LA bound!

Ahh...vacation time has crept up on me so I will be out for a a little while. :(  But I hope to come back with lots of good stuff for ya! :) I'm off visit a very lovely, wonderful, AMAZING friend in California and I can't wait. She also has a blog about her lifestyle as a recently transitioned vegan, it's called Vegan, What?. Please check it out! You'd be surprised at the options that she's found so far. And if you're wondering, yes I will be eating all vegan options with her while I'm there. I know...I know. It's definitely not my normal thing (I made Wendys run that I made at 10:30 pm last night because I just HAD to have a spicy chicken sandwich), but hey, when in Rome right? I will be sure to Tweet it up though! As much as I can at least, haha. If I get a chance I might sneak in a blog post or two as well. :) And I shall return with pictures and a recap of the overall trip. Stay cool ya'll!

So Much for Some Kid Art...

I had my niece over recently, and I thought that we would be able to get in some artistic/creative time together...Hmm yeah, so much for that. I put this picture up of her because it pretty much says it all. She was not blocking the sun from her eyes either, although I know that it looks like she is! Didn't want to do take a picture for me and didn't want to make any artwork. The most that we made together was a batch of sugar cookies (which were delicious!). However, I did find out that she likes to draw hearts, stars and people. I might be rubbing off on her after all! You see the big hair she's rockin', right?! Baby steps.

Purple Paintbrush is on Twitter!

FINALLY!!!!

So as a part of my attempt at building my online presence, Purple Paintbrush now has a Twitter page! Actually, I've had it for maybe about a week. It's just now ready to be shown, haha. After MUCH trial and error and a Google search that lead me to this link, I now have a background design that actually is consistent with the look of the blog. I don't have a proper Facebook name yet, but I will as soon as I get at least 25 "likes" so Like away! At this point I think the address is something like facebook.com/purple-paintbrush3412357blahblahyousuck or something weird like that. haha...DEFINITELY not worth putting out there! So hopefully I can change that soon...

The Purple Paintbrush twitter page is just another way to find out about blog postings, see what I'm up to, share resources, get and give shout-outs...you know, stay in touch! So show love on the Facebook page and/or follow @PurplPaintbrush so we can keep the conversation going!

Purple Paintbrush Now on Facebook!

Mmmhmm...Can you smell that? I think it's called productivity. With the temperatures turned up to Hades in my area, I'm taking full advantage of this time spent inside. And I don't even care who sees me in my drawers because as the title and accompanying graphic says, the Purple Paintbrush blog is now on Facebook! Boo. Yah. So please, "Like" away, post on the Wall, Tweet a link...all that! Check out the info page to learn more about the site and how to get in contact with me. See you there!

Soon I'll check back in with another update, as well as a full recap of what's new.

Blue Flower

Blue Flower, T. Turner 2011

Even though I was gone for a while, I wasn't COMPLETELY unproductive. I was lucky enough to be able to get some time at work to create a piece of whatever I wanted as long as I used our computer software. I'm more confident in my painting skills, but I had never made a digital painting before! That's a whole different set of rules than I'm used to, but I understand the basics. In some ways it's almost better than using real paint! You can't ctrl+z standing at an easel or magically have an endless supply of the perfect paint color you mixed. I was particularly proud of this piece, so I thought that I should share it.

This was made solely with Adobe Photoshop. I've never considered myself someone that needs to achieve super realism, but I'll be damned if that doesn't look like a rose haha. I found a picture online