Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Illustrated Sketchbook - new course for 2023

 


Join me for a 8 week course where will draw and paint in our sketchbook! We'll study characters...... sketching and playing in our journals. Such a great way to start the year!


  • Registration - $149
  • Patreon price is $125 (available on the $20 tier) 
  • LIFETIME ACCESS
  • 16 lessons - 2 lessons per week for 8 weeks
  • Class begins January 2nd!
  • lessons will post on Mondays and Fridays

Videos include:

  • week 1 Charlie Brown & Illustrate the cover
  • week 2 Create a Peanuts inspired self portrait & Sanrio Pochacco
  • week 3 Sanrio Twin Stars & hill sitting
  • week 4 Meatball & Snoopy and Woodstock
  • week 5 Conversation hearts & Flower logo girl
  • week 6 Doodle stack spread & Franklin & pig pen characters
  • week 7 TBA
  • week 8 TBA

Register here

FAQ: 

How long will I have access to the course? Lifetime access. 

Where is the supply list? The supply list for January will be emailed to you when you sign up. Look for the welcome email immediately after signing up.

Do I need all the supplies on the supply list? No, I am all about using what you have on hand.


**SUPPLY list will be emailed to you upon signup. Using what you have on hand is strongly encouraged. We will be using gouache, watercolor, neocolor ii's, and colored pencil

Here are some examples of things we'll be doing:



Wednesday, October 5, 2022

All is Bright - Christmas journal class is now open for registration

 


All is Bright is now open for registration!


Join me for a Holiday mixed media journaling Extravaganza!

***FIRST 20 PEOPLE TO SIGN UP RECEIVE AN EXCLUSIVE STICKER SHEET!

  • Registration - $75
  • Patreon price is $63.75  (available on the $20 tier) 
  • LIFETIME ACCESS
  •  14 total videos
  • 12 full lessons
  • Class begins November 4th
  • over 6 hours of video 

Videos include:

  • prepping the journal - 14 min 
  • Snow Angel Journal cover - 35 min
  • gift tag - 27 min 
  • assembling the journal - 13 min
  • Decorate the tree - part 1 - 23 min
  • Decorate the tree part 2 - 21 min
  • Gingerbread thumbnails - 12 minutes
  • Gingerbread main lesson - 20 minutes
  • Santa girl and poodle - 49 min
  • Santa's helper - 25 min
  • inside cover video - 10 min
  • Caroling cuties - 30 min
  • Christmas tree girl - 31 minutes
  • Elf Nutcracker - 30 min


Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 New Snickerdoodle scented stickers coming to the sticker shop on Friday around 10AM EST.







Friday, September 30, 2022

Free Sticker Sheet for All is Bright signups

 

My new Christmas class opens for registration on October 5th!
The first 20-25 people to sign up will receive a Winter Wonderland sticker sheet with 10 stickers.

Registration is $75 with over 5.5 hours of video creating time
Patreon price is $63.75 (they will get an hour early access to signups)

October 5th at 10AM EST
Class begins November 4th

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Poodle tent

 We got a play tent at Ikea. It's supposed to be for kids but we thought it would be fun to have for our poodle boys. I thought Sammy would be the one who loves it most, but to my surprise Merlin has claimed it.

He's a weird Standard poodle and I love him.





Sunday, August 7, 2022

Two words! Sticker Books

The long awaited sticker books are HERE!  They are stunning in person! They come with re-sealable sticker pages plus dot grid pages. And this month, I'll be featuring a new download that you can add into this book.

This is the 3 hole punch I use to add things to the binder.

I also made some Rainbow Brite bookmarks that would be a cute addition to decorate your book. Also don't forget about the clips in the shop to hold and decorate your pages. There's also some pockets that you may want to check out.

Do I want all the neat stuff? Yes I do! I hole-punch the postcards and the sticker sheets and put them in my book. What a fun way to store and display all the NEAT things!!!

Matching washi tape is also up in the shop!







Washi tape too!


Saturday, July 23, 2022

Rainbow

 Rainbow Brite was always a childhood favorite. If you love the 80s as much as I do, I think you'll really dig what I have created for next month. 

All of these are my own designs.....drawn by hand traditionally or digitally.

Have you seen a sneak peek of August Neat Stuff sticker club set?

Sets will begin shipping around July 28th. If you sign up after July 22nd, you'll receive this set!


Rainbow sherbet scented rounds as well as a 5x7 matte sticker sheet with about 14 stickers!
Sign up now to snag these cuties!


Friday, July 22, 2022

New Art

I've been working on new art. It's been fun breaking out the acrylics again. Summer always ushers in an art block for me. So this is me busting through that block. Something different. Something child-like and fun. 

I hope your summer is treating you well. I know many spots around the country and the world for that matter, have been really hot.

Don't forget to follow my sticker shop and sign up for the newsletter for new goodies coming soon!

                                                                   Let's Walk 

measures around 10.5" x 13"

Acrylic and collage on cardboard

$225 (includes US shipping)

Add $25 for international shipping

Buy here



Burger Dance

Measures 10x10"

acrylic, pastel, and pencil on wood. sides are painted

$225 (includes US shipping)

Add $25 for international shipping

Buy here



Measures 6x8"

oil pastel on paper

$49 (includes US shipping)

Add $10 for international shipping

Buy here





Thursday, July 7, 2022

Sticker books are coming soon!

 Neat Stuff Sticker books are in production and will be here in about 4 weeks! What a dream it's been to design these Rainbow Brite inspired books. They will feature releasable sticker paper where you can stick and remove your stickers. It will also double as a planner with dot grid paper. And for the Neat stuff sticker club members, I'll be sending downloadable inserts to add to your book.

