Some of our favorite picture books are the Brambly Hedge series by British author and illustrator Jill Barklem. The illustrations in these books are as sweet as any I’ve ever seen. Every page is full of cute little woodland critters donning 19th century attire and going about their lives in quaint rural fashion. The […]
Drawings
“Mice and Berries” after Jill Barklem
Woodland Face
Candy Corn Sketchbook
Her diet is naught but juice and a crust She’s wasting away and thinks it unjust The lack of fare makes her glum and forlorn She cheers herself up with some candy corn. Yep, I’m still sick in bed. Nothing to do but draw and eat soup.
Fall Bride
As she looked out the window from her big, comfy bed Visions of leaves swirled around in her head She had no good ideas at first, so she sighed Then suddenly it came to her, a lovely fall bride!
Autumn Hat
What’s an artistic girl to do Stuck in bed all day with the flu? She can’t do much, feeling such a wretch But one thing she can do is sit up and sketch.
A Piece of Creative Inspiration
I want to share a piece of creative inspiration with you. It sits at the corner of my art table in a simple black frame. This piece of artwork was not done by a famous artist. It’s not a reprint of an old master’s painting or a piece from a gallery. […]
Sketching Garden Veggies
It seems as if everyone I know put in a vegetable garden this summer! With garden grown vegetables ripening in the sun, there is no shortage of colorful material for sketching. If you have a crop of any kind […]
“Cropped into Greatness”-Handmade Card Project
Even the most creative person has a project flop now and then. That I have slightly more projects fail than succeed is a fact that I’m not going to share on this blog very often. I generally keep my art gone bad to myself, slipping it quietly into the waste basket with the outgoing pampers:) However, to encourage all artists […]