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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Fresh Home Studio Inspiration…
Since we’ve been spending a lot more time at home than usual, we’ve taken the opportunity to slowly make some updates to our apartment decor. And it wasn’t long before this desire to refresh our space overflowed to my little home studio…
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Since my first collection of original artwork will be launching soon, I thought it would be helpful to put together a list of the best resources for finding frames. I highly recommend getting original artwork custom framed so you can ensure the materials being used are acid free and of archival quality to preserve your original piece for decades to come. Here are a few places you can get artwork framed.
Continue readingAn Anniversary, a New Decade, and New Projects…
Exactly five years ago today, I left my full-time fashion design job to pursue a creative freelance career and start my illustration business. After a wildly busy and stressful holiday season, it’s finally quiet enough around here to reflect and plan for the year ahead. The past couple of months have been really difficult for my family. I’m in a strange place right now and have been trying to be kind to myself and take one day at a time without the pressure of a deadline. But I also feel like starting something new would be helpful and delving into a project would give me something positive to work towards. Making art after all is a wonderfully soothing and healing process.
Continue readingGetting Ready for The Crown!
The past couple days, I’ve been rewatching every episode of The Crown in anticipation for the new season coming in November! While the cast is changing and the timeline is fast forwarding a couple decades, I’m excited to see where the story picks up and how the new actors carry their roles…
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