Favorite Tree

This one is one of my favorite trees I've painted. I painted it about 8 months ago, when I was very pregnant with Nathan. PS it's not a good idea to paint while pregnant!

Here are some details.

I used a combo of regular wall paint and crafting paint. To get the fine lines of the insect antenna's, I cheated and used a sharpie! I think it came out all right.

Paintings!

I've been working on some little paintings (8x10) that I'm thinking would go well in a nursery or a child's room. The two little birds might be done, and the little monkey may get another layer of paint. I have a habit of going back over them; it's hard to say exactly when they're done! I'm also working on a zebra, an elephant, and a stegosaurus. 

 

New Camera Fun! bunnies

Rich and I decided it was time to upgrade our camera. I think mostly to take pictures of the kids, but also to blog! Rich's beer blog is making lots of progress, so it's about time I add another blog post (or 2!)
Here is some fun with the camera. The inspiration for Juliana's bedroom is a cute organic bunny nursery set from Babies R Us. A close up of the mobile from the set.

 

Next is a close up of one of the bunny stencils I made. First I drew the stencil in Adobe Illustrator, then I cut it out my hand using an X-acto knife. I taped the stencil onto the wall, and I painted it. Ta-da!

Fun Stuff!

I just checked out my ad on http://www.momoffersmore.com/magazine/february-2012 and love it! I also saw it in print for the first time today while out at the Croton bagel store. Yay I'm hoping I get a client or two soon. I'm also rethinking the layout of the ad, my name is more prominent than the service I offer. It should read more "Murals, Murals, buy some Murals!". Something like that! If my friend Barb reads this, she can improve my copy since she is an awesome writer.

We went shopping today, at Micheal's Art and Craft. With both kids in tow. Nathan, now 4 months old, is recovering from a 24 hour fever. Also Richard and I are recovering from a sleepless night. Juliana did great, and picked out Cheetah print tape! I bought 10 8x10 canvases for my new Etsy shop. It's http://www.etsy.com/shop/ltarap13.

Here are some blank canvases, I'm hoping to have painted soon. I got as far as gesso-ing 5 of them. And organizing paints that my friend April gave me. They used to be her mother Phyllis's.  Let's see if April reads this, too.

 

Disorganization of Phyllis's paints. I re-arranged them. Dont worry they are (mostly) organized again. 

New colors, new gesso, and some glitter too:

 

Advertising myself

I'm finally considering advertising myself out there in the real world. I'm making a black and white ad for a local magazine called "Mom Offers More". It's pretty popular up here in Northern Westchester County, and hopefully I'll be getting some real business soon. I'm looking forward to starting a new project!

















The tree art is from two different tree mural projects I did recently for friend's nurseries. My website that you can see listed here isn't live yet, but maybe by tonight it will be! I have it hosted on http://laureneberhardtdesigns.weebly.com.
I designed this full color ad that I think I will turn into a business card also.

Juliana's room

With the Winter Solstice come and gone, and lengthening days upon us, I look forward to the spring again. Juliana's room reminds me of springtime. I painted her room before she was born, and we just celebrated her third Christmas! Time flies!

I need to take some better pics for my portfolio, but these will do for now!

                            

 

Happy Color Day!

Today I organized my new collection of colorful threads, and got a color fan from Behr paints. I'm very excited, I can really pick out colors now for my projects.