Market Day: Fiber Arts
Inked in Photoshop Since I opened my Etsy shop a few weeks ago, I’ve been adding new items like greeting card designs every few days. I’ve looked forward to having the storefront-part for so long
Weird Burger
original sketches The first thing that I started working on when I left my job in food service was polishing up a set of line drawings that I’d sketched for a friend while working there.
Beasts & a Seat
Today’s drawing started while I was flipping through one of my favorite books: The Styles of Ornament by Alexander Speltz. This thick little number, which I found at a Boy Scout rummage sale, smells like
Green Peas
Drawing over brush tests and color swatches is one of my favorite ways to work in my sketchbook. There’s something fun about these “garbage” pages that I’ve always kind of hated throwing away – they
Blue Lady
Earlier this week, I felt like practicing some portrait drawing. It ended up being this pencil sketch with a textured, monochromatic background. My inspiration was “apprehension” – the feeling that I saw in my inspiration
Gallery of Doodles
Sometimes I spend my drawing/painting practice time in my journal. This morning, for instance, I drew a bunch of berries, daisies, and greenery on this floral sketch. It decorates the inside cover of my notebook’s
Daffodils
We had snow again yesterday, but I’ve had spring flowers indoors for a couple of weeks now! If you buy a bag of spring bulbs while they’re on clearance at the end of the season
Kitchen Baskets
With a tiny page, I can do a more detailed little scene in one morning’s warm-up. Today’s sketch was based on a photo of a kitchen nook, and I was most interested in trying to
Wardian Case
Sometimes, I just get a hankering for coloring in a big area in with regular graphite pencil. When I sketched a few simple plant shapes in the sketchbook, I ended up framing them in like
Tricks n’ Treats
It’s technically the day after Halloween, but that’s not going to keep me from posting today’s illustration. This drawing is similar to the sketchbook exercise from last time, with a yellow-orange and black color palette