Pop Quiz

Like my friend over at Pushing Furniture, I love a quiz, too. So for this one, HGTV's What's your architectural personality?, I am Spanish Colonial.

I actually love Spanish Colonial, believe it or not--well, let's be honest, they're talking Spanish Colonial Revival or Mediterranean Revival, or even Spanish eclectic; and I like the ones built in Texas and California in the 20s. But they're probably a bear to keep up. I am not wild about the typical "Spanish Colonial" furniture, though, and prefer something a little more rustic and comfy, with white painted accents and colorful fabrics. I adore this look and the colors here just make me happy. Boho--hippie funk--makes me happy, too.

Apparently, we lived in a 20s Spanish Revival in Coronado when I was hatched, strangely enough, I don't remember it. ;)  We have a few photos of parts of the exterior--white stucco--but I don't think an actual pic of the house. And it's long since been demolished and condos put up in place of it and its neighbors.

A cute Spanish eclectic in Sarasota, FL

I wonder what I would've gotten on the quiz if I'd said Reese Witherspoon instead of John Goodman....

I Stand Corrected...

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WOYWW #188

Hello again, all you lovely crafters at WOYWW. Sorry, I missed last week...was mainly just gessoing odd pages and...pffft...can't remember. This week I was working on one of those ubiquitous "journal page girls." Ridiculously bad, I must say. Started out as a sketch while waiting for my mother's CT scan. Wasn't complete rubbish, but then I added color to it. Bleah. Picasso eyes, way too widely spaced, squirrel tails for hair, and a giraffe's neck. Lovely. But, each drawing we do is a learning experience and practice for our hand.

The second thing, which is what I'm actually working on, is the first assignment in Willowing's Art, Heart, and Healing course. There's still a lot to go on it. She has her eyes closed, if you're wondering. I know the phone pic might not be so very clear.  It was done on a two page spread in a gessoed board book--the kind you get for toddlers. I had just tons of fun sanding and gessoing the dorky Barbie pages. LOL.  The medium is a Derwent water soluble GRAPHtone pencil in 8B Very Dark, and water. Still issues with the portrait, but it's far better than Giraffe Girl. for some reason the captions aren't showing on the blog...blogger weirdness.  anyway...remember to click on the picture!

Picasso Eyes....aka giraffe Girl. Ah, well, it's just practice.

Sort of a self-portrait. The only things that are accurate are the hair and gender...

82 pounds of snuggly dawg. Abby.