a valentine's day wedding

I didn't have a special valentine on February 14th, but I was able to experience something much lovelier. My aunt Stacy got married in a beautiful and quite large ceremony on Valentine's Day, and I think everyone from church must have been there! She said she wanted to get married on that day because it would be cheesy and wonderful. Agreed! It was decorated in a pink Victorian style and her dress matched perfectly. Her friends and family at church were so helpful and resourceful, providing food, decorations, and more. I heard my aunt and her fiance wanted more a small ceremony but their friends wanted to throw a bigger party for them. I am glad I was able to take a couple days off of work and travel to see the wedding and my family members. Then for the rest of the weekend I spent a quiet and peaceful couple days with my parents at the house up in the high country.

At the end of the night.

10 days and counting!

Someone reminded me today that it is 10 days and counting until my East Coast vacation in North Carolina! I had forgotten it was so close being distracted by personal troubles, work, and school. Suddenly my not-so-great day was instantly brightened by the revelation! I am so freakin' excited for a change of scenery and the opportunity to hang out with one of my best friends.

arms and hands series

Our next week in my life drawing class focused on arms and hands. Hands are notoriously difficult to draw, they always end up looking deformed, or stubby, or too small. We learned that to draw hands effectively you need to draw them a bit bigger than you think they should be. It's bit of illusion actually, they just look better in a drawing that way than they do life size.

Here are my attempts at drawing arms, hands, and fingers.

I didn't remember all the drawing times for these so I didn't include them, but usually around 40 minutes each. That last one was the most difficult to draw and drove me crazy the first 20 minutes!