Goomba

My friend is a video game nerd, and for her birthday, she asked me to paint a Goomba from the Mario video games.



He's kinda cute, but not really. Not my ideal subject for a painting, but oh well. Her birthday, not mine.


<3

Lips

This is a painting of lips, which I literally did with my fingers - no brushes at all. And I wanted it to have that textured look, instead of trying to blend like I probably would have with brushes.



<3 Meg

Reptar

If you watched Nickelodeon, particularly "Rugrats" in the 90's, you know who Reptar is. If not, he was the dinosaur in "Rugrats" that was in all of the movies/plays/TV shows they saw, on all of their cereal boxes, and on all of their little t-shirts. He was their favorite character, and became the favorite character of many real-life children as well.

Reptar has made a big comeback lately - he's on all sorts of t-shirts, backpacks, folders, jewelry, etc. So, I decided to paint him.




And I think he looks pretty cool :]


<3 Meg

Gone with the Wind

My friend love "Gone with the Wind," so, for her birthday, I painted this picture for her :]

I actually like it now, but I didn't at first. I think I stared at it too long, so I was noticing all the little flaws and mistakes. But, now that I don't have it in front of me to stare at anymore, I like it. lol

<3 Meg

Tree-o (A Trio of Trees)

So, once again, I've fallen WAY behind on blogging, which sucks because it was sort of a stress reliever. And, I think I may start a new blog just to use as a diary type of thing. :]




So, this is a Trio of Trees, or a "Tree-o." Haha, cheezy, I know. But whatever. I LOVE these paintings!


<3 Meg

Face

So, I just found the cord to my camera, so I was finally able to upload some pictures!

This one is just a simple black and white eye.

Oh My Goodness..

I haven't posted anything on here in a very, very long time. I suppose I've been distracted and whatnot. But I've been working on some pretty good stuff lately, and I'll start posting it soon. :]

Swirls

I wanted to play around with watering down acrylic paint, and this is what I came up with.




I like that it's sloppy and messy. It's weird. But whatever. Still kinda cool.

Branches

This is a cute little painting of some black branches and leaves on a gold background. The picture's blurry because I couldn't use the flash, because of the metallic background. Sorry. Anyway, here it is:



I think it's cute. And it's really small, which makes it even cuter, haha.


Meg :]

Prince

I was watching the movie "The Prince and Me" and was inspired to try out my new watercolor paint. This was done in my sketchbook, not on watercolor paper. So the paper's very wrinkled and scruffed up from the water and such. I was really just playing around with the paint. Though the quality of the painting isn't good, I like the idea. So I think I'll do it again on watercolor paper in the near future and update you on how it goes! :]

So, here it is:



See? Cute idea, bad technique.
Oh, well. It was an experiment.
But I'll definitely try again.




Thanks,
Meg :]

Another Flower

This is another flower doodle. I drew this one with chalk pastel pencils, so it's really colorful. I actually think I drew this one in the middle of my math class, hahaha.




Meg.

Ant

My birthday cake this year was really cute. It was a round ice cream cake, with green sides and a green ring around the top, red in the middle on the top, little black icing dots and ants. It was a watermelon! Woo! Haha. I kept the plastic ants, and deciding to sketch one. It's a reallllllllly rough sketch. But I've decided to expand my mediums of art. So, here it is:






Meg <3

Flower Doodle

At one point a month or two ago, I ran out of canvas. I have to drive at least 35 minutes to get to an art store, so I decided to just doodle until I needed to go to the area where the art store is. So, this is one of the many doodles laying around my room.



It's just a simple little flower.

Soon after I drew this, I found some chalk pastel pencils, and doodle many similar flowers, in different colors. Maybe I'll post them eventually.




Meg <3

Mickey Mouse Painting

I saw a really cute picture of Mickey Mouse, and thought he'd be fun to paint. And he actually was. So fun, in fact, that I think I'm going to paint a picture of Minnie in the near future.

So, tell me what you think! It's one of my personal favorites so far.



Meg <3

Once again, this post is not about a painting. I live in West Virginia, where the majority of jobs are coal-mining jobs. Today, there was a deadly explosion in an underground mine that killed 7 and about 20 are still unaccounted-for. I realize that many people are against mining, but I personally know several people who work there. My dad is a coal miner, though he doesn't work there. So, if you would, please keep these people in your thoughts/prayers and hope that the rescue crews find those 20 unaccounted-for people are found safe and uninjured.

Thank you,
Meg

Curly Tree

This is another painting I did for a little girl's bedroom. I think it's really cute, especially with all of her pink stuff. Her room is pink and some other pretty pastel colors, with colorful little bird, owls, squirrels, etc. It's a really cute room. :]




P.S.- I would love to have suggestions for paintings. I like doing requests and such. :]



Thank you,
Meg

Painting for My Room

I'm running out of paintings. I've only been painting since December, so it hasn't been that long. So I'm running out. My real problem is that I cannot think of anything to paint. I'm having painter's block. I don't know how to find inspiration, or once I've found something, turn it into a painting. Help?

Anyway, this one was for my bedroom. It matches the designs and color scheme and such. :]



Meg

Marshall University

This post isn't about a painting. Yesterday, I decided to transfer to Marshall University in Huntington, WV. In honor of this decision, I thought I'd tell you guys about a couple of Marshall-related things to check out.

A few years ago, 2007 maybe, a movie was made about Marshall called "We Are Marshall." It's about Marshall's new football coach at the time trying to rebuild the team and lift the morale of the school after a plane crash killed about 80 football players, coaches, and fans. Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox star as the coaches.

