Fresh AND Easy

The California based grocery store "Fresh and Easy" is having a "design a bag" contest. They asked artists to submit designs for their reusable bags that are available for purchase in the store. Last year a lady from Pasadena created the winning design. The prize is free groceries and, more importantly, your design on bags that everyone will want to buy. NEAT!

Needless to say, I created a design for this competition. I love food, I love grocery shopping, I love bags, what more could I want in a design challenge?
Submissions are closed, and the designs are currently being looked over by people from Fresh and Easy. If my design ends up making it into the running for top ten or is one of the finalists, I will be SURE to let you and everyone else know!

Here is my bag design:

Who wouldn't want to tote this bag around? Grocery shopping, the beach, or even cat play-forts... I can think of a million ways that I'd use this bag!

Here is a detail of the design itself:

I'm quite pleased with how this design turned out. Let me know what you think!

Cityscape

The other day I created this drawing of a cute little city. I was inspired a bit by the 1952 Disney cartoon of "The Little House" ... or at least the memory I had of the cartoon as I hadn't seen the it for years until posting the link here. :-)

I'll probably do more with this drawing soon. I just thought I'd share what I have done for now. Thanks for looking!

Princess

The other day while searching through my computer, I found this drawing I made a while back at a figure drawing class. This class was really neat...we went to downtown L.A. to a bar where there were two ladies were modeling...

...They brought fancy gowns, props, and even some music. I do like traditional figure drawing, but this was a nice change of pace. I had fun making this drawing.

Free Cat

The Free Cat in action.

Isn't he just a cutie? This is how he greets me every day when I get home from work!

Glacial Lake

Last weekend my boyfriend's mother and aunt were in town. Among other things, we went to Lake Piru. I'm not sure if the lake is a glacial lake, or if it is man-made or otherwise, but I made this marker drawing after our adventures.

We rented a little motor boat and took it out into the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, it was windy and about 50 degrees out, so we didn't last too long on the water. It was beautiful out, though. I can't wait to go back once it warms up.

Birthday

Here's a Happy Birthday wish for my dear sweet Mother. I made this drawing for her a while back... When I was little I always wanted a pet iguana, I'm sure my mother was happy that I never ended up getting one. This drawing is a fun way to celebrate. Besides, you can't go wrong with a cupcakes.

It's time to party! party!