Merry "late" Christmas, Trista & Matt!

Trista and Matt's kitchen is decorated in a coffee theme. She wanted a spoon rest, so I gave her a spoon rest ;D We had decided to exchange gifts in March, while she was in Florida for our friend's wedding. Merry Christmas you two!

After firing!

Drumroll please! The finished product! Why it's a clock! ;) This was done with a "wash" technique. The shading didn't come out like I had imagined, but all -n- all, not a bad piece. Does it look too plain? I know there's a lot of empty space, and the apple isn't positioned as it should be to make it more centered. Any thoughts?

Before firing...

It's finally finished! Well, almost ;) This is the before firing and assembling photo of a clock I've painted for a friend. Picture of the completed project to come soon! It's hard to see now, but I did try to do some shading. Hopefully, it comes out okay. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

Sushi! I love Sushi!

Do I have any sushi lovers out there? There's nothing like a nice, fresh, tender piece of raw tuna! I love it! Anyways, back to the point of this blog... This design is a replica from a sushi plate I took a picture of at a restaurant. The plate shape itself is not the traditional sushi style shape, but the painted design is similar to what you would see in most sushi establishments :)

Newest canvas painting continued...

You can still see some of the pencil...I'll have to try and erase it better. If that doesn't work, then a little touch up paint should do the trick!

Newest canvas painting

This is a painting in progress! I'm painting it for my bathroom. I'd like to change the color scheme in my bathroom eventually, and this will go nicely :D Can you guess the color scheme?

Tis the season for Valentine's

Even though I believe people should love each other at ALL times, and they shouldn't need a holiday to tell someone they love them, it is the season of Valentine's. =) I took some pictures of "Valentine's Day" pottery I did over the past few years. They're nothing special or extravagant, but cute none the less!