This is the poster for the movie:





There's a new show called "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" that premieres this week. British chef Jamie Oliver traveled to Huntington (the fattest city in the nation) and tried to fix the way Huntington eats. I was a little bitter about it at first, because he chose an area near where I live to tackle obesity, but once I saw the "sneak preview," I decided that it's a good thing and I support Jamie 100%. If you live in the U.S., check this out on Friday. If not, check it out online.

Here's a picture of Jamie working as a school cook in Huntington:




So, if you want, give those a look, if not, that's okay. I'm just so excited about going to Marshall that I have to talk about it! lol



Meg :]

The Little Mermaid

One day, I found a picture of the Little Mermaid's Broadway poster. I thought it was cute, so I painted it.



I messed up her fin/tail/thing.


Meg :]

Tom Fletcher

This is another painting of a guy from McFly. This one's of Tom Fletcher, and it looks really cartoon-ish. I don't particularly like it, but oh well. It's going on here anyway. Sometimes I really, really like my portraits, but other times, I basically hate them.




Meg

Old Man

This painting is of an old man I saw on TV. I have no clue who he is, but I liked his wrinkled look, so I painted him.




Meg :]

Danny Jones

Danny Jones is a singer from the band McFly, which happens to be my favorite band ever. This portrait is very cartoon-esque. I think it's alright, but not my best work.



Meg :]

Slumdog Millionaire

I love the movie Slumdog Millionaire. There's a scene at the end where the two main characters have a cute little moment before they kiss, so I decided to paint it.



The picture's blurry, but whatever. If you haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, you should fix that. It's a really good movie! [It even won the 2009 Oscar for Best Picture]




Meg

2 Minute Portrait

I saw a man paint a 2 minute portrait of Einstein on Oprah a few weeks ago...It looked really fun and creative, so I tried it. Though mine was much, much, much smaller (his canvas was the size of a small wall), I had trouble making it look the way I wanted in two minutes. I probably should have mixed my colors before starting the timer. But, in the end, I really, really liked it.






Meg :]

Flower

My paintings cover the walls in my fairly small bedroom, so when I have a visitor, they're pretty hard to ignore. A cousin was visiting my house, and said she wanted a painting for her bedroom, which is blue with flower decorations.



I think this is a cute little painting for a little girl's bedroom :]



Meg

Another Marlon Brando

This is probably my favorite painting that I've done so far. It's a picture of Marlon Brando(my favorite actor). This is, obviously, another of the black/white portraits on a colorful background. I didn't take enough time with the pictures of my paintings, so the flash, angle, etc. are a little off on every one of them...and the picture of this one does not do it justice.




Tell me what you think, please. :]


Thanks,
Meg

Epic Fail

I love the picture "War's End Kiss," a photo taken in New York City when it was announced that WWII had ended, so I wanted to paint it. I didn't want to try to copy it exactly, so I tried to make it colorful and cute.


Original Picture:






My Painting:



I think it's hideous. His mouth makes it look like he's blowing into her mouth, giving her CPR or something..This is definitely one of the worst I've done. But, I don't want to only post my good paintings. The point of this blog is to get advice and tips, so I might as well post the bad paintings.





So, tell me what you would have done differently, give me a tip on how to fix it, etc., etc.

Thanks,
Meg :]

Girl

This is the biggest painting I've done so far. I can't remember the size, but it's definitely larger than my other paintings. I love this style of painting....I'm not sure what to call it, but when people are painted in this style, I think it's insanely pretty.





Haha, I just noticed that she looks sort of like a drag queen. Once again, please ignore the bad angles of the picture.

Meg

Marlon Brando

After I did the doodles on the last post, I decided that I wanted to try painting something that would actually take some thought and be a little more challenging. So, I painted a portrait. This portrait is roughly based off of a picture of Marlon Brando..I didn't make them exactly alike, but I think you can sort of see the resemblance.


Original Photograph:





My Interpretation:


I don't think it's that awful. Maybe even pretty good for my first attempt at a portrait. I felt pretty successful after painting this one, so I went on to paint several more black/white portraits on a colorful background. I think I've done around 10. Some weren't so successful, unfortunately. I'll post them eventually.



So, feel free to make suggestions, give me tips, or criticize.

Thanks,
Meg

My First Acrylic Paintings

In honor of my first blog post ever, I decided to post my first paintings ever. There are six of them, but I won't post that many on an everyday basis. I turned 19 in December, and for my birthday, my parents bought me an acrylic paint set for beginners. It came with a few boards of canvas, some brushes, some paint, and an easel. I started doodling and this is what I came up with:





I'm not really sure why I painted this. In the picture, the angle and flash are both weird, so try to ignore that.




This one was literally just a doodle. No thought behind it whatsoever, which probably isn't good.






I SERIOUSLY need a new camera. This picture looks so scratched up and messed up, but I promise it isn't. I've been told several times that people want to design bedrooms or living rooms around this little doodle. I think it'd be pretty cool.




I don't like watermelon. But I think they're pretty.





Again, sorry about the flash. I like this one, but I've never been able to put my finger on why I like it.



And this is the last one for the day. Promise. I painted this one after I opened a birthday gift. Hence the bow.




These were my first acrylic paintings ever. I think I've gotten better at painting, but I won't be the judge of that. So, please leave feedback, comments, tips, constructive criticism, etc.

Thanks,
Meg