No Rest For the Weary

The Limited Edition Sketchbook 2012 is complete!  The cover was put on, the box was stuffed (along with my daughter’s sketchbook), the package was addressed and today it was dropped at the post office. Whooohooo!  A tremendous sense of accomplishment was felt when that box left my hand.  I then went...

And In the End…

I wasn’t sure the day would come when I completed the final page in my Sketchbook Project 2012 Limited Edition from Art House Co-op.  I began the project in January and, as often is the case with any piece, I would experience spurts of inspiration that would lead to the creation of several pages at a...

My Fear, My Hope

 I can hardly believe that I am getting to the end of the 2012 Limited Edition Sketchbook project for Art House Co-op.  This week I completed pages 14 and 15.  I have the back and final page to complete as well as the cover.  Then, I will be able to fondly package this project up and mail it to NY. Just...

Layers

When inspiration is lacking where do you turn to find your muse?  Well, there are several avenues I take, music being my first try at jump-starting my creativity.  I am a person that loves people though and I often find that my best ideas are sparked by a random comment, gesture or memory of a person. ...

Sometimes You Have to Tell ‘Em to Shut Up

Pages 10-11 of my Sketchbook may not seem very nice, but a girl can’t be nice all of the time.  With the amount of noise in my daily life and well as in my own head I have had to learned to just breath and turn down my internal volume.  On the occasion that doesn’t work a hollered “Shut...

I Live in My Dreams

I’ve always been a vivid dreamer and that’s only speaking of when I am sleeping.  My daydreams are often the place where I choose to spend the most time.  I’ve learned to incorporate the good vibes of my daydreams into my reality by putting them into my art. This sketchbook page was made...