Hiatus

This project is going on brief hiatus.


I am currently trying to finish a project for a Juried Art Show.
And my internet has decided to be as finicky as a two-year lately. 


Please like my page on Facebook: Nicole Ducharme 
I post quite regularly on there as it chooses to load better then blogger at the moment. 


I will be back as soon as I get my project mostly done and better internet. 


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(Sigh)

Oh technology is so frustrating. So bloody frustrating. So I managed to get 3 out of the 4 off my phone. I will draw my picture for today and attempt to get the last off my phone again. 


(ARGH)


The only bonus with technology is I finally got my last.fm plug-in window out from outer screen. It was hiding but I finally found it. 


Anyways, 

 Day 159: 


Blood Flame Eye. I love it. Drawing eyes is seriously an addiction. Haha. 

 Day 160:


Doodle with a rainbow and a paint brush and palette. Fun. 

Day 162: 


(I will post 161, which is the one that for some reason keeps not wanting to leave my phone, tomorrow.)


I drew this while watching The Voice last night. I love The Voice.. ok, I mainly just love Blake Shelton but whatever. :P 










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Problems...

I have been having some problems with technology lately. (sigh)
I have all my drawings ready to go but for some reason, some are being sent through to my e-mail and some are not. I don't know why. And I can't find my computer USB for my phone or my memory card USB reader. Argh. So I can only post a half of my pictures right now. Boo.

Day 155:

I love Pocket Watches. Mainly from my love of Alice in Wonderland but I also just find them very beautiful. 

 Day 156:


I decided to doodle a little Blind Mouse. It's so cute. The original is tiny on the page. I <3 him.

 Day 157:


This is a... Silly String. Haha. So funny. I was trying to laugh myself out of a headache. Didn't work but was still funny. 

 Day 158:


And this is... a High Five. Yeah High Five! I started following Blake Shelton on Twitter and he is always writing High Five so I drew one. 
















I will try to get the others up as soon as I figure out what is going on with my phone/e-mail connection.


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Into Month 6 -

I had a lovely weekend with my husband. Friday we went and saw 'Big Miracle' and then watched 'The Help' at home. Saturday we went and saw 'The Vow'. I must say after watching that, I hope I never forgot Chris. Though I would give him the benefit of the doubt more then she did. It's been a long time since we had a movie weekend, felt good.


Speaking of movies, this Friday the new Studio Ghibli movie will be in theatres and I am praying that it'll come to my little city. 


I am officially in my 6th month of drawing, which adds to the craziness of life right now. I started a painting for the Juried Art Show. This Thursday I should be enrolling for my online schooling and starting that. 

 Day 151:


A cute caterpillar using crosshatch. 

 Day 152:


Another dragonfly. I love the style of scribble that I used for the wings. You have just built the darkness with layers. I learned that style in University weirdly.

 Day 153:


And to finish it all off, I tried a butterfly again. Maybe one day, I'll draw one that I actually like. Haha. Maybe I should try to draw an photo real butterfly. 

Day 154:


So for Month 6, I have decided to do doodles like I used to in High School. They are weird collaborations of things I see and things I imagine. Sometimes they are drawn representations of things, for example, this one is a wet kiss. Get it? Haha. 






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Baking..

Today I slept late again. Bad dreams and just felt down. Weirdly on the day of Bell's Let Talk. 


I baked Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes today. The cream's texture ended up a bit weird but they taste good and they look good. 


Slowly I am getting more and more projects done that I have pinned on Pinterest. I have my crayons all glued for a melted crayon picture but I am trying to make mine a little different with a quote from Dolly Parton. And trying to find a good way to not make a mess with the drippings. 

Day 150:


Holy! 150 days of drawing. Craziness. 
Weird polka dot beetle today. 
















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Buuuuggggsss.....

A lot of late nights and later mornings lately. Bad dreams jammed in the middle of those. Bleh.


Made my first homemade soup today. It is delicious and my dad said it is 'super'. I love my Dad and his vocabulary. Onions, leeks, carrots, celery, mushrooms and garlic in a homemade chicken broth with some chicken chunks and split peas. 
I would like to make a soup at least once a week, so I am going to make a whole bunch of veggie broth soon. 

Day 144:
Don't have too much to write right now as it's super early (late) and I should get to bed. 
This is a Target Beetle. It's a pretty interesting looking bug. Google it if you have a chance.

 Day 145:
I couldn't find the name to this bug but it's huge. I would freak so bad if I saw one.

 Day 146:
This one is pretty. The white part would be an orange and the dark parts would be an iridescent blue. 

 Day 147:
This is a creepy type of centipede apparently. They are typically found in houses that tend to be humid. Creepy...

 Day 148:
Another cute beetle. Yellow and black.

Day 149:
And.. Caterpillar. Who... are... you? 




















Good night, will post tomorrow,
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Settled..

So we are moved and, pretty much, settled. You always realize how much stuff you truly have whenever you move. It seems like we almost doubled up with our stuff. We found an awesome place for storage, and I am trying to go through everything else to put some more in storage. 


I have decided to enter the Arts West Juried Art Show again this year. I haven't entered a piece since 2005, when my spirit was a little crushed after receiving an honourable mention. I won the youth award the two years before that, and my move into the adult age group and not getting my piece put into the Travelling Gallery kind of kicked my butt. I should have been happy, as I did at least receive the honourable mention. I have a good idea for a piece. I might just stick with one as it has been a while. 


Facebook has been screwing around with the groups, so I just made myself a page. The people liking it is a little slow compared to the group but hopefully it'll pick up. 


So because of moving and being back on crappy internet, I have yet again, fallen behind with my drawing. So I will be uploading 8 pictures today.

 Day 136:


By far, my most hated bug. Spiders are horrible, creepy, evil things. Haha. I thought maybe if I drew one, I would feel better about them. I don't. They make me feel all crawly. (shudder)

 Day 137:


A centipede. I even counted and made sure that there was 50 legs on each side.

 Day 138:


Terribly annoying bugs but at least they are decently easy to take care of... with a swatter. Haha. They are pretty fun to draw though.

 Day 139:


This is one of those mechanical nano bugs, or at least, my tack on one. I like how it turned out. They are usually brightly coloured.

 Day 140:


I don't know what type of bug this is. The white parts are normally orange-red. It was kind of cute. 

 Day 141: 


Francis from A Bug's Life movie from Pixar/Disney. I loved him because he was always mad for being mistaken as a female. 

 Day 142:


Another one that I don't know the type of bug it is. I just thought it look super cute. I pretty sure every bug I think is cute would probably leave a big rash and bite you like mad. Haha. 

Day 143:


A weird spiky bug and white spots. It is very shiny. 








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