I crocheted William a new Gryffindor scarf! I did it in double crochet (as opposed to the previous hat I made) and did it while watching the Olypmpics. Its five feet long!!!

 Why did I need to make a while new scarf when I had a perfectly good one I made last year? Was it because I wanted one for myself (which I kind do)?

No. The old one was stolen. We put it on our ginormous Mr. George Snowman. It was only supposed to stay on the snowman that day, but it got left out there and was stolen overnight. :(

After my last post, where everyone seemed to think I drew a self portrait, I decided to see if I could draw a self portrait. After all, my 'drawing-people-so-they-actually-look-like-themselves' skills are terrible.

I drew this picture at an angle-- I was in the bathroom (what you see is a mirror image!) and the counter was too wet to put my sketchbook on. The angle I drew it at looks better. Oh, if the glasses look cricked and falling down my nose, that's because they are. They are five years old and have been in too many volleyball games.

The next picture is a self-portrait I drew three years ago. You can see that I was so hopeful I'd be able to get thin, workable hair.... lolol
I didn't scan this... sorry for the picture quality.

There you go, dear readers. Pictures of me, since I don't really want to put photos of me on the public blog. :)

I didn't make this to be a self-portrait. It doesn't look like me at all, to me. I drew it as a random person from my imagination.

But my little sister, who watched me sketch this, said, "Oooh, Shaylynn, it's you!"

Today my toddler brother, who loves going through my sketchbook and looking at all the "purples" (colors), came to me, thrust it in my face, and said, "Zay-zay! Oo!"

My other brother heard, and said, "You didn't do a very good job making it look like you. You should put glasses on it."

I thought that was funny so I scanned it in to tell you guys.

While I was writing this, another brother came in and said, "Why've you got an unfinished picture on the computer? Uh, who's that? That supposed to be you?"

I still don't see it. :P

Found more art pictures in an old file! :)

I made the above picture when I was around 12. It was for a church/school auction. The Last Supper drawing below was also for the auction. (Click READ MORE below)

*WIP= Work In Progress

When we first moved to R., we got some paintings to hang on the wall. They were right next to the windows and got terribly faded. I painted over them (adding my own little changes) a couple years ago. Going over two old paintings was very good for me-- it helped me realize that painting is not so difficult and set me off on a painting craze. I found WIP pictures in an old file. Enjoy!


Here you can see one painting done (I have since finished it better) and the other faded painting. Both have been entirely finished for awhile now; must find a picture.

EDIT: Pictures of the finished paintings-- I finished the last one a year ago.

I found these in a pictures file. They are from last year's Valentine's day. I made Valentines for all the girls involved in The Pirates of Penzance. The picture should give a clue to how many there were acting or working backstage. :) I used Mom's Stampin' Up! stamps.