I just got back from our company's ground breaking event. Pretty cool. Willie Mays was there, he is a really nice, surprisingly funny guy. Gavin Newsom was supposed to be there also but apparently he had another more important event to attend. Anyhow, I obviously was too shy to walk up and ask for his autograph but snuck this little picture of him. Also, check out my sketchbook painting of his statue at Giant's Stadium. (I mean SBC park.)

Ahhh Willie.

These are some mini gouache paintings of the big 4. Do you know who the big four are? They helped to found the Central Pacific Railroad that brought lots of riches to San Francisco, now many things are named after them. I bet you will think their names are familiar once I tell them to you. Left to right (Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and Mark Hopkins). Pretty cool, read more. I feel sorry for Theodore Judah who called them together. Why not the BIG 5?

This is my first posting on my new blog. I am starting this blog because I seem to never get my website up and running. Although I have done EVERYONE elses website I never do mine. Check it out www.kelliecharlton.com, see, it is not done and is always "coming soon". Let me see if I can do something about that soon.

For now, I will be posting some art and making general silly comments about my funny life. Also, my friends just started a blog "girls who draw", if you are a girl and can draw you should add something to it. If you are not a girl, then you should still check it out! Andrea Wicklund is a member, and so is Angela Dominguez, they are both good and can draw.

Okay, next post should be with some pictures. But have to work now.