for the baby's clothing. I knew I wanted to do a Mexican textile themed fabric, or at least colors that would be influenced by the Mexican culture. Jeniva had suggested to incorporate the Mexican soccer team jersey into the baby's clothing. I was also going to leave a space for the emblem.

adding a background

As I was painting I couldn't decide on a background, but I couldn't leave the canvas white. At least with some color I was able to see if I liked it or not.