Graphite Garden
Today’s sketch is inspired by the backyard garden of my dreams. I’m a sucker for statuary in real life, and when I draw, I love the ambiguity that statues have. As images, they’re supposed to
August Meadow
I’ve spent a ton of time this summer trying to get my online shop up and running, which has meant a lot of time in front of the computer. Next year around this time, I
Playing with Paint
Today, I played with paint for entirely legitimate reasons! I had one goal: create a bunch of expressive watercolors with texture. They only needed to have a range of hue, good contrast, lots of blooming
Designing with Florals
I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen this summer, and some lyrics inspired today’s image. I drew some lettering in Photoshop and started a digital collage using my recent botanical gouache illustrations. The image
Animal Cards
While I’m wrapping up projects that I’ve had in the works for some time, I’ve recently had the satisfaction of being able to turn some attention back toward a few older projects. Yesterday, I used
Camping Dreams
I had another fun day today with a drawing prompt from over at Doodle Addicts, this time to sketch a “hippie van”. It’s really hot where I live, but camping still sounds really fun right
Summer Maiden in Gouache
She’s a palette cleanser. I mean that literally. I painted this little gouache illustration in my sketchbook this morning using some of the remaining paint left over from finishing my work on Tuesday. For a
Winter Greens in August
I started this week out with a nice sunny day in the studio, filling another grid of botanical illustrations with color. This time, the theme of my gouache painting is winter greenery in a pastel