watercolors!

i couldn't decide what i wanted to do with new friends smith and jones. first, the intent was that they be a bit more anonymous. more like lumps with suggestions of limbs and little dot eyes. yet, they seem a bit more than that. especially jonesy with his shock of hair. i just realized that my grandfather had hair like that --seriously standing up and white and whatnot. my first thought was to photograph them but before that happened i whipped out a paintbrush (and a pencil and eraser and ballpoint pen and some paper) and some paint. and this happened.
"portrait of jones" only his friends call him jonesy.

thrifty!

i got some extremely useful stuff today at a thrift store i really like. i've been crocheting these characters i created and i'm always on the lookout for inexpensive yarn that fits the color scheme. the frames will probably come into use around christmas present making time. i don't currently do a whole lot of knitting but the little kit seemed like a handy thing to have.