I’ve updated the shop with new Art Prints!!
If you want to add some beautiful art to your little girls room or even to add to your own décor, jump on over and grab yourself a print.
I created a fun project for Jane Davenport’s blog. I used her face stamp as a template for creating different children characters. It’s a great way to practice facial expressions and hair styles.
Check it out on Jane’s Blog
I fell in love with some of my #inktober character sketches and decided to add color to a few of them.
For these I used an old sketchbook that had layers of paper ephemera layers with a top coat of gesso. I used a carbon copy sheet and transferred my #inktober sketch onto the gesso page…pressing very lightly. Then I added chalk pastel.
New York Bridal Fashion Week is this weekend and I’m so excited! I’ve been married 18 years, but I still get all dreamy when looking at bridal gowns. Bridal gowns are one of my favorite things to draw, tangle and paint. I always start with a sketch.
Melissa Sweet Bridal gown for Davids Bridal
Randi Rahm from the Ice Princess Collection
Zac Posen collection for Davids Bridal
I then transfer the sketch to watercolor paper and apply watercolor.
Tangling tip: Sketch out flower designs before starting…this will act as a reference when choosing where to place the flowers in your design.
I love to work with chalk pastels in my art journal. I have such a love / hate relationship with chalk pastels. I love to use them only when I can work over gesso and on larger pieces. I love the richness and vibrancy the pastels have and blending them with my fingers is such a freeing experience.
We artist can learn so much from other artists, especially the masters who came before us. I love Impressionism artwork because of the rawness and freeness it represents.
Paul Signac / French / 1863-1935
I love that Signac experimented with various mediums. He creating paintings in oil and watercolor. He made etching and lithographs. But it is his pen-and-ink sketches I love.
For this Imitate the Masters piece I used chalk pastels to recreate Signac’s famous St. Tropez, the Shipyard and the Lighthouse (1893).
“She Speaks”
“Perfect Bloom”
“Ponder”
