Old Drawings- North Shore Community College

While taking a basic drawing class (I tried to get into a drawing 2, but the instructor said my work was not recent enough) I was bored a lot, had some fun, but learned nothing new.

Still life- cowboy boots and brown bags

Pair of eggs. ( I tried, but could not get this picture to turn horizontal)

I like the light bulb.

P.S. my teddy bear.

Brown bagging it!

Old Drawings- Maryland Institute College of Art

After High School I was accepted into Maryland Institute College of Art. To be official in the fall I had to take a summer portfolio prep course. Below is art work from this course.

This is a drawing of a rollar skate done using only one line. We were not allowed to look at the paper or pick our pencils up off the paper. This is try one.


This is try 2 much better I think!


Old set of gloves.lots of detail.


shoes all mine just tossed on the floor. My favorite to wear was the penny loafer. My favorite drawn in my sneaker.

Negative space.

Self portrait in charcoal.

Self portrait in oil. Wow did I do a horrible job with this one. I never really noticed it before.

Old Drawings-High School Years

My monchichi stuffed animal. I loved this this so much I just had to draw it one day. He's sooo cute!


Sachem Santa- This Drawing was put onto a t-shirt for our class to wear during color day.


My mom had a set of these candles with mirrors behind in her apartment. I drew this one while she was living on Lincoln Ave.


I though I wanted to be an animator for Disney. this was my first attempt at a Disney style drawing.


A Christmas ornament hanging on our tree.

This is Bubbles the gold fish. He lived long enough for me to draw him. Look he has a "friend!"

Self portrait done while looking into a mirror. I think I was about 15.

One of my Favorites. I started by signing my name to a blank sheet of paper during a childcare class that I was bored with. after 20 minutes I had a hand. the date was added last. For those that are wondering yes I am right handed and it is my right hand that I have drawn. I have had a professional ask how I managed to draw the hand that I draw with. due to the fact that you have to keep moving it so the perspective is constantly changing. I answered that I do not know. What I do know is that I can and have done it again.

Flower Power

I have wanted to make myself a dress for awhile now. Following Celie's Pants blog I was inspired. Her and a few fellow bloggers challenged each other to create a skirt using a large print fabric. I could not decide on a skirt so I opted for a dress in a linen flower print fabric someone had given me sometime ago.

I started by making a muslin. I made the necessary alterations to the pattern and then put the dress together. I have to say for making my first muslin I need lots of practice in the alteration department.

After putting it all together I tried it on and found it way too big. I had to take the sides (complete with hidden zipper) apart and take about 2 inches off of each side. I may have made the sides a little too tight, but I will live with it (I am not doing the zipper again.) The bust still needs work . The lining I added seems to work fine, though the linen print is still too baggy in this area. I feel like I am 7 and wearing dressing up in my mother's dress for play. Maybe it is just because the linen distorts some while working with it.
All in all I am pleased with the results.

Sew Nana

I though my Nana could use a couple of new shirts. rather than take her out to purchase them I chose to make them myself. I have to say that the first one looked fabulous on her when we went out to eat last Friday.

The following shirt was made using her favorite color, orange. I have not seen her in it yet.

Sew Sam

For Christmas 2007 I wanted to make my sister Sam something special. I am always replacing buttons on her jackets so, I thought I would make her a jacket that (hopefully) the buttons will not fall off of. she loves it. Above is a photo of the front. Below is one from the back. and after that a closer pic of the lapel.

Wedding dress

When Sam asked me to make her wedding dress. I was thrilled. I was ready to go out and help her pick out a pattern and fabric in an instant. Instead Sam suprised me by saying that she knew what she wanted. "I have some pictures" she said.

Needless to say there were no patterns avaliable for the kind of dress that she wanted. I fudged it, She loved it. It was a great time and a great day.

Below are two photos taken when I entered her dress into the Rochester Fair. I got a ribbon (Yeah!)

Twilight bedroom

Because Faith does not want to share her bedroom again, Faith and Andrea switched rooms. With Andrea and all her toys in the bigger bedroom We were able to turn the playroom into a bedroom for our next exchange student.

I thought Faith's new room needed a teenage make over. Since she read, lives and breathes Twilight ( I have read them, and I must say I now have OCD(obsessive Cullen Disorder) ) I went with this theme.

I think it is coming along nice. Faith and I spent a weekend painting the ceiling, and woodwork white and the walls a dark blue. After finishing this I drew and painted "Twilight" in big letter on one wall. Next I took several quotes from the twilight books and painted them randomly on the walls. I am not done with this part yet. It should take me a couple of more weeks to finish it up.

Faith also got a new bed. because her room is now so small we changes the captains bed in for a loft bed. she sleeps about a foot from the ceiling, but the floor space underneath is much better.

I still have to make curtains and would like to get a desk for her to study at and possibly a bean bag chair to lounge on .