An unfinished face

 

My newest painted face. A work in progress, but I thought I would take some photos in case I overworked it.

Bits and bobs of inspiration on a dreary Monday

Some postcards my mum found when sorting through boxes of old treasures. The middle one scanned strangely as it is actually holographic.

A card for my 5th birthday, given to me by my Nana.

Monaco Monte Carlo. 1897. By Alphonse Mucha.

Summer, from The Seasons Series. 1896. By Alphonse Mucha.

Byzantine Head: The Blonde. 1897. By Alphonse Mucha.

(All three Mucha images are from here.)

Some characters from a Woodland Happy Families card game.

Foolish photos found on Facebook

The undercut hairstyle of last December.

Miss Bee.

Quinn and I on Waitangi Day 2010.

Another painted face.

Fluffy (of RBB).

We all live in a yellow submarine.

Sneaky sneaky dog friends.

Quinn and I on our way to a Gary Churr and the Beers gig.

Playing the fool.

A toast to toast

I had a nice weekend in town with Quinn. On Friday night we went with some friends to see Olmecha Supreme play at The Garden Club. The band was great and it was a good opportunity for us to pull out all of our best dance moves.

On Saturday we ate lots of toast (mmm toast) and played Super Smash Bros Brawl on Quinn's Nintendo.

The prettiest van in all the land

Photos from a friend's mother's farm in Hawkes Bay.

Sketchbook

I spent a large portion of this morning cutting some of my favourite drawing paper into A5 sheets, to become a little sketchbook. I will get the pages spiral-bound tomorrow hopefully.

Below is an unfinished drawing I have started working on.

Pool times

I am just back from the Monday night aqua aerobics class that I attend with Mum. Sadly aqua aerobics does not leave me looking nearly as glamorous as the three beauties in the picture above.

I look (or at least feel) more like a floundering sea turtle with panda eye-makeup.

It is fun though, and a nice opportunity to spend some time with mum (and hopefully burn off a few more kilos in the process!).

Birthday wishes to you

Happy Birthday Richard (of RBB)!
Have a fabulous day x

Quinn photographed by Jemima

A photo of Quinn, from our friend Jemima's amazing blog http://whathasgood.wordpress.com/
Jemima hails from Nepal. She is gorgeous, delightful and very skilled with her camera. She has recently moved to Japan to teach English.

Here, Hare, Hair?

Not too much to blog about at the moment I'm afraid.

Although I did dye my hair it's usual dark hue after being a redhead for at least a month.

This colour isn't inherited from Richard (of RBB) though. His hair is (as far as I am aware) naturally dark.

My hair (last time I saw it's natural colour) was light/medium brown.

Fascinating stuff eh!

Welcome to Carlucciland!

Hello there.
Well the weather on Saturday held out and this meant that Quinn and I made it to Carlucciland.
It was fantastic!
Carlucciland consists of mini-golf, crazy/amazing sculptures, a chicken and very friendly owners.
We didn't meet Carl(lucci) himself, but we met his wife.
Mrs Carlucci explained to us, the vision her husband had had for the sculptures and land, and his passion for using only recycled materials.

I would highly recommend Carlucciland to all.
(For those that don't know... It is on the right hand side, just before the turn-off to the Happy Valley rubbish tip in Wellington. Quite hard to miss).

Carlucciland

Today Quinn and I plan to go to Carlucciland to play minigolf. The weather is not looking ideal though.

An Army... of coloured pencils

I have 101 coloured pencils. Don't bother counting them because some of  the 101 are lost.
I won these.
I'm pretty sure it was the first and only time I have ever won coloured pencils.

I won them a few years ago when I was a Textile Design student.

But now I (sometimes) use them to draw my painted faces.

Boris and Natalia meet Frida

You may have noticed in the last photo that Boris and Natalia have a friend.

Meet Frida Kahlo (the sock doll edition).

I made Frida as part of the Wellington City Libraries Leadership week project.

I'm not sure who the sock belonged to before it became Frida.

Introducing Boris and Natalia

I found Boris and Natalia in a Hospice op-shop in Petone when out shopping with mum. Originally I had only purchased Natalia, but both mum and I decided that we could not part the pair, so we went back for Borris.
Aren't they gorgeous!