I'm trying to sketch some more realistic pieces as I want to improve my sketching. I find it really hard as I've stuck around a more animated/cartoon style for so long. I've done a few pieces I'm reasonably pleased with as a first attempt but have a long way to go. I've looked for a few books but nothing seemed to strike me as really helpful. So, I suppose it's practice makes perfect. I find hair sooooo hard. I definitely have to work at it but then things don't always come easy. Like trying to get the quiff of Robert Pattinson's hair right!

I've seen quite a few people do this so thought I'd do my own. Twelve random facts about me!

1) My favourite songs are 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkle, 'Supermassive Blackhole' by Muse, 'Iris' by The Goo Goo Dolls and 'Savin Me' by Nickelback.

2) Believes everything happens for a reason, even the rubbish stuff.

3) The only two groups I own every CD by are The Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts.

4) Is a romantic but prefers a simple bunch of daisies to a flashy bunch of roses any day of the week.

5) Made a wish to be a mermaid when I was eleven.

6) Can put my foot behind my head!-last time I checked.

7) People gunna see you how they wanna see you-so I try to just be myself and let others do the same.

8) Likes being a girl! We smell nice!

9) Is ironic with a sarcastic sense of humour but believes as long as you put the face, you can get away with it

10) Has never had a Valentine's card.

11) Has had one marriage proposal! I declined because I only knew him for 30 secs, earlier this year, when he handed me a leaflet but it was nice to be asked!

12)Has dressed up as Jem three times and Minx once. I sometimes think about DA-ing the pics. Ummm.......we'll see.

For anyone that knows me, they know I am a hopeless and devoted Jem fan. I can bore people senseless with it! I don't know why, really. I think I used to think she had everything. Glamour, beauty, friends, love and killer tunes!! I fell in love with it when I was a kid and now I'm an 'adult' (altho I'm seriously unsure about that at times and I think others may worry the same!) I still love it to death. It's got me through some tough times due to health complications when life can be lonely and collecting Jem and painting Jem art was my lifeline to sanity. And it can still feel like that, sometimes! Today, I got in the post, one of the best pressies. A signed poster with autographs from Samantha Newark and Michael Sheehan to name but a few. Better known as Jem and Rio. Plus, Danse, Roxy and the infamous Christy Marx with a Jem sketch from one of the original animators! I thought what better way to start my first real journal entry than with Jem's autograph. It's outrageous and now I must think what to paint cos there can never, ever be too much Jem fan art in the world!