Chocolate Bunnies Aren't Just for Easter

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 What a cutie!!! And he's actually from Switzerland!

My niece brought me this treat, from a business trip, as a thank you for helping her with a writing project. He was delicious! But, before I could eat him, I had to get a photo to remember him by.

I started him with acrylics on illustration board:

Then, I dropped him into Procreate on my iPad and finished him up. 

I used only one brush - "old brush"- for both painting and blending.

My Little Buddha

6"x6" oil on gesso-board

Here's another of my treasured knickknacks. This is an incense burner that belonged to my parents. My mom would often light an incense cone after she had done some house cleaning, as a finishing touch. I would often do the same thing with candles. Like, my candles were too precious to burn in an un-vacuumed space, they deserved fresh air! Is this backward thinking? Should candles and incense be burned when the house needs a good cleaning? Haha!

I've always loved this little guy. 

Here are some steps in the process:

 

As always, thanks for stopping in.

40 Is Just a Number

 Digital piece done in Procreate

This is Ashley, and today is her birthday! One of those BIG birthdays. 

I'm not gonna lie, I leaned heavily on the reference photo for this. I traced her outline so that I wasn't spending so long on getting the proportions correct. But, I added a little more sparkle, and got rid of the background noise. Cheers to you, Sweetheart! 

Here's the original photo.

40 is the new 29.