So the original plan was to fly and visit my parents for the Fourth of July… Mom’s hydrangeas in full bloom, feeding carrots to the horses down the road, early morning plane rides with Dad over the tributaries of the Potomac… all wonderful, lovely, relaxing country things.
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Botanical Pants…
Lately I’ve been playing around with creating different types of prints… botanicals seem to be everywhere these days! And I love the idea of them on clothing, how cute would these pants be in real life?
Continue readingJoanna Baker for JVW Home…
The lovely Jeanette of JVW Home, a Texas-based interior design firm, reached out to me a couple of months ago in search of some illustrations to spruce up her already beautiful website.
Continue readingHappy Summer…
In keeping with the happy drawings theme… here’s a beautiful pink butterfly to celebrate the official start to summer! Stay tuned for my illustrated summer to-do list =) Hope you enjoy your day to the fullest!
~Joanna <3
Drawing Happy Things…
Sometimes after a long day at work, I don’t want to think about what I “should” draw when I sit down in my corner studio. I’ve decided that for a little while at least I’m just going to draw happy things even if they don’t really have anything to do with, well, anything. Recently I’ve been thinking about flamingos… maybe with the heat and humidity hitting near tropical levels here in NYC!
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