Autumn Florals Painting
So far this week, I’ve finished my Autumn floral design from my last post! I love painting with gouache. There’s something so rewarding about how matte and crisp everything looks when you’re finished, and because
Purple Blooms
Yesterday, I watched and took notes on a bunch of tutorials on Adobe inDesign in preparation for projects that are developing. I also spent some much-needed time in the studio, finishing up this little painting
Painting Flowers
Everything that had been chugging along so rapidly along has gotten hung up this week in sticky little details, so everything feels like it’s taking longer than it should. Doesn’t it always, though? In between
Summer Plants
Yesterday, I took a break from drawing in Photoshop to spend some quality time with paints. I used this little grid of plant drawings that’s been sitting in my sketchbook for a while now, and
February, Michigan
Today’s sketchbook exercise was inspired by this painting by Dutch artist Jan Mankes: As you can see, I changed my colors quite a bit, but the composition quite little. I just love the original with
Wah-wah-watercolor
I’m going through one of those phases where I can’t seem to do anything right. Or, even if things eventually work out, it has been a one-step-forward, two-steps-backward sort of process, putting in a lot
Family Crest
For this little sketchbook exercise, I just approached the idea of a family crest using a curated color palette as my jumping-off point. I tried to match this palette from a designer named Erika Firm
Trees Over the Ravine
This week’s prompt on Doodle Addicts was to “draw what’s in front of you”, and I decided on the scene outside of window where I sit working on sticker art. I takes place over the
November Day
This week, as a fun side project and creative exercise, I decided to paint something inspired by Klimt. This is the result, painted in Photoshop. I found myself trying to capture the essence of November,
Blue Study
I painted this some time last winter, when I was getting back into doing any art at all. I wanted to do a “Study in Blue”, and this is what happened after working on it