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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Great Contest over at Where Women Create

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I love this blog. It's such a great source of inspiration. They are having a lovely give away each day for the 12 Days of Christmas. Enjoy!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Illustration Friday - Unbalanced

Sometimes life can feel so unbalanced. Day job VS art career. To bring some things back into perspective, I decided to finally put to paper an idea I have had in my head for over two years...

Here is my first collage piece ever! So totally off balance from what I normally do. It's hard to put into words how different it felt making this piece compared to my watercolor paintings. A different kind of energy. I loved doing the main piece in my normal painterly way and then modifying it to work with the background I created.

I must say I really did love making this angel. I have a feeling there will be a lot more of these. I'm hoping that stepping outside of my comfort zone will help to restore some balance in my head and keep me motivated to pursue my dreams!

Monday, November 09, 2009

I was very flattered to be invited to join a group called Watercolor Wednesdays. They have weekly challenges and seem like a great group of artists. This was my first post to the blog. This week was to create a character or your own wild thing. I thought I would post her to my blog as well. I really like the colors on this one.

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Illustration Friday - Blur


As my girls are getting older, sometimes it feels like the years are flying by in a blur. Thank goodness they are no where near 16 yet!

This is the first of a series I am working on for birthday cards. I was going to do ages 1 through 5, but drew this girl when I was sketching ideas for another project. I really liked her and wanted to incorporate her in to the series. I'm not too sure about the colors though. I might have to re-think this one. For now though, it was fun to paint and I did learn about some new color combos I tried.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Illustration Friday - Frozen

The first frozen raindrop of the season.

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Just because...

Cupcakes are good!

Illustration Friday - Germ

This was a germ of an idea that I had sketched about a year ago. I pulled it out of the ol' drawing pad this weekend and decided it finally needed color.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Illustration Friday - Pattern

A little ditty this week. I thought the bowl had a pretty pattern.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Illustration Friday - Infinite

With her infinite beauty, she hoped to woo the Fairy Frog Prince.

Monday, August 03, 2009

Kirkland Uncorked 2009 - My booth