so, in the category of “why on earth have i not done this before” i’ll enter the submission: MAKE MY OWN PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES AND PATTERNS. whati’ve actually made patterns before a long time ago before i was creating any of my illustrations digitally, so it doesn’t count. i wasn’t utilizing them to their full [...]

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 [...]

  just messin with my new waterbrushes that i got for christmas.

Since he was teeny tiny, i’ve always told my 5 year old “i love you all the way up to the moon and past the stars.” Today as he was standing in the light of the windows in my studio striking a sharp silhouette, this image just popped into my head. i snapped his photo…. [...]

Justine Smith, of Handmade Blogger/Handmade Marketer fame, contacted me to create a header for her new personal blog, coming soon to a web browser near you. The directive was to create a Burton-esque-Alice-in-Wonderland-theme with a color scheme of Justine’s choosing. i wanted to do a loose, vibrant coloring in the background. i think the watercolor [...]

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…

i love finishing off a good cream puff. i started telling you about this sweet project in a previous post. And i was a really good little artist because i documented my progress! i did this, in part, because if i were the recipient of this unique gift, i would find it extremely interesting and [...]

i’m on a mission.  must complete all my half-finished artwork from the past several months! My day job has gotten the better of me and i’ve begun way too many projects without ever completing them. i had watercolored these circles way back and never completed the piece. SO….i might seem like i’m really cranking it [...]

For Easter, my 4 year old son got a new set of watercolors. What’s better than that? They look like candy. He’s been having lots of fun splashing and swooshing. This quickie artwork calls to mind the word-for-the-day around here : )