Here’s little something  i’ve been working on….yep, still taped to my art board…. My friend commissioned this sketch for her boyfriend who is from the town where this gate is a landmark. Such a sweet thought, right? i hope he likes it. Here’s a little info on the gate/arch. From Wikipedia: Qur’ān Gate (Persian: دروازه [...]

This artwork is the painter’s equivalent of a writer’s mind dump. You get all these thoughts swirling in your head and have an almost physical need to get them out on paper, or in this case-computer screen, since i made the art using my favorite toy. My Wacom Intuos4 Graphics tablet and stylus. Oh man! [...]

i just got my new  Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet today!!!  Now i am busy trying to make my hands forget more than 13 years of digital drawing with the mouse, and hand-drawing with the pencil or pen. i must learn the ways of the stylus! It is …interesting. i’m not so good, but i’m trying [...]

Ah…this dress was one of my favorites. Imported Alencon lace was used for the center-seamed, deep v bodice. i lined the bodice with a silk that took forever to find. i was going for a color that would fall somewhere between nude (ick!) and natural white, which was the color of the gown. i wanted [...]

Um, this sketch stole my dream hair. Touseled, wavy low ponytail with perfect pieces around the face. Ah well, my hair does not have quite the volume to pull this off, but pencil chick here is rockin it! This sketch was for an asymmetric beaded/sequined skirt with a charmeuse keyhole, racerback bodice with beading along [...]

Hello all! Here is what i’m thinking. Since i am up to my elbows in commissions and it can be tricky posting progress pics “during” the creation (clients like to be the first ones to see a work and still others might consider me stealing their thunder if i posted theirs) i am going to [...]

Ah, my roots. Watercolor on wood and sketchy ink drawings. This is a small wood block destined to be a little organizer or key hook. Pics to come…

hey everybody! after a hiatus that seemed much longer than it actually was, i’m back. technical difficulties. i’ll just say that we were experiencing technical difficulties. but here is my most recent completed work, “hanging by a thread.” it’s an ink drawing that i’ve scanned and colored digitally. i wanted a wispy, thin-lined work where [...]

As i grow accustomed to blogging more consistently, i’ve been thinking hard about how i can keep up with interesting posts/features for you wonderful readers AND keep my sanity as i attempt to wear the many other hats we work-from-home moms, and otherwise busy modern women do. i thought a LAzy Sunday feature might be [...]