One thing that used to always hold me back from drawing more often was that I didn’t have a designated space for my art. Or, once I did have a place and was growing my art business, there wasn’t enough storage and I was always moving piles of things out of the way in order to work…
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I have been working behind the scenes for awhile now on my blog – reorganizing posts, updating links, and re-uploading any broken image files. I recently migrated my blog posts to a new server and it was definitely a project – all of my posts from 2015 and earlier needed their images re-uploaded – yikes! 🙈
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I knew as I was creating these soothing watercolor vine patterns that they were destined for big things. What began last year as a way to brighten my spirits during the beginning of quarantine painting tiny delicate vines, evolved into a beautiful new 2021 calendar and now an entire collection of lovely items for your desk and home…
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Brush tip markers are my absolute favorite tool to create my illustrations. The effects you can create with them are so painterly that often times people will mistake my work for watercolor! If you’ve been following along for awhile, you know that Copic Sketch markers are my favorite brand of brush markers but one question I get asked a lot by aspiring illustrators and artists is whether or not Copics are worth the investment. My answer is always an enthusiastic YES!
But I know there are a lot of artists out there who aren’t quite ready to make the investment in professional grade supplies. If price is a barrier – I would never want you to miss out on the wondrous unicorn of art supplies that is the brush tip marker! So let’s go over what makes them so great and which alternative brands I recommend…
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In early February I began to feel my creative spark coming back after a month of rest and recuperation following a busy holiday season. Inspiration is such a fickle thing, often times one tiny thought leads to another and before you know it, you’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of inspiration and ideas are flooding in. Sometimes it’s hard to trace the source of the spark but this time, I remember clearly the moment I felt inspired again…
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