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...
Gardening is Good for your Soul…
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...
Almost Ready…Color Like Crazy!
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]...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 5
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...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 4
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!
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 3
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...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 2
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...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 1
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...
Make Art That Sells-Part 4
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...
Make Art That Sells-Part 2
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!...