Sweet Surrender Art

Motivational Mondays- Get off your butt

Monday, June 10, 2013

Mondays can be a drag if you let it be. I woke up this morning in a great mood. Lately, I have been going to bed and listening to hypnosis sleep techniques on Youtube. I have been a little stressed out and anxious so I have been meditating and trying to clear my negative energy.

After I dropped off my hubby to work, I came home and got on the treadmill. I found an awesome work out video playlist that really kept me going. I want to share it with you.

I love this video because about every 30 seconds or so, a motivational quote displays and just when I want to stop, the next quote will push me. I need that lil nudge sometimes.

Here are some more quotes to get your butt into gear!

Here are some other inspirational photos in regards to hair, tattoos and makeup.

I think this is enough motivation for today! I am off to get ready and fun some errands! Thank you all for stopping by! see you again soon.

xoxoxox. Cecilia Marie

And if you havent seen my latest video, check it out here:

New Updates to my You Tube!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Happy Thursday! This week has been filled with organization, productivity, planning, editing, drawing, designing, and a whole bunch of other things, which is why there has been a lack of posts. I have been participating in the YouTube Academy online course to help spruce up my channel. So far, I have updated my channel art to include some of my face and body paint artwork. I made a quick channel trailer as well, which newcomers will see if they have not yet subscribed. Check it out!

Cecilia Marie-Sweet Surrender Art

I have been drawing of course and reworking some designs that had a few changes.

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I helped my friend and soon to be business partner, Lah (who is a fabulous Nailist) color her dreads. She usually has her dreads blonde, but she has been wanting something different. I used Pravana Purple and pink and I love the effect the color had on her dreads. It has almost a rainbow ombre’d effect. She is going to retwist her hair, so I will have a more updated photo for ya! It felt good to do some hair. I am still waiting on my license to get mailed to me, so I am keeping myself more than busy!

My friend, Jackie flew into town this morning from South Carolina, to spend some time with me and for her baby shower were having later this weekend. If you don’t remember who Jackie is, let me refresh your memory:

Well, I am off to enjoy the rest of the day! I hope you enjoy your day too!

Tuesday Work Flow

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

I am about to sit down and start my workflow for today. One of the perks of working from home is that I can work when I want to. I had my friend Lah over and we discussed some future plans of opening up our own salon/studio, which I am excited about. Having my own studio is something I have wanted since I was young. In the meantime, I will be still doing my freelance designing.

I wanted to show you the finished drawing of the Ohm I drew for my sister, Nique:

One of Nique’s brothers is apprenticing in a tattoo shop in Colorado and he got to do her tattoo. I think it is his first one on someone else. Here is the first session:

I think that’s pretty awesome that he got the chance to do it and his tattoo mentor helped him through it.

Now, I am about to sit down and finalize a tshirt design for a client. I drew a rough sketch on paper, but I am going to try and work on it in photoshop or paint shop pro.

I have always wanted to design tshirts and clothing since I was young. I love tshirts. In fact, my everyday basic look would be a tshirt, a good well worn pair of jeans and some chucks, sometimes I put a flannel over it. I just feel comfortable. Here are some of my favorite looks. (these are old, I cant wait until my hair is long again)

I love graphic tees, especially Marilyn Monroe, which if you didn’t know, I am obsessed with her. I found these two tshirts in a local tshirt shop and I want to get them sooooo bad. Check out these pretty babies!