Zodiac Mandala Series
If you follow me on social media, you know that this zodiac mandala project has been in the works for a while now. Back in college, for my Advanced Illustration class, we had an assignment where we had to … Continued
The Bird is the Word {New Mandala Bird Acrylic Painting}
Don’t you know about the bird? Cause everybody knows that the bird is the word! So now that you absolutely hate me for getting THAT one stuck in your head…. I thought it would be fun to show you a … Continued
Sunrise Mandala {red and orange acrylic painting}
Want to hear something funny? I’m not a big fan of yellow. Or orange. I can take them in small doses, but you’ll be damn sure that if you open my closet and rifle through every single article of clothing … Continued
Blue Owl {progression photos}
I promised some progression pictures of my blue owl, and then once I actually checked my phone it turns out I didn’t take nearly as many as I though. Bummer. I also thought I had another stash of progress photos … Continued
New Acrylic Owl Painting
This acrylic owl painting was quite a while in the making. I created a different version of it in Photoshop (original here) about a year ago, and I thought it would be fun to re-create in paint. After all, acrylics … Continued
Drawing Time is Scarce {when the weather is gorgeous}
This week the weather has been absolutely gorgeous. We get a lot of false starts to summer here in Chicago, but I think we’ve finally kicked it into window opening, backyard barbequeing, fresh caprese salad eating, flip flop rocking, neighborhood … Continued
Kaleidoscope Artwork Takes Forever {finished piece}
After what feels like forever and a day, I finally finished my latest picture! To this day, it still amazes me how much harder it is to do artwork with two kids running around the house. When I got … Continued
Weekly Update {and some drawing progress}
Yikes…just realized that I haven’t posted anything in a week. Bad, bad, bad! Life has been pretty busy, but in a good way. My daughter was on spring break from school, so there was a lot of running around with … Continued
Still working on… {teal & yellow kaleidoscope marker drawing progression}
I’ve been working on this project for a little over a week now. I wish I’d taken a photo before I started coloring everything in, but honestly I got sucked into working (in “the zone”, if you will) and straight … Continued
Currently Working On {kaleidoscope art with Micron pens…my favorite!}
Ohhhh….Micron pens. How I love thee. Seriously, I wish the makers of Micron pens would sponsor my artistic endeavors and just start sending me a box of microns every few weeks. I sure use enough of them. I have at … Continued
Painting Progression {how I made my sunburst painting}
I might have mentioned this before, but I have an obsession with watching people make things. It doesn’t matter what it is; a painting, a meal, a cabinet, a dress, I’ll immediately get sucked into it and can’t look … Continued