Rolling Up My Sleeves Painting Some Backgrounds

I have recently been playing around with adding more textured backgrounds to my illustrations. So I spent a day just creating some backgrounds the old fashion way. I used the covers of old books as the canvas and adding some paint and paper to create texture. It felt really good to roll up my sleeves [...]

Read Full Post »

Holiday Crafting

My fondest childhood gift memory was receiving a wooden art box with cubbies – I spent hours organizing all of my art supplies in that box. Is it coincidental that Santa gave my daughter an Art Box as well? I think not!!

Read Full Post »

YOW! #2 Memory

“Memory” I broke out the watercolor kit for this one!! And actually winded up using a variety of media. She’s painted in watercolor & gouache with a few collage elements including the flower in her hair and the stamps in her dress. The background is comprised of some old envelopes I’ve had. I scanned them [...]

Read Full Post »