front of card for steve!A happy belated birthday to my mister!
This weekend we heard that PacMan just turned 30 too, so I had to incorporate that into the card I painted for him.
inside of card
As is common for us, I didn’t get him a physical present, but rather a promise of a summer trip.
So excited to go to Pheonix to try out Pizzeria Bianco, often regarded as the best pizza in the US!
Steve also commemorated his 30 years by painting the eye on his daruma (which I made for him as a Christmas present). Traditionally, one is supposed to paint in one eye when they make a goal, and when the goal is achieved, the other eye is painted. I guess it is supposed to remind you with it’s one black eye to keep focused on your goals. or something. I’m obviously not really sure.
I’ve been healing from some minor whiplash, so although his birthday was on Monday, we just celebrated last night with an awesome dinner at a neighborhood sushi place that he’s been dying to try since we moved here. The food was delicious and the older japanese couple that runs the place are unbelievably adorable. I got a tip (from yelp) to order Kurosawa sake, as it is from the owner’s hometown of Nagano. From there on they couldn’t have been nicer, even showing us the pictures of a young Yo-Yo Ma and other famous musicians who have eaten and performed there over the last 26 years. Comparing our experience to the many negative reviews about the service on yelp, just confirms my theory that people get bad service when they are assholes. (This theory was also proved true at Momofuku Ssam Bar in NYC).
Other than that, busy busy here prepping for Indie Mart on June 6th! I’ll have some more updates before then!
original watercolor and ink illustration.
Now, I really have no idea what a millionaire voice actually sounds like. But I asked steve this question while sleeping one morning. Maybe he sounded rich?
Part of the Sleepy Talk series by drywell, available here.
Original watercolor and ink illustration. 5.5 x 5.5 inches.
Seriously. If you aren’t wearing them yet, get them on.
This is the next in the Sleepy Talk series (Print available here.)
Continuing in my silly sleep chatter, I said this to steve while I was asleep and he was leaving for work on early friday morning.
Those socks were totally ready to party. Have a great weekend!
Original watercolor and ink illustration 5×5
EDIT: Print now available here!
This is the second in the Sleepy Talk series of illustrations.
So I apparently talk quite a bit while falling asleep or waking up. Steve fortunately has the foresight to writ e this down. I mean, it’s not quite as intense as the sleep-talkin’ man, but still amusing, at least to me.
Steve was hiccuping a lot one night. Then he stopped. And then he started again. This is what I said.
watercolor and ink 4×6 *
yowza. it’s apparently been a month since I last posted here! yikes.
It’s been for good reason, however. After finishing up an AMAZING trip to NYC and DC (pics and reviews to come), the sales in my little shop started increasing. So I’ve had some order fulfillment, which means printing, hunting down shipping supplies in the cracklands of SF, and making trips to the post office. But that’s all good busy. Then my mom came to visit for a week, and we had a a fun time being little tourists in the city.
But the biggest news is that I was accepted into my first art and craft show! The drywell shop will be LIVE and IN PERSON at Indie Mart on June 6th, here in San Francisco. I’ll post more details when the show gets closer, but I am mostly thrilled, and a tad freaking out. As I mentioned, this will be my first show, so there is a lot to get prepared, but that means lots of new art coming at you, including the pillow talk series that I mentioned awhile back.
Should be fun! Now back to work….
*So apparently I should have some sort of business card or promotional thingamabob at the show. Vistaprint is offering 100 free postcards now, and I was thinking about this for the design…
front of card for steve!
inside of card
