FAIRY SKETCHES

Got tons of illustrations in my archive. With the help of Photoshop, a new design can be as simple as playing with existing images & patterns. By layering a finish illustration over a sketch, I can come up with a new idea pretty quickly.

FIRST DAY OF SPRING

combining various spring sketches & finish illustrations to celebrate the first day of spring...

BLUSTERY CLOUDS

I hope the blustery weather come across on this sketch.  It's actually delightful if one does not have to venture outside.

At the METROPOLITAN Museum

Pierre Fontaine was a leading architect of the Napoleonic period. This 5x7 sketchbook of a journey to the chateau d'Eu, 1811 is a recent acquisition of the museum . I wonder if he would still whip out his paints if he has an iPhone?

CONTE SKETCH

Exploring the velvety potential of CONTE CRAYON. This is just the tool I need to express the velvety petals of this Anemone bouquet.

MORNING LIGHT

We're inching  slowly toward spring…the sun chasing the frigid night away.

BLUE SNOW STORM

I use  INDANTHRONE blue & cobalt blue to convey the deep hush of a winter snow storm.

FLOWER FIARY VALENTINE

Spend part of my morning on this fantasy illustration. By adding some gold paint & hand glitter to this print, it makes for a lovely hand made valentine. Just posted it on ETSY, as a year-round valentine.