It’s been a weird year, hasn’t it? The pandemic threw my teaching into an unpredictable loop and I’ve been scrambling for ways to thrive in this environment. One of my solutions was to create a semester long sketchbook challenge for my students. I’ve posted this also to Instagram and opened it up to other to... Continue Reading →
The Ghost Story – abstract designs on Society6
Around a year ago, I made a second Society6 store as a lark. I sort of forgot about it after I uploaded the designs. I accidentally logged into a few weeks ago and realized that I made a sale (ha)! You’ll notice that these designs are a far cry from my usual illustrations. These were... Continue Reading →
Inktober 2019
Every year it sneaks up on me... INKTOBER! Last year I did awesome. I actually completed all the challenge prompts. Did I do it well? Debatable. But I did push myself to make a daily practice. Inktober usually comes at the perfect time when I feel complacent in my studio practice. The daily challenges give... Continue Reading →
“Alchemy” Process Post
Continuing my side project of updating some favorite older works to new digital sketches, I returned to this goodie. This sketch was done several years back (2015?) when I was working on a hashtag project. I think it was 100 days project. I definitely did not get to 100 days of any sketching by any... Continue Reading →
#Inktober is coming!
I get so excited for October: INKTOBER. Inktober is my favorite artist hashtag project. For the month of October, artists are challenged to produce a new inked artwork. There's prompts that people can follow or you can do your own thing. This year, I want to challenge myself and follow the prompts and make them... Continue Reading →
Practice, Patterns, and Blogging
It's a new year and it's already February. I meant to post last week, but I've been busy working on my new goals the past few weeks/months. So far, it's a slog, but I'll get to that. Practice makes perfect?A few years ago, I listened to an art podcast where the interviewer talked about how... Continue Reading →