Sleeping Tanya

Hey Hey Hey!
How are yawl doing?
I'm back from Texas!
Wow, it was incredible, so quick but so much fun!
Stacy & Darren's Wedding was amazing!
My brother and i took a red-eye Flight to Texas,
and i ended up being awake for 43 hours out of 48,
which was a new record for me! hah
Needless to say, I'm still recovering from it... haahah

The Painting today is of the always bright eyed and beautiful Tanya Dziahileva of Elite Model Management.
I really have been dying to experiment with some combinations of mixed media...
and i really like how this painting turned out.
Let me know what you think.
I really hope you like it! :)

{happy monday!}

. . . after a beautiful weekend of organza dresses and perfect manicures, gold glitter and party preparations, running in heels and fashionable late, and always, always, a little romance -- it's back to business and a brand new week . . .

happy monday & first {long awaited} day of summer!
hope it's off to wonderful start,
xo

{image: a glamorous little side project}

Tanya Dziahileva - Character Sketchbook v.3

Hey there my friends,
How did the weekend go for you???
Mine was pretty good,
Though i'm extremly tired today.
I guess i got a case of the "Mondays".
But anyways, I finally picked up drawing in my Character Sketchbook.
This is my first painting in it in a while.
The Painting is of the lovely Tanya Dziahileva.
I really hope you like it! :)

P.s. Posted a Ridiculous Video i made yesterday with my friend Alice on "Inside My Brain"... We had a Wii Bowling Tournament... I won't say who won, you'll just have to watch and see! haa

You can See it Here

10 Minute Nap

Good Day!
How are you all doing today!? :)
Well, this week has been non stop!
I'm in a desperate need of sleep... (YAWN)
But, oh well.
This is the 4th 10 minute sketch in my Character Sketchbook.
I'm starting to really have fun with the 10 minute sketches. :)
Hope you all are having a great night!

P.S. Thank you New York Times for the mention today! :)

Pretty Please

Hello, hello Friends,
How's the first day of December going for you?
Anything interesting going on >>>?
Anyone see New Moon?
I've never seen it, but it's kinda funny hearing everyone's take on it.
It seems like everyone is saying, "I loved it, but the acting is terrible."
hahaha Is that how it is?
Well, i have a meeting tomorrow with a company my friend Jason Jones (who is an amazing artist; check him out here) works for.
I'm meeting with the company he works for to discuss a project i'm pretty excited about...
can't give away too much yet... but all i can say is, i'm pretty excited!

The painting today is 215 out of Volume 3 of my Character Sketchbook.
It's going to be so fun to publish this book some day...
I'm also having fun drawing Tanya Dziahileva,
she has such fun features.
Well, i hope you all are having a wonderful day!

P.S. I can't believe Fashion Week is only a few months away...
the world is moving too fast!

oh P.S.S. I posted a picture in my Image Diary of me and my friend Miss Hanna Beth at her Pop-up, click here to see it :)

10 Minutes with Tanya

Hey Friends,
Happy Cyber Monday!
Thank you all for your support.
I've been packing & shipping prints all day.
How was your weekend?
Mine was great.
I started drawing in Volume 3 of the Character Sketchbook.
It was really fun, cause i kinda got new direction for volume 3.
I want to improve at speed drawing,
so i started doing some 10 minute drawings.
and i added Tanya Dziahileva into Volume 3.
I'm having way too much fun drawing her.
So i hope you like this 10 minute sketch. :)

Also, made a 10 minute sketch video, click here to see it :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving~!
I know for alot of you, today isn't the US holiday called "Thanksgiving",
but i was thinking, why can't it be!
i mean, what a wonderful idea, a day to remember and think about what you are thankful for.
So, what are yawl thankful for?
Since one of the things i'm so thankful for is you all,
i thought i would make you a Special Thanksgiving Painting.
I was thinking you could share the painting with someone you're thankful for.
I thought a Karl Lagerfeld Thanksgiving would be a good start for a painting.
Oh, also dressed all the girls in the Chanel Spring 2010 Collection ;)
hahahaha i hope you like it! Hope it brightens your day!
Have a wonderful day, my friends! :)
~ D


P.S. I just realized this might be a considered a blogger portrait for Fake Karl...
What do you think? :)

I Heart Tanya Dziahileva :)

Well, Happy Friday!
Gen Art was amazing!
I had so much fun!
It was in an automotive museum.
I've never been much for cars, but this place was a treasure!
I mean i saw the Mock 5!! Yep, i said it, I SAW THE MOCK 5.
Also, it was really great seeing the start of new designers' careers.
I'm going to try to post some pictures up really soon! :)

So, not sure how many people know who Tanya Dziahileva is,
but she basically has my all time favorite eyes!
She is so amazing looking.
While my brother and I were sitting in Bryant Park during NYFW,
Tanya came and sat at a bench across from us.
I wanted to ask her if i could sit and draw her, but i was too timid.. haha
Oh well, it would have been incredible, she seemed really nice.

I'm going to have to get ready for a Halloween party tonight...
Looks like i'm going to be "Tom Ripley" from the movie "The Talented Mr. Ripley"... haha
I hope you all are having a wonderful day!

p.s. Click here if you want to see more Model Portraits :)

{inspiration: cotton candy}

. . . adore vogue espana's softer shades for Fall, with a dash of leopard for contrast . . .





{Tanya Dziahileva by Nicolas Moore for Vogue Espana September 2009 via a glamorous little side project + Lace & Tea}