HELLO THERE --UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM!!!

Hi Everyone!!

It has been forever and a day since i last posted, but my mid-year resolution is to change that. I got a new job last week and I have found some new inspiration recently and here are a couple things i wanted to show you! The first is my Drawgasmic submission , which i told you all about in my last entry. PLEASE go check out the event, its going to be AWESOME! (www.drawgasmic.com)

Myself, my boyfriend Nat, and my cousin Becky as well as about 5 other of my friends that I know of will all have pieces up in the show! Mine is called No One Ever Told You?

In other news, I went to Italy last month, and it was amazing. There we are out in front of St. Peter's Basilica!

And last but not least, I just finished a new piece entitled "Resolve".

It is a personal piece about a long conversation I had with my mom recently. After i finished, i realized that the illustration board i painted it on now smells like coffee and keeps making me hungry.

and that is all for now! be expecting me back soon.

love Cassie

!!UPDATE!! I sold this painting last week to an amazing photographer and a good friend George Gill: he takes amazing wedding photographs and beautiful fashion ones as well. He's also one of the most hilarious dudes I've ever met, as well as the kindest and most talented. Please go check out his website at http://savannahweddingphotography.com/.

get published

I forgot to tell you, my boyfriend Nat (check his work here), my cousin Becky (her work here!), and myself all got accepted to Drawgasmic! If you are an artist and you think you're pretty cool, you should apply! The process was pretty easy and I got an email about 15 minutes after I applied announcing that I was accepted. There is going to be a huge show in June and then everyone will get their piece published in a Drawgasmic book! pretty sweet.... now do it!

here is a little sketch from my new sketchbook i just got (i'm in love! i can ink and watercolor the pages) enjoy!

a venture into fashion illustration

So, I skipped swim practice today. It gave me a chance to work on a postcard for my friend Megan's fashion show. The theme is fashion travels. It's almost ready to be printed, I just need to put in the date/location/time of the show.

CatStroke

A girl on my swim team and I decided to trade some art. She loves her cat, so I drew him as a swimmer. :)
My fellow pizza-girl coworker Jenna is starting her own dog-grooming business and asked me to design an image for the back of her business card, and this is what i came up with.

I'm leaving for Italy in 2 weeks! I am hoping to draw some new inspiration from my travels.

Owl Love You Forever

I'll love you for always....
watercolor, gouache, ink and acrylic on canvas:

Owl Eat You All!

Alright guys, I haven't posted in forever. This is a sad fact. However I have TWO pieces for you today! One is a commission from a good friend, one of the most amazing people i have ever had the opportunity to get to spend time with. His name is Robert Hess and he is a film maker in Orlando. Check his work at http://www.sustaininglife.org/. He asked me to do a piece based on one of his favorite quotes, and it goes like this:

"Some of us in lifeboats, some of us in yachts, when can we connect all these lovely dots?"

The original is 22"x 30" and it is watercolor, gouache, coffee, tea and ink on Stonehenge paper.

The second piece is called "Owl Eat You."

Its going in a show this weekend over at Desoto Row, and since i submitted my entries before i actually painted my entries, it's title at the show is going to be "At the end of the day."

Makes no sense. Oh well, it is up to the viewers to interpret that one however they want. For this I invented a new technique with the help of my genius painter boyfriend extraordinaire: Nat. Sorry, its a secret! If you are in the savannah area, come check it out on Saturday, April 3 from 5-10 pm. At desoto row- 40th and Bull.

k bye!

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. -Betty Smith