first snow

I am not normally a fan of snow, however I do try to find the beauty in all things. So when I saw the snow fall for the first time tonight I decided to make a illustration out of it.

I chose to make the snow looking in, instead of the people looking out. This way the snow was more a character than a object-however the snow is still a secondary character to the main figures. I also tried to play with color contrast and value- wondering what the figures nearest to the window would look like vs the figures farther away. I tried to keep in mind while this is a "cool" palette I still wanted warmth; so I focused on warm grays and shades of yellow ocher, rather than various shades of blue which would be a normal fall back for someone painting night.

I sound a little geeky, but I love this stuff!

Over all, it makes me smile.
And I hope it makes you smile too :)

a slow awakening quilt

Here is a sneak peak of the quilt. It is more blue -like the sketch- in person.

(Just to let you know, it is so much easier to critique a 3D object when it is scanned. I already know where I need to fix now- where before I was interrupted by shadow and I wasn't sure.)

a slow awakening

[a slow awakening]

I drew this image the moment I woke up today, below is a description I wrote next to the sketch:

"The day after I quit my job on a sales floor selling furniture; I quit so that I could have time to be an artist. It is one of the bravest things I have ever done- to give up a security for a passion. Wakening slowly, the thoughts of what I will now have to do (with my life) to reach my goal as an artist now begins to flood my mind. They (the thoughts) become *more solid, more real. There is a white space between the blanket and the girl, that blank space is faith- facing the fear of the unknown, trusting in me, and my God."

*quilt is the represented as the mind's understanding/space between dreaming and reality, wish and a goal. The solidness of the blocks is the reality that this is all possible.

(The final will be in fabric and paper)

wet weather

Rainy/chilly weather was on my mind today, apparently. Here are a few sketches that I did this evening: I tossed some value and color on in Photoshop. I look forward to making these final illustrations!
Have a happy day!
And as always let me know what you think?!

first leaf of october

I wanted to quickly scan this in and show you a more finalized sketch of the girl (thumb and color comp in previous posting) I have been sketching in pen for so long (training my eye and hand not to erase) that once I put the pencil to the paper I didn't need to erase, that was a pretty neat feeling.

Happy October

Tuesdays with Sally

I listened to a talk today about using time wisely...I knew I was guilty because I haven't been building my portfolio or creating at all. So I quickly sketched this up while I listened.


I played with color (which is o.k.)


It is hard to juggle life, but I need to make time for my art, after all I am an artist.