Ta Daaaa

I need to try this painting technique more often!

Bursting into Bloom

I finally figured out how to film a work-in-progress video! This is going to be fun.

Music credit: Joshua Bell, "Aucassin and Nicolette" by Fritz Kreisler.

Happy Trees

I so wish I could share all the illustrations I've been working on for the new book from Mograce Publishing, "The Kingdom Without Rhyme". It will be released in spring 2018.

Until then, here's a look at painting happy trees.

Watercolor in the Wild

Playing around with plein air. I love these patchwork fields of the farms around upstate.

April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

The big project for this year is illustrating a second children's book with Mograce Publishing. I'm at the stage where I've been sketching and developing some character studies! This is an inventor with his apprentice (and house cat). The new book "A Kingdom Without Rhyme" will have an industrial Victorian style, so it's been fun to play with that genre. 

I'm excited to offer original framed watercolors for sale in my Etsy shop! Check them all out here.

*In other news, still sketching my webcomic every Friday. It's been such a fun little side project.

*There is a nifty little post over at Two Leaves + a Bud blog about our tea/art collaboration. Grab a cuppa and take a look!

La vie en rose

Working on some botanical illustration today. Eventually this will be some prints and notecards in my Etsy shop!

Barn Raising

Some progress shots of a watercolor painting.

illustration deconstruction

This weekend I started a new illustration inspired by the farmers' market that I go to each Saturday. I enjoy seeing the "works-in-progress" of other illustrators so I thought it would be interesting to show the different stages for a new piece: rough draft, revised sketch, and final (in progress) watercolor.

In the earbuds: Sara Bareilles, "Once Upon Another Time"

Happy Trees

I recently did several digital projects so it was good to get outside with paint and brush in hand. 

Buttercups

Snow is falling outside of my window. With a cup of hot coffee in hand, I'm painting flowers to protest.

I've seen several of these neat little time-lapse videos so I thought I'd join the fun! This is a quick watercolor of some buttercups.

Step One

Work in progress: the pencil sketch before adding watercolor. 

anatomy

A scene of a work in progress pencil drawing. This is a rib cage for my sister's graduation present.