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Sketch Day at the Dallas Zoo
This weekend we had our first 2015 North Texas SCBWI Sketch Crawl at the Dallas Zoo. It is great fun to get together with a group of illustrators and sketch the day away. We had a lot of ground to cover at the zoo, so we only spent 15 minutes at the most on a...
Inspiration from friends and Mary Blair
It's been awhile since my last post. Sketch day with the girls as always was fun and fantastic! Love sketching with the girls! We went to the Irving Art Center in Dallas to see the Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books. I was blown away! I loved...
Commissioned Bunny Illustration
Recently I was asked to do a custom BunnyDaze. It was a lot of fun creating this piece and collaboration with the grandmother who had the quote and image that she envisioned for her new granddaughter. It fit so well with the message that Bunny is all about that it...
Painting in Santa Fe
Bird Houses Pen and Ink, Watercolor and Gouache on Eco Friendly Paint...
Mommy Elephant and Baby
A friend of mine commissioned me to illustrate these original watercolors for her daughter's first child coming this summer. It was so much FUN creating these loving scenes of elephant mommy and baby! I love thinking that a little baby will see these on his nursery...
Old dogs can learn new tricks
I love growing as an artist. I recently went to a conference and had two great critiques that got me to thinking about some of my techniques. I haven't had a chance to apply everything I learned but you can see the difference in the example below. Thank you Kelly...
Custom Character Illustrations
I love creating characters. This Christmas I had fun creating these for a good friend of...
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