A funny thing happened to me this past Summer. I received an email from someone at Harper Collins publishing, asking me if I would like to work with them to illustrate a coloring book. Say what? I get a lot of inquiries asking me to submit work, but they usually are...
I think my favorite thing to do is gardening. Why? Because when I am doing it, I am not worrying about a thing. I find it highly therapeutic and relaxing, even though I've digging and carrying pails of water around the yard. I've just moved to a new house, and I've...
My first coloring book is nearly ready...YAY! It's taken longer than I thought to create it. Right now I'm working on the cover and back cover. Below is a neato video that I made in Photoshop of my color progression on one of the design pages. [wpvideo ZNno4kFb]...
Where have I been the past few days? Trying to figure out how to put my (new!) computer back together! It completely crashed after downloading a new driver, and I had to reset it and figure out how to retrieve my data! Ack! Anyway, please enjoy Part 5 of my Advent...
Part 4 of my Advent Challenge! Here are the first sixteen! I've been posting these on Instagram. I LOVE Instagram! Find me by clicking HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Part 3 of my Advent Challenge blog posts.... I've always been wanting to do a matryoshka series of designs, so I decided to use her for the angel. I love how she came out! Here are the first twelve days in block format. I've been posting these on Instagram. I LOVE...
I've kind of forgotten to keep up with my Advent blog postings! I'll post a few illustrations every day, because it's almost Christmas! Yikes, where did the year go? Here are 8 days in block format. I think they look really cool together! any ideas what I can do with...
So....I've decided to participate in The Advent Challenge 2014, organized by Faye Brown of Faye Brown Designs. I wasn't sure if I could keep up with it, but I decided to try. And it turns out I'm having such a fun time creating these daily holiday illustrations! First...
This week's project for Make Art That Sells was for "party paper". Paper plates, napkins, cups, stuff for parties. This was my fave project too. The theme was "flora". I decided to aim for a folky feel (but of course!). I ended up using a combination of some...
My next project for Make Art That Sells, Part B, was for the Scrapbooking industry. It was a blast! Our theme was antique/vintage clocks. I had to really think about this one for a while. I finally chose to go with a Steampunk theme and colors. Very different for me!...