I think I’ve finally decided on a design for the children’s hospital. My goal is to finish it up before Knox’s birthday (July 14th) and submit it to the hospital’s art board for consideration. I’ve drawn a lot of turtles lately… Here’s some really rough sketches that I keep coming […]
Creative Projects
Turtle Mini Canvas
This little drawing in my sketch book was perfect for a mini canvas. I drew on the design in pen first… Started adding some color on with my Inktense pencils… Let the fun begin with the water-pen… Added in detail and outline with pen… Added a bit more green to […]
Turtle Girl II
Each time I draw a girl finding a turtle it turns out a little bit different from the time before. I’m having *fun* so I’m just going to keep going with these turtle girls. Just like my first Turtle Girl from last week, I transferred my design from the sketchbook […]
Holiday Clothespins
I know, I know. It’s too early for Christmas, but you know how these art magazine challenges go. The holiday stuff needs to be sent in now! I’m submitting these for the ‘Homemade Holiday” challenge for Somerset Life, so think *holidays* for just a few minutes. I took plain wooden […]
Turtle Girl 5″ x 7″ Painting
I transferred this quick little sketch onto a “5 x 7” canvas. I blocked in the design with some light acrylic colors and found some text I liked. I left out the big moon in the background because I thought it would be too much yellow. Added in some details […]
More Collage on Polyvore
[ Happy 10th Birthday to my sweet S. today!! I can’t believe you’re in the double digits already pretty girl! I LOVE YOU!
8 Ideas for Simple Wrapping with Herbs and Paper Doilies
Faster. Simpler. Cheaper. These have been my goals when trying to come up with wrapping and gift ideas. I looked outside to see if there was something I could use and there was only one thing that has survived my black thumb: the herbs. I cut some clippings of rosemary, […]
Art Collage on Polyvore
I recently learned about the artistic possibilities of Polyvore from Sheree Burlington of MuseWare Pottery. She wrote an great article about it in the Spring 2012 issue of Digital Studio. The top photo was my first attempt at making a collage. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. […]