I introduced my daughter to Anne Shirley this weekend and it inspired a few illustrations. I have to stop myself, or I would illustrate every scene. I adore Anne, but my daughter says “She talks too much. Not exactly a kindred spirit! Still, she’s enjoying […]
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The Texture Alphabet
I have been making a texture alphabet! I finished it up yesterday. Here are all the letters, done in watercolor: This project was inspired by my daughter’s love of big, fancy words.
Recent collages
That “Just finished a great book and now I’m expected to return to the real world??” feeling And a summer cold (somehow ten times worse than a winter cold)
The purple dog
I saw a greyhound taking a walk, and he inspired these three doodles all with water-soluble pencils on various papers:
More watercolors
Here are a few recent watercolor sketches… These two are the result of one of my painted garbage experiments. Here, I primed some paperboard from food packaging with white latex gesso, then painted with watercolor once it had dried: I like the effect. I love […]
Watercolor sketches
Some quick watercolor sketches done on scraps of previously painted paper, done between 4 and 5 am this week. I like them!
More from the sketchbook
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Weeklies
Not very many this time… I’ve been sick with the flu. Here’s what I managed:
Mudpuddle
My friend’s son, the moment before he splashes mud everywhere.
Crow sketch
A quick morning sketch of a crow in watercolor. Every morning when I walk my daughter to school, I see a whole murder of crows playing. They look like they have so much fun. It’s my dear ambition to befriend one.
Recent science illustrations
Some cropped images of science illustrations in watercolor I have been doing for my scientist friends.
Narwhals
My daughter and I are really into narwhals right now. We read about them, we sculpted them, we painted them. Here’s my latest little watercolor sketch of baby narwhals: Did you know that female narwhals don’t have the horn? That is so unfair.
Class Pet Portraits
Gifts for my daughter’s teacher, illustrated portraits of the class pets, Izzy the hedgehog and Brutus the bearded dragon:
Starfish Leaf
I love these little waving starfish leaves all over my driveway. Painted this morning:
The Universe sketch 12/1
Don’t even try to understand the ways of The Universe.
Catalogue for Paper Dolls, Item 53
Merricat’s outfit at the end of Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” A tablecloth Constance cut a hole in for her head, tied with the gold cord from the draperies, her mother’s old, brown shoes. We are so happy.
Inktober, Week 1
A few Inktober sketches And the results of some texture experiments on different surfaces
Hamster and Flower and the Bee
When you hate your friend’s new beefriend.
Some recent diagrams
Here are some recent diagrams I have painted on garbage with gouache and watercolor. It’s upcycled art!
Sketchbook 9-21-16
A Hamster and Flower doodle And a Draw-O-Matic prompt
Catalogue for Paper Dolls, Items 50 and 51
Outfits from Anne of Green Gables The horrible yellow-gray wincey dress fro the orphanage: “Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of […]
Some Experimental Watercolor Illustrations
Like many watercolorists, I love the way my paints dry on my palette. I stare and stare and never clean it off. The way the color rests on the palette is very different from the way it looks on paper. The closest paper that can […]
