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  • At Home Creative Adventures: Be a Naturalist for a Day (plus Free Printable Journal)

    Nature is all around us, whether it is in your backyard, in a park, in the country, or even on your balcony in the city! Be a naturalist for a day and head outside to observe the world around you. Draw sketches and color them in if you’d like. Make sure to jot notes down as you go along and record your findings. Below is the free printable journal. Click the image and print it out. Fold it into a journal and head out the door! Here is a process video of my morning being a naturalist in my garden. As always, I’d love to see what you create! Feel…

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  • At Home Creative Adventures: Shoe Stories

    If only our shoes could talk, what would they say? They’ve been places with you and have stories to tell. This fun creative prompts looks at your life adventures through your shoes! Inspired by Andy Warhol’s shoe illustration series, head to your closet and pull out those random pair of shoes and tell their story! Here’s a process video of drawing my shoes. I used a fine point Micron pen (.005) for very light, loose lines. Definitely Google Andy Warhol’s shoe illustration series. They are very inspiring to say the least. Below is a screen shot from Google of just a few of his illustrations. Be sure to read the…

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  • At Home Creative Adventures: Floral Bouquet

    To brighten up your environment, create a floral bouquet just for you! This creative prompt will get you outside looking for blooms, and inside creating a masterpiece. An impressionistic style is the best approach to making a colorful bouquet worthy to prop by your desk! Here are the blooms I found in my yard, inspiration for my bouquet. If you don’t have flowers in your yard, feel free to use mine as inspiration or head to the internet for more! Below is the time-lapse of me creating my bouquet. Notice the looseness of the lines, and watercolor. Also, the varied size interpretation of each bloom. The pansy bloom is actually…

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  • At Home Creative Adventure: 4 Objects, 1 Color

    We can become easily immune to the colorful objects and items that fill our homes. Brighten your day with this creative color exercise and celebrate those items you may not see anymore! For this project, I picked my favorite turquoise blue shade and found: a small globe, a mini-house souvenir from Denmark, a candle and a santon figurine from Provence. They are an odd pairing of objects, yet still make for an interesting illustration. Below is the still life on my desk. Be sure to read the “More Creative Prompts” on the printable exercise to learn of ways to vary this exercise. And, as always, I’d love to see what…

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  • I Am Creative

    I Am Creative – An Affirmation for All

    We live in a world where fears and anxieties can many times overwhelm our own creativity. How many times have you heard, “Oh, I’m just not creative…” or “I can’t seem to come up with any ideas, I must not be that creative…” Our own fears many times preclude us from being the creative person we want to be. Fear of being judged, failure, or not being able to come up with an ideas at all can many times stop us from even trying. It’s really too bad since inherently everyone of us is creative, brimming with ideas and imagination! I recently read a chapter in a book about creative…

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    Salmagundi West - Antique & Curios Shop, Vancouver, Canada

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I am so proud of all the puzzles I’ve created in I am so proud of all the puzzles I’ve created in the last few years for the fabulous @truesouthpuzzle - I’m realizing I haven’t shared nearly enough of all the fun details that go into creating each of these illustrations. Before I even start illustration I spend many many hours researching the topic. My puzzle designs have taken me to tiny, cool places such as Fancy Gap, Virginia and St Catherine’s Island, Georgia. I’ve researched a crazy number of US landmarks such as the Corn Palace in South Dakota and the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas. I’ve even discovered one of Alaskans’ favorite drinks is a duck fart. I’m currently wrapping up the design of my 12th (!!) puzzle and can’t wait for the reveal. So stay tuned for many more details and be sure to head to @truesouthpuzzle to pick up one of my designs! #puzzles #puzzleillustrator #illustrator #research #fancygap #cadillacranch #duckfart #cornpalace #stcatherinesisland
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Happy 2021 everyone!!!! Here’s a little illustra Happy 2021 everyone!!!! Here’s a little illustrated selfie of me doing what I love. I’ve been doing lots of reflection this past week - I’m ready to shed some of that excess anxiousness (hello, pandemic!?!) that has been consuming too much of my time and get back to doing what I love- teaching art , sharing stories, and creating connections. If 2020 taught me anything it’s that friendships (whether in person or virtual) really are everything!  #illustratedselfie #newyear #goals #friendship #illustrator #artistlife #meettheartist
Wow! What a year! One of the biggest highlights fo Wow! What a year! One of the biggest highlights for me was virtually traveling to so many places with many of you in my online art classes! Thank you so much for joining me and stay tuned to next week when I announce my Winter 2021 class schedule. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!! Your comments and friendship mean the world to me! #onlineclasss #artclasses #virtualtravel #happynewyear #yearinreview #artclassesonline
We finally made it out of PJs at 6pm to take a fam We finally made it out of PJs at 6pm to take a family pic and enjoy a fondue dinner. Definitely a Christmas to remember. Merry merry to all!🎄 #merrychristmas #christmas2020 #pjsallday #games #thedogloveshistoys
There is definitely no place like home this holida There is definitely no place like home this holiday!!! Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful friends. 🎄 I’m so lucky to have you in my life! ❤️💚❤️💚#homefortheholidays #illustrator #nestledin #pajamasallday #merrychristmas #happyholidays #2020athome
Super excited to host my Create a Holiday Calendar Super excited to host my Create a Holiday Calendar class tomorrow (noon PST). There’s still room to join in the “live” fun if you are interested as well as the class will be available online if you can’t make the live session. (Link in my profile). #onlineclasses #artclass #holidayart #peekaboo
Come sign up for my new online “live” class th Come sign up for my new online “live” class this Friday at noon (PST) where we will be making festive holiday calendars! Following the class I will be posting a video if you can’t make the live session. See link in my profile for details. #kickofftheseason #celebratetheseason #adventcalendar #onlineclasses #artclass #holidayart

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