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
Canyon Colors
Today, I finished another little page from my sketchbook of color palettes! This one is centered around a deep, vibrant shade of olive that I decided to contrast with a bunch of warm colors for
Cool, Warm, Rococo
This week, we had a few inches of snow, followed by the most beautifully temperate sunny days! That’s how it works in springtime where I’m at: it’s a dramatic back-and-forth until summer tails in at
Gummy Candy Palette
Today, I’ve got another gouache painting from my little book of sketches themes around certain color palettes. Today’s inspiration was a selection of vibrant fruit colors. Gummy bears seemed like a fun challenge to paint,
Chateau Flowers
For the last couple of weeks, my Friday post has featured a curated palette. In that spirit, I wanted to share something again from my little book of color palettes. Today, I have gouache sketch
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
Sea Glass Palette
It’s a color palette day! This gouache sketch is monochromatic, focusing on the blue-green color family. The cool weather this week had me thinking in cool tones. I was inspired by the colors in glass
Favorite Fall Things
I’m not ready to believe that it’s almost winter. It will still be a while until all of my boxes are unpacked from my move at the end of the summer, and in the meantime
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