Sticker books are very limited and Club members will get first access to these sticker books. Also coming is some washi tape to match!

I can't get enough 80's nostalgia folks! And I'm beside myself with excitement over these.







Wednesday, June 1, 2022

My drawings and doodles never make sense. At least they never fit nicely into scholastic rule following sense.  I want to have fun and draw things I love without worrying about perfection and perspective and all that un-fun type stuff. Are my buildings smaller than a cookie? You bet! Are my animals bigger than a house....? ok yes! Can we put all that together on a page and stack up things that have meaning to us? Absolutely ! 

We will gather symbols, patterns, and inspiration we love and create the muscle memory to put them all together.

We will slide down the rainbow we created and celebrate everything colorful, fun & happy!

Class begins June

REGULAR registration: $119

Messy Inner child tier Patreon price: $101.15















Projects:

  • week 1.A: Paint cute girls refresher - watercolor and acryl-gouache. 
  • week 1.B: girl flying 
  • week 2: gathering symbols and library of shapes & patterns
  • week 3: Kitty Unicorn (see photo above)
  • week 4: Rainbow Slide
  • week 5: Messy stack
  • week 6: tic tac stack
  • week 7: Big Hair stack
  • week 8: Lettering stack


FAQ: 

Is this class beginner friendly ?  sure! this class focuses on drawing, sketching, doodles, choosing color and experimenting. If you have hesitations about the drawing aspect and want to learn how to draw my girls faces, then Watercolor girl and/or Stay Curious is a great foundation class for you.

How long will I have access to the course? Lifetime access. 

How does the payment plan work:  I am creating this to help with budgeting. I kindly ask that the full amount  be paid in full to stay in the class. This is not considered a subscription where you cancel anytime.

Do I need all the supplies on the supply list? No, I am all about using what you have on hand. 


**SUPPLY list will be emailed to you upon signup. Using what you have on hand is strongly encouraged. mainly this will be markers, colored pencils, watercolor & gouache and other drawing materials.













Wednesday, March 16, 2022

BFF sticker club bestie, Jossie POSIE, sticker box opening!

 Wow, what an amazing BFF sticker friend @jossieposssie sent me in the mail today! Thank you, thank you Jossie for the trip down 80's lane. I mean how did you know that I loved licorice, skincare, chapstick too!?! Stick till the end if you want to see me enjoying cotton candy pop rocks in my hydrogel face mask. And yes, you need to hold your mouth like that to get the full poprock experience. @thebffstickerclub 

ps. the little cinnamonroll tray is from @sanrio 
#80schild #stickerlove #stickerreveal #bffstickerclub#scratchandsniffstickers #childofthe80s #80sstickers




Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Sticker bombs, stamp set, and a very Secret surprise!

Well I've hit sticker fever! The BFF sticker club has inspired me to create art with stickers. Almost as an addition to my sketches and paintings. What a fun community of folks! Sticker people are the best people, am I right?! Such a playfulness and such a color explosion of nostalgia!

I have some new stickers up in my shop inspired by my childhood love of the 80's.






Behind the scenes I have been hard at work on something new! Can you guess what this will be?

Patreon folks will get first notice when these Sweeties drop!



Monday, March 7, 2022

Spring is around the corner and with it, my dear friend Rachel felt moved to create 10 days of illustrated self-care boosts to arrive in your email for FREE! Rachel works as a psychologist, author, and art playgroundist, and occasionally likes to sprinkle extra glorious glitter about! To receive this vibrant collection, you can go to her website link and sign up for her FREE "Worthy Eyes Meditation" and then be automatically signed up for these additional goodies at https://www.rachelawes.com/free-gifts. Happy almost spring friends!





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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Gumpy girl. And being afraid and doing it anyway.

 Happy New Year ! For my first post of the new year, I thought I'd share a bit of my acrylic process with you. I love using the GAC100 medium from golden to tap in the paint with my finger. I've been doing this method for about 10 years or so. I always come back to it. I love the way it thins out paint and gives you luminous layers of shadow and light. I use a bit of green on the sides of the face as well as some Quin. nickel ago gold around the eyes and a very subtle shadow under the nose and lip.

I also got some new oil pastels called neopastels. These are the ones that stay creamy and don't activate with water. I love the child-like play and innocence I capture from using the pastels.

I've been feeling a strong pull to focus on my art process more. I absolutely adore teaching and I'm not stopping by any means. But this pull to explore more on my own and to focus on my craft has been louder than before. Do you feel these pulls as the New Year sets in? I would love to apply to craft and art shows locally but I'm a bit hesitant. It's all based on fear of failure of course. Sometimes it helps to speak these things out loud and then do it anyway. I saw a cute 6-ish year old girl waiting to ride a BIG roller coaster and she was so afraid. So I gave her a high five and I said something like, "you are afraid and doing it anyway!" Two of her friends were there cheering her on and I thought there could be something to learn here...... in art.....in life....in riding big roller coasters. Do you have something that you are afraid of? Are you making plans to do it anyway? And who can you count on to cheer you on?

Get out there and go ride that thing that scares you. It may be LOTS OF FUN!

happy happy Thursday, friends!


stickers and prints coming soon!






Supplies:
mixed media paper: https://shop.artsnacks.co/collections... GAC100 golden medium: https://amzn.to/332BdFz distress paint speckled egg: https://amzn.to/3mXP2wd crappy brushes from hobby lobby golden quin. Nickel Azo gold: https://amzn.to/3znCLGk neopastels: https://amzn.to/3sXt4g

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