Carrot Boy

Here's my little guy proudly standing next to his carrot-kill. I should have more prints in my shop next week.

What should I name these characters? I'm leaning towards something Old Norse such as Groa for the girl (meaning gardener) and Osten (meaning happy) or Blyn (strong) for the boy. I'm taking suggestions so leave some in a comment if you dare.

I have one more day at the art show in Dassel. I've had some good sales so far so thanks to everyone that has supported my budding business! I've made some good connections, met some new kindred spirits, and maybe even landed a spot at an art show taking place next Friday at a large accounting firm. I've never heard of this, being a country-bumpkin and all, but some big companies have their own pre-holiday arts and crafts fairs featuring work from employees or friends of employees. Employees are the main customers. Great idea! I'm a little intimidated by galleries with large commissions at this point, so these casual sales sound just right.

Well, off to tend to a huge pot of cabbage potato soup, switch the laundry, and crash into bed- exhausted.

Ze Elf Boy

The first elf boy drawing is nearing completion. I need to quickly finish my summer boys and girls so I can get going on the next season. I may just bypass fall for winter since that's what the weather feels like right now.

This little dude certainly looks a tad like my own little dude. And FGH loves corn. Not just sweet corn, but aCORNs and popCORN, all of which is "corn corn corn." The printer will be running hot tonight, my shipment of paper is coming in this afternoon and I am leaving town in the morning for the big sale. So print! fold! trim! stuff! label! I love it!

Elf-Girl Prints

Here she is! I thought this would be an easy project, but no, it took forever and there were so many steps. The good news is that I now have the PERFECT paper, which was hard to find. I tried 12 different papers! They are 8x10 and look darling hung together. All three prints are now in my shop and I will be getting 5x7 notecards in sometime during the next week. My sketchbook is filling with Elf-Boy pictures and Holiday elf cuteness so hopefully sometime between now and the holidays they will become official with their digital color and fancy paper as well. Click on each print to see a bigger and clearer version.

Banner Art

I needed a new banner for my blog and decided it should have a tree and swirls, so there you have it. Lately whenever I do a little doodle drawing like this, it ends up looking awfully Dr. Seuss-like. And this one, a bit too summery. Perhaps it's wishful thinking. Next up I will made more of a wintery looking tree.

Peter officially starts classes next Monday, but today he started hitting the books. He received a couple of assignments over break that he needs to finish. I'll miss the extra time to work on books. I'm motivated to get FGH to nap more which would give me more time to work in my studio-or prep meals so I have more time in the evening. Plus, FGH needs naps. As he gets older he doesn't seem satisfied with a 30 minute crash in the Ergo Baby carrier or car seat. Today I tried blacking out his windows with black copy paper. It didn't work. It was still light and he didn't sleep at all. Poor guy.