I got flowers.

I got flowers for March 8. I love Hyacinth, they smell so nice, so strong. Here is a painting I am doing for someone. It is far from being done. I will need some hint of wings. The cat died, so early, young, he was loved very much. 

I got myself some art materials to brighten up my day 

and start using it right away. Brush turned to be a bit too 

soft  for my liking, but inks are gorgeous.

Charm City Burger. One of the electric nights in Florida.

I used ink and Kuretake. Used a lot of texture, trying to depict broken light from passing cars (it was outside), street lamps, moonlight, late meal, scattered conversation. It was one of the best burgers ever, I asked to go there twice.

Here is my little helper, Lucy, since she came to me from Moscow, she learned how to use scanner (she really likes the sound and blinking light), printer (printed my entire mailbox), she likes to watch me draw and thinks that I am coming to sit near computer just to be with her. She goes in front of the screen and stares at me.

Just like that. Isn't she adorable?

This how we do it.

 Lucy and I. Working progress.

I love Internet.

I love Internet. While folding laundry (with Fellini's help), watching on Ipad my daughter's airplane, flying above Europe.

I lost my NavBar.

Checking if I am still able to post from the back door.
Who knows how to get back Navigation Bar? Any advice?

3 boys.

My 3 boys trying to keep warm near the portable heater (my cousin lend me), our central unit still doesn't work. :-)

Cat from pet shop.

Drawing of the Cat from the pet shop in Brooklyn. He is pretty big and has very serious eyes. After wordless deep conversation between us, I felt a little ashamed of myself and left in a hurry. Maybe, we, people, can do a little more for others and each other. Ink and Kuretake.

Autumn truck and Liza.

For some reason I decide to try really strange very smooth paper, I have in the corner of my room, probably feeling bad to get rid of it by simply throwing it away, because it doesn't look useful for my ink technique. Instead I was struggling with stubborn surface, trying to move ink, and if felt wet and cold and lonely and I missed my warm car. I used ink and Kuretake.

Here is a photo of Liza Queenie in her charming fat days. She was adorable.

To say goodbye to Liza.

Few days ago we lost our very much loved cat Liza to cancer. It was very painful for us. My daughter was probably 8 when Liza was born in our family, it was funny story, how she decided to stay with us. Our neighbor, psychic, came to us to choose a kitten for her patient, the one with healing powers, she said. She pointed at Liza and said, she is the one, the best, she is not even a cat but someone not from here. We felt pretty strange hearing it.
Liza was unusual from the beginning, when other kittens played with each other or interacted with their mom, Nikita, Liza was standing on her weak legs and stared at us, people with her huge blue eyes. She always wanted people, not her siblings. She developed black spot near her ear, like birth mark, distinguishing her from other kittens, which disappeared the next day when we decided she is staying with us and other kittens went to their new owners.

We have many funny stories about her, she made us laugh, she cared about us and our pets, everyone fell in love with her, even people who met her once. She was never afraid of anything, she loved to watch men at work, cable guys, plumbers. When we walked, she never moved, we had to walk around her, it was her house and we were her people. When we had a "girl talk", my daughter and I, she was the third girl, sitting on the bed with us, she loved it. When we cried, she run  and licked our tears, she knew when we were sad and came to the rescue.

Here is Liza on Time Capsule, near my computer.
She was the best "sleeping pill", she knew how to "restart" my heart, somehow after electric shortage,  she made it change to her pace and I felt calm and happy and fell asleep.

She was so funny.

I know animals communicate without words, I am a bit jealous, but I am sure we'll come to it too, may be through science. I experimented, it worked with Liza.
Anyway, I am happy we met and loved Liza and she gave us so much love.

Sketching in Delta with water soluble pencil.

Sketched yesterday on the way in the medical office. On the top drew my antique Redipoint pencil, I think it is from 1920 something, it said Martin Miller on the side. 1.18mm lead, a bit too dry for quick sketching, but sometimes good for underlying sketch for ink.
Our cat Liza was diagnosed with cancer, and we cried and tried, and agonized over her, we love her very much. She is 14 years old and was born in our home. She is the gentlest soul. And it looks like she took a pity on us, thinking she still needs to take care of us, and she start eating and going to the bathroom again, despite doctors advices to think of how to part with her. Every time she showing interest in food, the whole family is dancing greek dance around her with huge smiles.

She is sitting on Time Capsule.

Also I saw it online and really like it Drawing on glass tutorial.

Fellini in my life.

My little companion sitting on Time Capsule, looking into my eyes with such compassion and understanding, I am really thankful and happy to have him in my life.

Dunkin Donuts coffee.

Dunkin Donuts coffee really helps when you burned by brainstorming about mural's composition, color range, researches, with very few hours of sleep every night, unable to decide whether you should make a pea soup for tonight and finish sketch in Sepia or grab a takeout and watch another episode of "Desperate Housewives".  Fellini likes to check what's in the bag hoping for fried chicken, since he can't smell and his vision is poor, he takes long time to inquire.
I used Sepia and 2 Kuretake brush pens on old paper.

Liza, mine.

:-)

Cat and Mouse.

:-)

Scanner.

Really sad, can't make my scanner work to scan my newly finished drawing, so posting my wonderful Fellini photo to support my fading mood.

Liza.

Liza- the love of our family*Here is her favorite pose to lay down belly up and pretend to be dead*She is my best sleeping pill*I know she reads my thoughts, all animals do*She is teaching us to love, forgive and accept*She loves chicken, I learn to share my lunch*She loves to talk when we have girl-talk, we talk about guys*Лиза*
Here is my last page in watercolor Moleskine A4.

Sleep.

He sleeps, little mutant, and I can't.

Fellini sleeping.

Snapped him on my phone. Enlarged. Is not he adorable? Thats the only time when he gives me some freedom, poor mutant.

Fellini.

Sleeping beaut.

Liza cat.

Here inking of Liza. It is hard to draw her even she may stay on the same spot for long with day dreaming look. She is the sweetest and very sensitive cat. She likes to talk and answers on every word of yours. She still runs and jumps like she use to, bumping into walls no more. Whenever I am upset she is the first to rub her head against me and lick my hand, looking into my face. Everyone loves her, us, cats, dogs and our friends. I still didn't catch her kind expression, so more drawings of Liza to come. I used Ink and Kuretake H20.