My Season of Miniatures
fresh baked polymer clay “cookies” – plates measure 23 mm by 23 mm Hi! It’s been a while! Sometimes life takes unexpected turns, and sometimes, they’re even nice ones. Like, for instance, when you discover
It’s Lips
a whole sketchbook page of lips While I’m working on the next sheet of stickers and a floral alphabet, I had a day last week where I just wanted to practice drawing something a little
Sweet Shop Pop-Up
I’ve been playing around with the idea of a popup storefront card for a while, and while I experimented with a prototype over the holidays, this sweet shop greeting card is the first store-front style
Folk Hearts Design Collection
Finished product prototypes – the Folk Hearts stationery collection Last week, I posted the original artwork that I used for today’s designs-just as they were, pretty much right from my sketchbook. In the week since,
Holiday Greenery
original gouache illustrations Over the last very busy holiday weeks, I took a bit of a break posting my sketchbook work here, but today I’m back with a new design just in time for the
Smoke and Air
colored pencil over watercolor This past week, my sketchbook has been centered around a palette of rosy neutral colors, and some of my favorite blue-greens. Above, I drew a pretty true-to-life image of a vintage
Fall Cards Drop
Halloween card designs 2023 A chill has descended, and the first leaves have fallen, and I can’t wait any longer to post the Halloween greeting cards that I put together to celebrate Fall, 2023! Cartoon
Wildlife, Cabana Colors
pheasant and landscape sketches, gouache Last week, I spent a couple of hours working with the same palette of warm, summery colors with gouache in my sketchbook. These paintings were quick and dirty, with little
Tinned Flowers
Mixed Media, 2023 Today’s piece came together over several days last week, working with gouache over watercolor. I wanted to paint some colorful, expressive summer flowers, and contrast them against something a little more structured
Daruma, Nasturtiums
oil paint, 12″ x 12″ Today’s painting isn’t new, it’s quite a few years old! Although I studied with oils, this is the last oil painting I finished, and it was quite a while ago,