Designing with Florals
I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen this summer, and some lyrics inspired today’s image. I drew some lettering in Photoshop and started a digital collage using my recent botanical gouache illustrations. The image
Camping Dreams
I had another fun day today with a drawing prompt from over at Doodle Addicts, this time to sketch a “hippie van”. It’s really hot where I live, but camping still sounds really fun right
Summer Maiden in Gouache
She’s a palette cleanser. I mean that literally. I painted this little gouache illustration in my sketchbook this morning using some of the remaining paint left over from finishing my work on Tuesday. For a
Winter Greens in August
I started this week out with a nice sunny day in the studio, filling another grid of botanical illustrations with color. This time, the theme of my gouache painting is winter greenery in a pastel
Bookshop Cats
Today’s post comes from a love of shop and bodega cats that my husband and I share. This pencil drawing is a gift for my husband, and features two of our three cats asleep on
Skeleton Key
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted with a response to a drawing prompt, but I just felt like diving into one this afternoon. I needed a little creative exercise between other things like
Planning for Warm Florals
At the end of last week, I completed my first run of perfected prototypes of some items I’ve produced for sale, which was a big milestone! I’ve been celebrating by turning to the next project
Varsity Croquet
I recently had a blast playing croquet and other lawn games at a summer party, and it reminded me of a phase I had last year where I drew a few croquet-inspired things in my
Stickertown Sequel
This week, I have been hard at work on the last two sticker sheets that round up my second series. Everything is coming together in a really exciting way – just around the corner, I
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