Vacation, planning, and lots of art

The past few weeks have been very busy. The first weekend of April I took a mini vacation to the East Coast to see friends and family. It is the first trip I have taken since moving to Kansas and it felt amazing to get away and be with my sister, my friends and my cute niece, a Pomeranian and my nephew, a poodle.

Being so far from the airport was a huge challenge. I left at about 6 a.m on Thursday morning in order to take a scheduled shuttle from the Army base to Kansas City, KS where the airport is located. It too about 2 1/2 hours to get there. Once at the airport I had to wait until 3:30 to board the plane. After a transfer in North Carolina, I finally got to JFK at 10 p.m and my sister picked me up and drove me to her house in NJ.The next morning we drove 6 hours to visit a very good friend in Virginia Beach, VA.  I was so glad to be back in the Hampton Roads area even if it was only for a day and a half. I was stationed in Norfolk for 5 years while in the Navy and then stayed there for a few years after my contract was up. I feel really contacted to the Virginia Beach/Norfolk area and it was just so much fun to visit and eat at some of my favorite restaurants.

We tried to do as many things in a day that we could. We went to the beach, ate an amazing Greek restaurant, shopped in a cute historical district in Norfolk and just enjoyed the amazing weather. I have to say I felt rejuvenated after this trip ( which was only like 4 days and half of that was travel!).

And when I got back I started some art projects........

#100portraitproject

In addition to my travel, I am starting lots of art projects. One of these projects is the 100 portrait project. I really want to get better at drawing and painting portraits so I started the project in order to motivate myself to draw more faces. I will be sharing these on instagram #100portraitproject and if you'd like to share your portraits you can use hashtag and I will take a look at your creations.