Portrait Project

The photograph on the left is my grandma when she was 20 with my mom.
My Obaa-chan (grandmother) is visiting from Japan at the moment and I am working on a custom portrait for her. I've already finished a practice sketch and this weekend I plan to start working on a larger sheet of paper!!
I will be using graphite to recreate this photograph.
I kind of wish I mastered oil, but the past 3 years I've been focusing more on charcoal and graphite.
Maybe I'll experiment with oil next year.

Pictures of my progress will be coming soon.
Thanks for reading!

Second date

This is my new addition on my Etsy shop!!!
Okay so far I haven't been slacking off on putting something up every week. Woohoo!
This necklace called "Second date".
I really like the round beads with the clear beads.
There's a close up picture and more information on why I chose these specific beads at my Etsy store.
So what do you think?

Should I try and make them with different colors?

Ichigo

It's spring and strawberries are in season!
These earrings are called Ichigo. I'm pretty sure you can all guess what that means.
What are your favorite fruits?
I definitely enjoy strawberries, but lately I've been eating lots of kiwis.
So yummy.

By the way, do any of you have suggestions on what I should make next?

Link: Remi February's Etsy

New jewelry of the year on Etsy!

This one is an older design but it's new on my etsy store!
I have been lagging to put something up on there, but I appreciate all of you for being so patient with me (I'm really busy, but I guess that's not much of an excuse....).
I have decided to try and post one piece of artwork or jewelry per week so please be excited!!!
Okay, now I would like to introduce you to these Hatsukoi earrings.

For those who don't know Japanese, Hatsukoi means first love. My first love was a very pinkish color because I blushed a lot.
I am not sure if any of you have a different color in mind.
What was your first love color?

Link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Remifeb

2/27/11

Today I became a year older and it was 10 years ago when my family sent me to live in America.
Wow. Time really flies.

Not really sure what changed about me except for the fact that I am a better artist.
Still unsure what my main focus of art will be, but hopefully I'll find out in the next 10 years or so.
Life has been a little stressful as certain improvements take a lot of time and effort (I tend to be a little impatient at times).
At least I haven't given up or ran away from my passion to stay creative.

As I get older, investing in knowledge to achieve my dreams has been the biggest importance in my life.
Hopefully I stop forgetting things I just learned.

I'm pretty excited for this new age and cannot wait to show more of my artwork to the world.
Life is good.
Hope all is well with you.