Mr. Postman
This little postman is a sketch from so long ago that I couldn’t even guess its age. I’ve kept it through the years because he makes me happy, and because every time I find myself
Fun with Patterns
I’ve been working on repeating patterns for a lot of my recent “behind the scenes” design work. Since I’ve brushed up on my digital skills, creating these has become really simple, and therefor addictive. For
Mule of Difficulties
Today’s drawing is a small pencil sketch of a tarot card, showing a mule-person as the four of cups. It’s the third similar card that I’ve dawn as I’ve been plugging away at other more
Graphite Garden
Today’s sketch is inspired by the backyard garden of my dreams. I’m a sucker for statuary in real life, and when I draw, I love the ambiguity that statues have. As images, they’re supposed to
Playing with Paint
Today, I played with paint for entirely legitimate reasons! I had one goal: create a bunch of expressive watercolors with texture. They only needed to have a range of hue, good contrast, lots of blooming
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
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
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
Summer Reading & Crafts
I recently thought I’d treat myself to a graphic novel by someone I’ve considered in the past to be one of my favorite artists: the acclaimed Chris Ware. I loved the wonderful, multi-layered adventure-in-a-box that
Tweak Week
Today I have a preview of the final sticker sheet in my series of fun little animal shops – a florist! I feel bad that I haven’t posted anything in the last week, but the