The big project I mentioned a couple days ago is actually the first commissioned art piece I have ever done (which is very exciting/scary) and it is painting a mural in the bedroom of an adorable little 4-year-old girl.
Shall I document the process here?  I think I just might =) even though I am very [...]

Hello hello =)
This weekend I have been hard at work painting, and have (mostly) enjoyed every minute of it.  Here is a little peek at an in-progress painting I have been working on…
And here is what it looked like a couple months ago when I first started working on it..

Haha.  I have ideas in mind [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there reading =)  This is a painting that I made to give to my mom today.  What do you think?  I’m really trying to get more into painting lately, and I hope this summer I will have several more paintings to share.

A made a couple of these artist trading card… art cards, editions, & originals… things (um there should totally only be one name for them) so heeeeere they are!

They were fun to make, and I have about 5 more in progress.  When I open my Etsy shop (I know I know, I keep saying that) [...]

Oh my gosh, how cute are these?!!
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They’re coasters from Curbly.  Adorable.  They kind of make me want to turn into a MAJOR art teacher geek and start wearing paint palette earrings or something.  WHICH EXIST!  I just did a search and found these:

(1 2)
Those second ones are so cute and tiny.  They are from this [...]

Just a few pictures of a book I made:
It measures about 4.75 x 3.5 inches, so it’s little and cute, and has 32 pages.  One day when I open my Etsy shop (it’s going to happen, I promise… hopefully soon) I think I might sell something like this.  I love how small it is and [...]

Alright party people, it’s skyline tutorial time.  As I promised in my last post, here are the step-by-step instructions for creating this painting.

Okay first of all, here are the things you will need:
Watercolor paper (or any paper thick enough so it won’t rip when wet), watercolors, paint brush, water container with water, black paint, yellow [...]

Two posts in one day?!  It’s a miracle, I know.  This is a quick painting I did because we are going to be teaching it to our Saturday Art School students this Saturday.  It is REALLY easy to do, so I am going to make a step-by-step tutorial on how to do it for you [...]

A little while ago The Naked Redhead tagged me to do this whole Happy 101 thing, so GET READY cause here I go.
This is what I’m supposed to do:
List 10 things that make you happy. Do at least one of them today. Tag 5 bloggers that brighten your day.
For those bloggers who get the award, [...]

Last week I was about to start working on the book covers for the sample visual journal I’m making, when my supervising teacher opened the door to the art supply room and showed me her giant collection off all things art/collage related.  And said that I could use whatever I wanted.
oh.my.
I have never really been [...]