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Working on Frankenstein
In the background of my life I am drawing and scribbling and making puddles of watercolors and testing foggy washes and drawing messy ink lines on top. As I can’t realistically work full time as an...
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Bellano Coffee shop Show
Welcome to Bellano! This is the local coffee shop that my family and I frequent. We love their coffee, all the people who work there, and the friendly atmosphere. They were kind enough to host my art...
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Holiday Season 2013
Oh man the holidays are always so busy. No matter how early I get started once December hits I feel like I’m scrambling. People laugh at me or look at me like I’m crazy that I start my shopping in...
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Shark Week!
I think the only people who don’t like sharks are those that have come into unwanted intimate contact with them. ie. some folks that have been visiting the NC coast lately. I have to admit I’m pretty...
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Tidying is Magic
Well back in May I decided to make magazine containers for my son’s Zoobooks and my Hornbooks. Then I was making teacher gifts for the end of the year and realized making a small box for the items...
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Biology Class Readying for Designer Con
Designer Con is just around the corner and I’m busy at work preserving and jarring specimens. This year I have Unicorn Fetuses. Unicorns like Rhinos aren’t born with a horn. They have a shaped patch...
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Halloween Coloring Banner
I created a Halloween Banner this year. Between #inktober, #drawlloween, and a parent run fundraising group at school I got inspired. Special thanks to Megana. The banner reads “All Hallows Eve” and...
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Why a Blog or Art
It’s been an increasingly slog of a process creating art for the past 3 years. I know there is still joy in making art and occasionally I actually get into a project and am happy for the work. Most of...
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Shared Sketchbook 2
This sketchbook is on a very relaxed schedule. Thank you for that eHawk! I had our book for most of the fall and then past Christmas. Then I finished a Holiday card for the family and couldn’t postpone...
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A Hippo for Christmas
A new beginning. I love painting but, I also love building with sculpey or other clay. These two styles of mine have been at odds with each other for years. I feel like I had to take a long while away...
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Specimens for SF Bazaar at Maker Faire
Totally excited that I got into SF Bazaar at Maker Faire! Go here for details. It has meant that I am in deep production of many specimens. Here are some works in progress and I prepare them for full...
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Plein Air Painting
I was able to go on a road trip for Memorial Day. It was so neat to see the coast of Northern California. A friend and I drove up to Crescent City to visit a friend. Doing a short day trip. Mostly we...
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Reading
I love to read. I started reading when I was 8. I had always wanted to read but, I found the words on the page would not speak to me. I remember sitting in front of my book shelf and pulling down book...
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Shadow Boxes
After years of building with clay and painting with watercolors I believe I have finally found the place where they meet, shadow boxes. Our school community hosted a show for the women that make art....
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New Work and Old Work
I assume one day I will have a handle on working. If the work is being done for a client that obviously gets my full attention and deadlines are met. However, for myself I am not as prompt. I’m not...
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Hippo for Christmas
Thank you to those that came out to SF Bazaar and Cal Academy’s NightLife and shopped with all of us crafters and artists. We really appreciate the support! Shop news, the closing down has begun. My...
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Birding and Leaf Painting
I have always collected leaves. Every year as the leaves turn I find myself picking up my favorites. In past years I did this without much plan; I would pick them up and shove them between book pages...
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Octo-Puss in Boots Catch up!
Octo-Puss in Boots still lives on. I have only gotten a few in the past couple of years. At DesignerCon 2015 I was able to ask Leslie Levings of Beastlies and Shing Yin Kor of Sawdust Bear to each...
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Unique Friends
Ehawk and I are still working on our sketchbook! We had a fast turn around this past month. She sent me a snail inspired by my previous piece and a recent trip of hers. Once a snail was dropped into...
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Masked Bobwhite
About Them: These are a subspecies of the Bobwhite Quail often lumped with the Northern Bobwhite. Their distinctions are really only visible in the males, having a mostly black head instead of the...
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