Recent Sketches courtesy of instagram

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  i was a latecomer to instagram, now i couldn’t bear to live without it. the quickest and super cutest way to share vignettes of my sketches on the fly….here’s a peek inside my sketchbook of late. …..yeeeahhhhhh…..i haven’t decided which filters are my faves yet : )

Yay for Productivity!

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Nothing like the sun streaming through the studio window on a sunday afternoon. Endless possibilities. This is such a beautiful sight to me. Every weekend i swear i will catch up on overdue work and get some fresh new artwork done. Every weekend flashes by in the blink of an eye and i come up [...]

How Clearly do You See Yourself?

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i gave my son this Mona Lisa background with a perfectly white torso in the foreground, showed him the original painting, and explained to him the concept of a portrait (or in his case, self portrait.). Then i had him sit in front of a mirror and draw exactly what he saw. There was no [...]

i just wanted to draw

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Artsy kids might seem shy at times. They might retreat into their sketchbook, or coloring book or picture book. Their christmas list might be filled with items like colored pencil sets, air dry clay, and anything with “Crayola” in front of it. And if an artsy kid grows and matures into an artist as an [...]