A sketch from a while ago. I like these characters, although not sure yet who they are or what the story is.
Sketchbook
March 24, 2012
February 13, 2012
Geisha: watercolor sketch
The reference for this was a vintage black and white photo. I used a different brush than I'm used to, but that was kind of fun.
*When frost comes to the fall tundra*
It's been so long since I've posted on this blog! Partly because I've been using facebook more, and partly I suppose because I've been busy finishing a book illustration project. I'd like to get back in the routine here, though! In the meantime, here is a quick sketch I drew and painted the other day.
April 11, 2011
July 30, 2010
Catching up
hello! I thought it was about time I popped in and said hello. I've been so busy with my job and my little ones, I scarcely have a minute to post anything! This photo above shows the little ermine who were chattering at us during a nature walk out on the tundra with my watercolor field journal class. They were very cute, and very serious! These two were babies! This walkway you see is put down for researchers who study the tundra every summer.
And here is what we have had to do with every chair in the house since baby Ian started climbing. If we put one down he immediately climbs up onto the table or even the kitchen counter. It gets exhausting lifting him down and hearing him cry about it, so for now this works. Except when we need to sit down!
Some recent tiny ACEO size watercolors. Have to paint fast and small these days!
Watercolors of wild flowers and grasses
kite flying in the backyard
Poppies and other wildflowers
A close up of our trees here in Barrow- willows that grow just a few inches tall.
And that's all I've got for now! It might be a while before I can post again. Thanks for visiting!!
Oh, I almost forgot to mention- I would have loved to have flown down to the Eric Carle Museum in MA a couple weeks ago to see Lisbeth Zwerger in person, along with her artwork- but alas I could not. However, they have the exhibition catalog for sale on the museum website. I collect all things Lisbeth, so yay! I ordered it.
April 18, 2010
April 10, 2010
sketching fairies
mostly pencil and watercolor, with a little bit of photoshop.
January 24, 2010
hello sun!
hello! just dropping in to show you a little sketch painting, of a girl who's hair style I like.
aaaand....here is the sun (!!!) who made an appearance today for the first time since November.
October 07, 2009
a picture, and a list
Recent good things:
1. Marisa's e- course
2. early bed times for children and time to play with art
3. watching two foxes (fox?) chase each other at mach speed back and forth across the tundra
4. painting the colored wall in my bedroom back to a neutral shade of sea glass blue, from a bright spring green that limited my decor choices
5. Ian's yummy warm snuggles
6. Isabelle practicing 'ballet'
7. a new macbook pro coming in the mail
8. paying off a credit card
9. frozen ground - no more mud or wet soggy tundra puddles
10. coffee in the morning
11. talking to a friend who makes me laugh
August 15, 2009
recent sketches
no time to do finished paintings these days, just little sketches here and there.
August 04, 2009
July 17, 2009
cobalt blue is my desert island color. cobalt blue and a light yellow. I could (and do) spend hours mixing different shades of those colors.
July 01, 2009
From the Moleskine.
April 05, 2009
watercolor + photoshop = fun
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