Something Old, Something Blue

This painting is the product of a gift I made for my brother-in-law for Christmas last year. I remember we did a raffle drawing to see who would give presents to eachother and I drew his name.

The canvas itself is a small one, so the painting went pretty fast...although I kind of remember having to rush home after Christmas Eve service to shut myself in my room in an attempt to finish before it was time to open presents. Even so, I am glad I had the stress of the moment to make me push past that roadblock, so to speak.

Anyways...
The pros were: I really enjoyed having the smaller canvas. I could spend much more time on each element and I didn't have to use an easel.
Cons: I HATED doing the top part of the castle.TOO MUCH DETAIL! In the end, as I was rushing to finish the darn thing, I just started making up anything that would work and not referencing the original at all.

I guess it worked out fine though.

What do you think?

Butterflies and Foliage

First artwork post! It's actually something I drew with sharpie this spring, but I just recently decided to make it more interesting. It has a more subtle color scheme, with mostly light browns and greens. I really like using simplicity of composition to make a statement.

What do you think? Any feedback is appreciated!

Intro to Me

Hi all! This is my first post and I'm not sure what to say exactly, so I'll be brief.

I want to say, for many years, I've wanted to start a blog but never actually stuck with it. I felt like I had nothing to say of importance. Well, now that I'm older I want something to look back on these years and have something to show for it.

I was hoping to mainly make this an art blog, but it will probably have pictures I've taken and thoughts/quotes I like in it as well. I don't really know.

I better stick with this anyway, because I spent like 3 hours trying to find a good blog website to host it on. Now my email is going to get loads of spam. -____________-

So yeah, enjoy, and I'll try to not abandon ship after the first post.
:P

PS. The reason I named myself "H3lloGalaxy," Is because I find interest in everything in the world, and there are so many things to be understood, from big to small. From the infinities of space to the delicateness of a budding flower. I want this to document what things interested me at this stage in my life, but I also want to get encouraging feedback on my stuff to help me along as well.

Peace out,
-Esther