Siren

a new year dawns!

Happy New Year everyone!

I recently got to go on a spontaneous (YAY!) roadtrip (YAY!) I love nothing better in life than a roadtrip. I never get bored. I love watching the environment aorund me slide by and slowly change. I love seeing hawks and ravens and eagles and pelicans along the road or floating a mile high in the sky over the car. I love the moon poking into the car windows and spreading blue light on your lap. And the stars.... Oh, the stars....... and the silence wrapped in the sound of an engine purring and the road's friction under the tires...

These drawings were done with Inktense pencils and a travel brush. Not bad for being jostled so much..... hah hah!

All the best to you and yours in 2012!

A gift for a good friend <3

Inktense

Erotica is really where my heart is: I want to make people feel good about being human. I like being a human, personally. We are lucky that our sexuality is linked to our mentality. We are playful, intense, and joyful creatures. I get the added bonus of being a female human ;) I can't imagine a better thing to be on this planet.... yup, being a woman is where it's At!

Empress at Heart

Lately I feel like a queen. It's been nice to experience a little bit of adoration, to be cherished a bit. I hear that I'm beautiful now. Everyone deserves to hear that they are beautiful.

It's been wonderful to find the Empress in me, the Woman of Power. It's helping me deal with stress and work as hard as a single mom has to. I went from feeling frumpy and old and disastrous to feeling regal in a short time. 

Spirals begin with small motions on the interior, then whip outwards in ever larger circles.... I'm on my way to loving myself and discovering my true potential. It's quite the journey! 

Oh Deer....

Don't you wish, sometimes, that you could speak up for yourself a bit more? I love being a woman, yes... but I have a hard time seeing the power in it some days. Today I just feel kinda used and trampled on by life. We all have those days. I'm usually happy, but when my heart gets heavy I hit the paper and draw it out.
Some day I'd like to hold the bow and arrow, inflict the wounds. Have something to gut and chop up and eat for dinner, rather than feeling like dinner.
Agency. Without the deer there would be no hunter. I have to remember that little fact. There is power in being a woman.... right?

Athena's Turn to Pose

It's been about two weeks since I last drew.... Ack! Too long! But in my defense I was super busy in all the best ways. In that two weeks I have changed and grown a wee bit... and lo and behold I found my style loosened up for some reason. I used my pencil like a paintbrush for this drawing. What you DON'T see is all the marks I've erased, like I've been using the eraser to push the graphite around on the page, sculpting it. I hit it with some ink for fun. Just for fun. 

I have no idea what I'm doing when I draw: it just kind of takes me over and pushes my hand around.

So this is Pallas Athena, in the flesh. The Parthenos, the Virgin. Ol' Grey-eyes Herself. She normally is more modest than this, I admit, but I seem to put my models at ease, even when I've just pictured them in my head ;) She has cast aside her armour and spear and Aegis and is just enjoying being a beautiful woman in her own beautiful skin. As we all should now and then.

I generally enjoy my own drawings! This one feels a bit rusty to me though, and I immediately see a million things I want to tweak, but Hey, it's my day off and I want to drink a beer and watch Breaking Bad and relax a bit... so that's what I'm going to do! I hope you enjoy it :D