Helping out a friend

Last Summer (2011) I spent a weekend with my good friends Emily and Toby and their boys Lucas and Milo. While the boys (my husband included) went off to spend a day and the park, I helped Emily finish painting her bedroom and created a tree mural for her. She had seen the one I had done in our apartment in Brooklyn and wanted something similar... We had a lovely weekend, Emily and Toby are excellent hosts, and this is the end result of our day spent painting.

Last minute Crimbo pressies for the boys

Painted with acrylic, outlines in Sharpie, on a 12x12 canvas.

Ben Ten, Ultimate Alien for my 9 year old american nephew, Jack Junior.

Mace Windu, Some Star Wars character, for my 10 year old american nephew, Jayden.

Picture quality not so good - I should've turned the flash off!

a tree growing...

It took a couple of days and my arms are aching, but finally my bedroom tree is complete! All drawn free-hand, in a slightly darker shade of warm gray than the walls. I'm slowly warming up my creative abilities...next stop Pearl Paint on Canal Street to purchase some canvases I think...

Elvis is alive...

So, first project of the summer was to paint Elvis Presley's face on the wall in our kitschy 50's inspired work room for my lovely boyfriend. It works really well with our original RCA chairs. I think it turned out alright for a couple of hours work!


Before and after shots.