Sunday Surprise: Baby Theavy Sketch

Good afternoon y'all!

My husband and I are on our reading date again at Local Coffee, so I figured I should do a quick post while I have the chance!

Today's Sunday Surprise will feature a sketch I did while in drawing class back at Pacific Lutheran University. In that class we had a sketch book that we had to draw in with pen everyday; each page should look like we spent at least 20 minutes on it. The point was to keep your drawing skills flowing and by using pen, you have to be intentional about every stroke. If you messed up, you would just have to work with it.

This one is a sketch of my cousin Soktheavy. She's a bit older now, but this was her in 2010!

What do you think about this exercise of drawing in ink? It sure does have a risk element in it, but it forces you to commit to every stroke. I hope you like this sketch for Sunday Surprise!

Have a swell Sunday, and see you later!

<3 Kara

Sunday Surprise: Making Sundaes!`

Happy Veterans day everyone!

I married a veteran, have a couple in my family and know plenty of them personally, so I'd like to say thank you to all our veterans and troops for working to keep us safe!

On another note, I missed Sunday Surprise yesterday. My computer has not been very nice to me, so I haven't been able to do much. But today I was able to edit this video that was meant for yesterday. So, enjoy your Sundae Surprise!



<3 Kara

Sunday Surprise: Speed painting of Ruby

Good evening y'all!

It's Sunday night, so I have a bit of time to do a quick Sunday Surprise. However, this isn't that big of a surprise to some of you because I uploaded this video a couple days ago and couldn't resist sharing before today's post! hehe

But anyway, the surprise is a speed painting video of me painting Ruby from Once Upon a Time. I did this in preparation for a Tutorial Tuesday. Enjoy!


The song in this video is called "Bind Me to the Brinks" by Sublunary, who is a friend of mine. Please show him some love and check out his site: http://sublunary.bandcamp.com. The song is available on his website for a "you name it" price, and I encourage you to at least give it a chance :)

Share and like if you please! Until next time,

<3 Kara

Sunday Surprise: Dragonfly Mosaic

Happy Sunday evening!

The day is almost over and I realized I forgot all about Sunday Surprise, and I am so sorry! So here it is, a bit late.

Today I am sharing with you all a mosaic I did a long while ago back in IB art. During that time, I experimented a lot with different mediums, and at one point I did spend a lot of time in the glass room. I learned to cut glass, and put them together, how stained glass is made and how to use tile grout. Although I enjoyed it very much, as I experimented with many more mediums, I drifted away from glass and never came back, not because I didn't want to but it just never happened.

Anyway, this one is made with glass, filled with toned tile grout on thick panel of wood and 1 inch thick. Then I bordered the whole thing with a wooden frame, which I painted a maroon-brown color to compliment the warm sky.

So here is my Dragonfly mosaic. I hope you like it, and happy Sunday Surprise!

<3 Kara