Since I’ve been doing dog illustrations recently I’ve had no shortage of requests from friends and followers. Which I love, because there are times that I simply don’t feel like painting. What?!? Me, not paint? True story. It’s rare, but it does happen when I just don’t feel like creating anything. This poor pup got […]
Pug Illustration–step by step
Today I’m letting the cat, er, dog outta the bag – I’m creating a line of all occasion doggie greeting cards. There are a few avenues artists can take for success, I’ve heard. (It’s nice that I’m finally listening after nearly 20 years.) Of course there are art galleries. ahem. Yeah, well, that’s not ‘me’ […]
Downton Abbey Hat Illustrations
With Season 4 of Downton Abbey premiering tonight, I had to try my hand at a couple of costume illustrations again. Instead of the beautiful gowns from Season 1, I chose a couple of lovely hats. There are times when I wish we still wore these hats from the Edwardian period. Wouldn’t it be fun? […]
Boston Terrier Sketch and French Onion Dip
For as long as I can remember there’s one thing, one “food”, that indicates it’s a holiday around our house . . . French Onion Dip. The special recipe too. The one where you need a pint of sour cream and one packet of Lipton’s French Onion soup. That one. Stir well, then take a […]
A Deer Sketch with Colored Pencils
(Prints for this sketch are available now in my Zazzle shop, see bottom of this post) Life is funny. One minute you’re happily decking the halls, walls and whatever won’t move and the next minute you’re drawing a deer . . . with colored pencils . . . that you’ve never used in your life. […]
Apple Cake Recipe Illustration–Free Printable
There is a little town, just a few minutes up the highway from Placerville, called Camino. For the majority of the year, Camino is just a sign on Highway 50 travelers see on their way up to Lake Tahoe. Until Labor Day weekend. From Labor Day thru most of Fall, Camino becomes one of the […]
Cowboy Projects to Paint
I just bet you’ve been waiting for me to show how to paint some cowboy projects, haven’t you? No? You mean, because we’re a week away from Easter & Spring is finally starting to appear that you don’t want to paint a western rope or antique poster? Well, in that case, just file this away […]
Pink Cupcake Paintings
Before I became obsessed start watching Downton Abbey, I was really on track, painting things for Valentine’s Day. Of course, now I’m totally derailed and sketching more costumes but I wanted to share these fun little cupcake paintings I did. After basecoating the canvases with a blush pink I sketched the cupcakes. I drew the […]