Do you follow me on Instagram? If not, you can click HERE to go to my page. I've been posting colored pictures from my newest book, Christmas to Color, every day since the beginning of December. I did this last year as well, it was great fun and also a great challenge...
Inking!
I've been so busy lately....Inking! Well, not really inking, but it feels like it when you draw on a Wacom Cintiq. Below is a sample of one of my coloring book pages. I'm going to publish it in an 8 1/2 x 11 size book. As you can imagine, it's taking a long time to...
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...
Advent Design Challenge 2014
My friend, Faye Brown, has been doing an Advent Design Challenge for a few years now. I think this year I'll give it a go! Every day you make some sort of design, drawing, poem, ANYTHING you can think of that's related to the daily theme. Everyone posts their creation...
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!...
A Little Interview
I was featured on the Make it in Design blog yesterday! So excited that they asked me to talk a bit about myself and my process. Check out the video I made! https://vimeo.com/105514170 To see the full interview, click HERE. Take a look at their courses by clicking...
Back to School
Yep, I'm participating in yet another course. Make Art that Sells. I took Part A last year. This year is Part B. Last year Part A was wonderfully draining and exhausting. I did so much great work in 5 weeks! And I met some really fabulous people along the way that...
Coloring Books?
I've had lots of people tell me that I should make coloring books. Coloring books for adults. Last weekend I had lunch with my longtime friends Louise and her husband, Bruce. Bruce has been really successful doing this, and he shared some tips. They pretty much...
Where did Summer go? Part 3
The last of my summer school projects from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design was by far my favorite! Intricate Chaos! Stylesight/WGSN trend agency provided the trend reports that we used as inspiration for our designs. I did a lot of drawings for this...