Snail-tacular
Last week, I did an entire two-page spread of snails in a new watercolor sketchbook. I think that they’re adorable, fun-to-draw creatures with tons of personality. However, I think I did these blue and purple
Thoughts of Mountains
Today’s watercolor sketch shows some imaginary mountains – nothing this craggy exists in flat old Michigan! We are gearing up here to move house. There’s been a lot of driving in preparation, which has had
Mosswood Capitals
An old needlework pattern for cross-stitching monograms was the inspiration for these fancy decorative capital letters. Mine are for monograms too! Personalized cards and stationery are just a couple of the things that I plan
Lucky Wildflowers
Last week, I was in the middle of another bout of wrestling with technology that should be working, but for some reason just isn’t. All of the branding for my shop that I’m developing has
Fun Fruit Colors!
I’m still spending most of my time on the computer at the moment, doing things that are too boring to post about. Meanwhile, I’m spending my morning warm-ups doing little illustrations in my sketchbook. These
Scattered Buttons
Today’s warm-up exercise shows a loose scattering of buttons from my imagination. I don’t actually have a button box to draw from, which is kind of surprising. I feel like a tin full of fun
Record Numbers of Rabbits
I continue a bunny-themed spring. I didn’t plan on painting more rabbits, but this morning’s sketchbook warm-up had me painting them again almost without thinking! I didn’t do a pencil sketch for this painting. However,
Spring Sketch Gallery
I have been so busy and the weather has been so beautiful. It’s been difficult to do anything other than either work at the computer or outdoors! Little paintings using watercolor and gouache dot my
Seeing Green
Today was the day! I finally made it outside with my portable painting kit, and today’s watercolor sketch is the result. My thing this time of year is the almost iridescent green that appears when
String Theory
Today, I’m posting an oldie. That is, I finished this drawing years ago and tucked it away. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything other than recent sketchbook stuff, so I figure that it’s