miss yarn hair >> a doodle

you should know by now my love for drawing ladies with large imaginary hair! i doodled this one quick and light-boxed the watercolor overtop, so if mistakes happen no re-drawing is needed :)

i kind of love the idea of yarn hair. perfect print to hang for all you avid knitters and crocheters out there! i'm going to keep playing with this idea, so you may see a new version in the shop!

new doodles

just a couple of new ideas that keep popping up while I'm drawing away...

oreo the dog!

yesterday was my mom's birthday & in hopes of breaking the tradition of the same ol gifts we give her.. i tired my hand at something new. i drew her something. come to think of it, i don't think my parents have any recent artwork of mine!



this is a portrait of their dog oreo, who is a mostly black (with a tiny bit of white) cockapoo. she is still a puppy and is full of energy, and of course very adorable! i tired a few different versions.. one with her name and the big O, an actual oreo. but i went with this and was inspired by the design on the cookie as the background pattern.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/4596906329/in/set-72157608772318264/ by stevendepolo

today will be awesome

the past 2 days have been filled with lots of tiny little ink drawings, watercoloring, photo-shoots, photo editing, printing, cutting, resizing.. and well, you get the picture. it was super productive!
i've been drawing up a lot of these handwritten mantra's & i love them! they inspire me, so i hope they can/will inspire someone else!



ok, so today isn't very sunny & thats OK. matt and i are heading to hershey park for some roller-coaster/water-park fun. we will enjoy the cloudiness for we both have fair skin... and maybe it won't be so darn hot.
today, in fact, will be awesome.

happy june!

can you believe it's june already?! i certainly can't!


here's a little piece i finished the other day for a friend's birthday (which i believe is today!)
she loves owls. i love owls. it worked perfect.

here's just the background of leaves. i kind of like it. a lot.



and the finished piece!
happy june! & happy birthday sara!

a lesson in lift

my newest just for fun drawing. 
the balloon is like the tiny banner in the yay! owl piece, it is a "pop-up". i've been considering using this as a new promo postcard, but i really don't like how it looks in a 4x6 box (with and without type!) that's a bit of a problem, huh? i have some other ideas brewing... i'm long overdue for a postcard mailer!

whale of a family

Now the the holidays have come and gone I can finally get around to some updates!!
First up is this whale piece I created for a Christmas present.
I was so anxious to post about it when I finished it up... but I didn't want to spoil the surprise!

I'm happy with the end result so much that I may turn it into my next promotion postcard!
This piece along with a new pattern will be up on the website by this evening.

Indie Fixx download!!

So I was on a little weekend get-away to Westmoreland Virginia and I return to see that I'm up on indie fixx today! what a great surprise! (pictures from the trip to be up soon :) )

I am so honored and proud to be a part of the Indie Fixx Feed Your Soul Project! The idea behind the project is to help keep a positive mindset during these rough economic times... the artwork created solely for this project is FREE!!! and for you to download, print, and enjoy!! What an awesome deal, right?! I think it's so fantastic that even though budgets are tighter, you can still enjoy, and be inspired by these pieces of art.

My download is an autumn inspired piece (it's most certainly one of my favorite seasons!) I love most everything about the season including the smells, the weather, all the flavors, the colors... it truly feeds my soul!

Thanks again everyone at Indie Fixx, I'm so happy to be a part of this ever growing project.

go on, check out all of the lovely downloads!!

Illustration Friday- wrapped

All wrapped up and ready to go!

Just a quick drawing for this week's illustration friday... I started drawing lots of tiny presents with fun bows on top but of course I ended up with one that included a feathered friend.

I would love to receive a cute little present with such a happy bird on top!

Scoutiegirl giveaway

I am so very excited (!!!!) and honored to be a part of an emerging illustrator and stationer giveaway hosted by Scoutiegirl (thank you again for such a wonderful opportunity!). All the ladies featured are fantastic and have such great work, so go and check them out!

I will be giving away a print of my new illustration happy-go-lucky and will be featured by Scoutiegirl on Wednesday evening



I have plans to open up my etsy shop again, but in the meantime check out my website

My thoughts of all fun wintery things didn't pan out so well. I decided to forgo the holiday submissions for Crane (the idea of hot chocolate sounds delicious... but midsummer not so much!)
I had fun with my little ink (and yes, more bright summery) drawings though. Here are just 2 of the new ones...


a leafy love heart



and a nice bunch of curly-q flowers

snowbear

a little too early??
you would probably say yes since it was hot humid with a high close to 90 today (haha)
However! this was created/revisited (I have an older version with him wearing a scarf) for Crane's Studio submissions.
The deadline is coming up quick... must think thoughts of hot chocolate, mittens, and penguins with hats!

wedding buttons

the lovebird wedding buttons colored in.
I love how these turned out, and Megan loves them too!!! so exciting
next step is to work on her "guestbook" which is going to be a canvas painted by me! can. not. wait!

inked and colored cacti!


something different from the norm of birds, birds, and more birds.

nested

I don't think 'm going to end up using this as a self promotion piece but it was fun to work on. ink + watercolor + some photoshop!

sketchbook doodles

In between sketches for illustration friday & fun springtime birds & bunnies I've been doodling out swirly designs and imaginary flora. I have pages and pages filled with this sort of thing. I finally started to ink some of my more favorite designs on bristol paper this evening. Here are just a few of the swirls!

Illustration Friday- intricate

Building a nest is an intricate process & these birds are down to the last twig!

Can you tell I'm anxious for some nice spring weather?? I can't wait to see some real green outside!

Illustration Friday- breezy

Today's forecast: pleasantly breezy with a chance of bubbles!

This is what clouds do for fun- Happy Illustration Friday!

Illustration Friday- instinct

Birds have a natural instinct to fly... of course only after a few flight lessons!! 

I absolutely love love love drawing birds! Within the first couple pages of my brand new sketchbook I have an entire page filled with quirky birds- I'll have to post a few of my favorites