Economics final!

OK, well, this is what you do when you have an A and it's the day of the final and either you know it or you don't and the rest of the class (except ONE other person) is asking a million last minute questions...

Drawing in pen is SUPER freeing because there's no way to "fix" stuff. Eyes aren't perfect? Too bad, they are what they are! Crooked lips? Maybe she's smirking. Smeared ink across the hair? Left-handedness at work.

Fairy doodles

Pretty Purple Pen Girl...

She's on this week's "home" page of my CTJ (that's Cheap Thoughts Journal for anyone not paying attention, and it's a composition notebook from Wal-Mart). I'm NOT a good doodler. Really not. I want to be, though! The only thing I actually know how to draw is girls! Petit Dolls and Goddesses, learned everything I know from Suzi Blu. So I doodled a girl. With my purple pen. From one of those 4-color clicky pens.

I maybe went a little too far here...

But then I lightened her a little with some white paint. The boss (that's Suzi) said to use a thin layer of gesso, but my gesso is super thick, like spackle. (According to spell check "spackle" isn't a word. Who knew?)

Anyway, I'm happy with her. Especially because she's not "fine art". She's just a doodle in my CTJ and she's awesome. I'm going to add color to her (and the rest of the page!!) so maybe you'll see her again. Maybe not, because I usually just show you half-finished stuff!