EBAY

Hi. I've been getting several emails asking me if I'm selling work under other ID and the answer is NOT. Please be aware that I only sell my work on ebay under the Id danita.art and that all my listings have the name Danita on it.

By the way, thank you for your support and loyalty!!

Danita

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Work work work

I told you I was going to work. I did. And a lot. I manage to make some new dolls and paintings and to rework one that I have currently for sale on PFATT but that I didn't quite like it... there was something missing... now it's finished! The vintage wash just added a sense of deep and togetherness that makes my eyes very happy :) What do you think? I think it looks so much better now. Besides the pictures in the page are soooo bad ... this one is totally different (note to myself: next time take the pictures during the day, not in the middle of the night).

I'm also experimenting with layers on texture and I'm loving it. I had worked with this kind of texture before but I now I'm taking a different approach and the results are so much better. Mixed media at its best. Here, a self portrait with green eyes and blonde hair:


And finally, a shrine (thank you for the trimming Jane!):

See? When I say I'll work, I work... and when I say I won't do anything... I still get some work done :P

So many things to celebrate...

I have meant to work. I swear it. I even have some dolls already waiting for me to paint them. But with so many celebrations is almost impossible. First Children's day that we spent with Lillian and her family (thanks for inviting us Lillian!). Then yesterday was Mr. Danita's birthday!!! (Happy birthday to youuuuuuu) and today we decided to take a break from our usual weekend and go and spend a whole day together and the first thing we did we went to the Zoo. We enjoy a lot going there. My baby loves the monkeys and I love the elephants. But what she loves the most is an out of service carousel because she gets to ride on every animal. After that a trip to Toys R Us that took us almost the whole afternoon ... a nice mexican dinner and then go home and do nothing... oh those are the Saturdays I love! Now I'm off to watch some TV and enjoy the 22 minutes left of the day because tomorrow I have LOTS of things to do!!!
Enjoy your weekend!

Hapy Children's Day!!!

Today we're celebrating the "Dia del Niño" (Children's day) in Mexico.

Congratulations to all the kids out there and to the kid that lives inside all of us!!!

It's your day!

Have fun!

Celebrate!

The pull toy that refused to be pulled... or the story of Danita

I've been thinking a lot about my childhood lately. Maybe because of the paper dolls or maybe because one of my best friends ever since I was born is coming to visit me today... I don't know the reason, what I know is that the child that everybody used to push and pull around is now gone.

I used to be the tallest in my class. Always. And I was the youngest. That was a bad combination. I entered school 1 year before I was supposed to because I was "ready"... or so my parents thought. But I don't think I was. I was too naive to be at school yet... and everybody took advantage of me. And because I was the tallest I was supposed to treat everybody well or else I always was the bully and I always got punished. If they took away my lunch and I took it back I was the bully. If I took their lunch away I was the bully, so I also had to be nice. And that had followed me all my life. For almost 30 years I've been that way, always nice, always trying to be accepted. Always moving out of the way of everybody else so I didn't have any problems with anyone. Well, not anymore. Yesterday something changed in me, and I didn't know I was that strong. Now I have a kid and I cannot and will not let anyone do with me whatever they want. Begining today, I am the pull toy that refuses to be pulled.

Chocolate for the eyes...

This video makes to my eyes the same that chocolate does for my mouth...