Constellations

"Cassiopeia," "Ursa Major," and "Orion." Acryllic on Canvas. They are framed in brass frames from Goodwill--spray-painted white and hanging in our hallway.

The Cape: A Painting

A painted version of "The Cape" from my fairytale graphic design series. Acryllic on canvas.

Wedding Bouquet

A nod to my wedding bouquet. Acryllic on canvas.

Hedgehogs

"Hedgehogs" done with sharpie and watercolors.  Happy Creative Lent!

Trees

I was inspired by the supposed promise of Spring to bring a little life to some sketched trees. "Trees" (I ran out of creative juice once I finished) done with a Sharpie pen and watercolors.

Ice Castle

"Ice Castle." Fine point sharpie and watercolor on paper. Part of Creative Lent and my castle series.

Rhap-city in Blue

Sketching at the symphony! I had the absolute pleasure to hear Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue performed at the Palladium last week. I brought along a sketchbook for some artistic musings. The music just oozes 1920s.

Bats!

I've had this idea hanging in my head for a while: make a bat collection from some spare pieces of canvas. Perfect for the 1st free-draw Friday of October. <3

Sharpie Dishes

I finally tested out this Pinterest project the other week thanks to my lovely life group friends! You can dish up a adorable quote in a relatively short amount of time with a sharpie and access to an oven. Read on for the "recipe."

S'more Small Group Invites

Yet another sleepover with my super small group of girls! This time we're trading Quidditch and butterbeer for camping and bonfires.

Painting Gray: Bat Corner

Today was rainy and cloudy and lonely (a bit) so what's better than a corner of cute little bats to roost next to your desk? It reminds me of my favorite bat friend, Marlon, from Vivian French's fabulous Five Kingdom reads.

Hula-ing

We've been watching a whole lotta Five-O. (The remake of course). And for some reason we still can't get enough of it. And, needless to say, we've been dreaming a lot about Hawaii. Smoking ham, buying pineapples, and humming the Hawaiian Five-O theme song are some of our recent activities. :) So when I decided this rainy Monday was a perfect day for drawing, there was no doubt in my mind what I'd sketch.

12 Doodles of Christmas

For this free-draw Friday, I visited the 12 days of Christmas! :) Enjoy peeking at them--and don't blame me if the song gets stuck in your head....

Glimpse Underwater

A glimpse into an underwater world. Sketched with pen and colored with chalk pastels.

Glimpse into the Ball

A wall cut-away of a ball. I was inspired by Disney concept art :) I had the hardest time figuring out the color of the dress, but ended up choosing yellow. Sketched with pen and colored with chalk pastels.

Gurp the Sloth

This is Gurp. He is a sloth. And he climbs trees oh so slowly.

Our Marauder's Map

Jk's personal under-taking for our Hogwarts home was to make a Marauder's Map for us. He figured out how to get it so it folded out in different directions, mapped our rooms, looked up some words in Latin, and learned a lot about our home's layout in the process. His masterpiece (because that is precisely what i think it is) turned out like this:

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Sign

Last free-draw Friday consisted of some fun Harry Potter art, and JK joined in. :)

Wizardry Invite

I have the amazing opportunity to be part of a small group of 8th grade girls. We read the Bible, talk about all the miracles God is doing in our life, pray for each other's struggle, eat a heck of a lot of popcorn, and always end up laughing and getting off track somehow. And I have been enormously blessed to have a lot of them as into Harry Potter as I am. :)

Gray Fingertips

Seeing as I hadn't picked up a pencil to draw in a while... I felt the need to get all smudgy and gray again. :)