Last Saturday i went on a little trip! I got on a train at 4:30 in the morning along with Katka, Patrick and Lucy and we headed to Prague for the day! We decided to start a little club (but we haven't figured out a name yet...) and this trip's name was "Praha, Mucha and coffee!"


We were pretty concerned about the weather, but in the end it was really pleasant and we could walk everywhere without much discomfort! Our first stop was the art store, where we stocked up on paper and other supplies! Next we visited an English bookstore, and then went for coffee in the new Starbucks! It's a really cool and classy place.

The Alfons Mucha museum was the highlight though. His stuff was really inspirational to me! We finished up by going to Bohemian Bagel, and then got back on the train! It was a great day with three of the coolest people I know.


This past week we had a ski trip with our school! I brought my snowboard, and even though the conditions weren't optimal, it was still really fun hanging out with my friends and shredding the slopes.

Yesterday, however, something put a dent in my plans... Long story short, while going off a jump, i landed badly and broke my wrist. It's my first broken bone ever! I'd elaborate more, but it takes a really long time to type with one hand. I wanted to stay with my schoolmates until the end of the trip, but because of the pain I had to come home today.

It's been a peaceful and strange day... and though I was in pretty high spirits on the day that it happened, today hasn't been fun (my hand has been swelling up...). So please pray for me that I'd survive these next 4 weeks without drawing, painting, guitar playing or writing. I'm sure I'll find a way to do all of these thing eventually, but it won't be easy.


This next week we're heading down to Slovenia to visit our family for spring break! We were planning on skiing and snowboarding but it's not looking good now...but i'm sure we'll find some fun things to do anyway.

Oh and if you haven't heard of Nickel Creek and like bluegrass/acoustic music...check them out, they're really good.

Even if you only know a little about me, you should know that I love art.

Lately I've been inspired by Patrick to try drawing Manga. Because I'm also a perfectionist, it takes me a lot longer to get to the point where I can actually draw something, but from then on it's smooth sailing. And so, for practice, I combined three different drawings to produce this sketch!


I was really happy about how it turned out, so I thought I should try using my drawing tablet to bring it up a notch! I was up till 2 last night working on this...and I'm really excited about it!


Hope you all like it! =) This has inspired me thoroughly to continue in my Manga pursuits, so hopefully we'll see some more stuff soon.

Today I went over to the Ellenwoods' along with my guitar to practice a couple songs with Hannah! Hannah has a voice recital at the end of February, and I'll be accompanying her with guitar, as well as voice on one song. I'm really excited! It was great spending time with Hannah and making music together.

One song we worked on together was Falling Slowly from the movie Once (which I mentioned a little while ago). It sounds awesome, our voices blend really nicely together!! I'm really happy about it. So towards the end of the day we decided to quick record a rough version of it on Hannah's mom's Mac. And now I bring it to you on Tidbits By Tyler!! So, here is Falling Slowly by Tyler Patty and Hannah Ellenwood. Just push the play button and listen away!

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Last week was pretty crazy...in a good way though! Well, sort of. The good part was that I got to relax a lot and do some of the things I love to do - namely painting and reading. The bad part was that I was sick. Last Monday night I had a fever of 102.5 Fahrenheit! That wasn't fun. Then I had all kinds of sicknesses around it... I got the flu (which I'm still getting rid of) along with a sore throat, and even a swollen eye over the weekend!

But the good part, as I said, was that I got a lot of painting and reading and relaxing done. I'm ready to get back to the business of school and things in youth group and stuff.

Here's something that I've been working on for a while. It depicts the dwarf lord Balin retaking the Mines of Moria from the Goblins. Enjoy!


More pictures of recent projects to come soon! I did lots of painting over the weekend, it's been great! ;)

Phew...well we survived the men's conference! it was really great, the speaker had some great things to say.

The first night of worship was really hard for me, and I put so much energy and emotions into it that I was totally drained after. It was really strange...but after a good night's sleep God restored my strength!

We're going to celebrate Caleb's 15th birthday tonight with the Ellenwoods...it should be fun! We're going out to this cool restaurant. Then tomorrow is Caleb's actual birthday so be sure to write him and wish him a happy birthday!

This weekend we have a men's conference up at Malenovice. Boza (our youth pastor and worship leader) was supposed to have worship at it today and tomorrow, but he and our drummer got sick yesterday...so that leaves me.

There are gonna be 140 people there, so please pray for me that God will work through the worship and really touch everyone's hearts. Also pray for me for strength...140 is a lot. Caleb will play bass with me and there's a guy from Prague who's coming and he'll hopefully play guitar along with me.

So yeah...it's gonna be crazy. I'm a little nervous...but I trust in Him.

A couple of days ago Caleb, mom and I got new phones! They're really nice, and our old ones were really falling apart so I'm very happy. Here's what mine looks like! I've been spending my free time figuring out how to put music, pictures and videos on from my computer. I think I've got it all figured out, now to just sit back and enjoy!
School's been pretty crazy lately...we're having to wrap up our grades for this semester so that means lots of tests! Aaaah...without my new phone I'd go crazy =)

I've been in a pretty creative mood again. I'm taking a break from painting LOTR figures for a little while, painting Legolas took a lot of energy and time! So I've been trying watercolors, which are really tricky. I've also started writing a story. I just kinda started and decided to just go where my mind led me. At school I have a creative writing class so I'll try to keep writing a chapter a week for that. Two are down already! Unfortunately it's very rough and not fit for public viewing yet ;)

Jon Foreman's new Winter EP just came out yesterday!!! I'm so excited about it. I strongly recommend both his Fall and Winter EP's, and can't wait for Spring and Summer!!!