Pretty On The Outside

NeNe Leakes's facial expressions are everything!

This is the lovely NeNe Leakes from The RHOATL's reunion show serving a tantalizing buffet of expressions. I hit pause on my dvr remote as her face stretched into this wonderful expression. I believe this is when Andy asked her which housewife should be replaced. Hmmmmmm... my vote is for Porsche to go. What your's?

Cynthia Bailey from The Real Housewives of ATL.

Did this quickie of Miss Cynthia Bailey of The Bailey Modeling Agency (thank you very much). I feel this season she's giving us handsome lady realness....... Just a dusting of dikeyness which I find very favorable. 
Pen and marker on paper with an itty bitty bit of digital color.

Phaedra Parks and her mmm-hmm face.

I give you Phaedra Parks from the RHOATL who is serving one of her signature mmm-hmm looks.  An mmm-hmm expression is multi-faceted....... It can be triggered by something that delights, arouses, or crosses her.  This specific mmm-hmm squish-face is the "this bitch is crazy" variety as caused by her cast mate Kenya.  It's odd to say and please don't judge but I'm growing a pinch fond of Kenya.  Is that wrong?  I know it is but I can't help it.  

Drawing completed with pencil on paper and some digital color.

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Kenya Moore is Gone With The Wind fabulous

In honor of Kenya Moore declaring she's "Gone With The Wind" fabulous, I've taken the silly liberty of putting her in Carol Burnette's iconic Gone With The Wind curtain dress.

Twirl baby twirl!

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NeNe Leakes painted with MAC Cosmetics

I just can't seem to help myself.... Hit pause on my dvr remote as NeNe from the RHOATL was serving a punishing bitch-please™ look to one of her cast-mates. Did a quick pencil sketch and then "painted" it with MAC cosmetics: paint stick, full coverage foundation, eye shadow, chromacake.

By the way, those two new women need to go: Kenya and Porche, they're really awful.  I'd like to rename Porche, Tercel or Camry.  (No offense if you drive one of those cars but renaming her a Toyota car seems more spot-on.) And Kenya or Ken-nah™ is out of her friggin mind!  Out of it.  That Waletr guy needs to run for the hills!  :)

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NeNe Leakes painted with MAC Cosmetics

Reality TV is my dirty pleasure and the way I justify watching this crap is to draw it. I hit pause on my dvr remote as NeNe Leakes from The Real Housewives of ATL was making this "bitch please' face to something Kenya said. Or was this her "say what now" look? Anyway, I did a quick pencil sketch and then "painted" the whole thing with MAC Cosmetics: foundation, eyeshadow, paint sticks, and chromacakes. :)

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The Real Housewives of ATL. Meet Kenya.

This is new cast member Kenya and I've said it before and I'll say it again..... there's nothing like new crazy.  She has the aggression of Marlo and the ample BS reserve of Sheree (both no longer with the show) so does that mean Kenya is pulling the weight of two crazy people?  I'm going with yes on that.

Illustration of new crazy completed with pen and marker on paper with digital color.

Fix your face!

Sheree from The Real Housewives of ATL delivering her most memorable line "fix your face" to NeNe. Too bad Sheree didn't use that line earlier.... it might have saved her job. By the way, doesn't it seem like only yesterday NeNe was barking at Kim to "keep her legs closed to married men". Isn't it crazy that was three years ago?

This drawing started as a study for a more involved image but I liked the messy quality as that seemed to fit the giantic yet infinitely enjoyable train-wreck that is this three-part reunion show.  It's completed with a Bic pen on paper and digital color.  Yes, a Bic pen.  Off to watch the third installment.  Happy reality TV viewing y'all!

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Marlo Hampton and her painted face.

Last night at around 7pm I wrote up a recap posting of this past Sunday's ATL housewives.  It was full of snide remakes about Bravo dredging the bottom of the barrel to find new cast member Marlo.  She's pretty bad.  A "socialite" who has been arrested seven times and uses designers objects to derive her self-worth.  Actually that might sound like an interesting character if you've never seen the show but if you are watching, then you know otherwise.  She's loud and thoughtless and she'll scream 'faggot' if she's in an argument which is perfect for a show on Bravo.  This franchise is home to many batshit crazy people but, to me, she's not watchable.  She makes me mad.  In that posting I started last night, I also went into great detail about how horribly most of these women are behaving on their South African trip.  A trip which most people would relish and learn from but not the majority of these dames.  Lots of complaints and a lack of interest in experiencing the local culture and Marlo brought 29 pairs of designer shoes and a slew of handbags.  Why?  Because she insists we know that she has these things.  And in case you forget she has them, she'll bark about it endlessly.  Bleh!  So after I finished that posting I hit publish and typically a few seconds later and it appears on my blog.  But not last night. I hit publish and then an odd swirling icon which I've never seen before appeared on my screen.  Huh?  I was able to get on other sites so it wasn't an internet thing.  I left my laptop open until about 11pm and it was still stuck in that mode so I just had to shut it off and all I'd written was lost.  Oh well..... it's probably Karma for all the awful yet I feel accurate detailing I went into about Marlo.  Maybe it's best that posting is gone because I do not want to be the reason for mugshot number 8.  :)

What I drew from the episode was when the ladies went to a dinner party and their faces were detailed with some beautiful painted dot patterns.  There was no significance to the designs, they were just ornamentation.  

Were those painted dots to be emblematic of each woman's character, then Marlo would certainly have had this painted on her face.

I did that image from start to finish in about twenty minutes so if she looks like a dude then all the better.

Ink on sketchbook paper with digital dots.  :)

Cowgirl Kandi Burruss is a little bit country........

Oh hey there!  I'm going to attempt two ultra-quickie postings today.  Like ultra, ultra quick.  I did the above drawing of my favorite housewife Kandi about five days ago, posted it on my fb page, and then began prepping for a free-lance project. It was on my "to do" list to get this posted but sadly I got sick mid-week.  Wah wah!!!!  Today I'm almost feeling human again so thought I'd best get this up.  The above drawing of the adorable Kandi celebrates her foray into the country music arena.  Miss Burruss is writing for country singer Jo Dee Messina and I predict good things.  In my estimation, she's the only "real" person on that show meaning she's not pretending to be something she's not.  Go cowgirl Kandi!  So what else happened on last week's show?

Hmmmmm.... if memory serves:

Phaedra's trying to put the fun back in funerals (sorry, I'm still sick) and she's gonna use her friend Willy Wonka's business model and rip him off.  Or something like that.

Cynthia and Peter seem to be on the divorce countdown.

Nene found out that new cast member Marla has been arrested seven times.  Say what?

Kim and her lazy daughters unpacked some hideously gaudy Versace plates that will be displayed in their formal dining room but never used.

Sheree went to Kim's Wigmanor and tried to usher in a healthier lifestyle: fresh squeezed juice...... yoga complete with side planks (those totally work by the way) and Kim wanted none of it.  Which was shocking, right?  I think Kim is totally missing out on a huge business opportunity.  Wouldn't you want to buy a yoga workout video with wigged Kim trying to do the down dog position with a cigarette in her mouth and a glass of wine next to her mat?  I'd totally buy it.

Ok, off to take my meds and try for posting number two.

Drawing of Kandi was completed with pen and ink on paper.