As I was getting my teacher portfolio ready for a final project for class, I had to go back through my work to find what examples of my art I wanted to include.  I found this screen print from about a year and a half ago or so, and thought I would share it here [...]

Stamp making, round two:

original drawing -> stamp -> print
This is the example I made in front of the class, to demonstrate to them how to do it.  It’s crazy how quick they can be, and I have soo many other ideas of what to make.  I’m not 100% thrilled with this one but I like [...]

As promised, here are some photos of the stamp that I made yesterday to use as an example for my Saturday school class…

I had a lot of fun making it and now I want to make them 24/7.  I’m actually really behind on work right now cause I kept trying out different colors and color [...]

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 [...]

Okay so here’s what’s gonna happen: I am blogging every day in February.  EVERYDAY.  (Yeah yeah, I chose the shortest month, so what?)  So get ready to party.
I’m teaching a visual journaling and bookmaking class for the next several weeks, and the picture above is of the sample book I’m working on and I’m going [...]

-The top left is an image by Holli Conger, who does children’s illustrations and has a bunch of other creative endeavors going on (check out her blog here).  Her stuff is adorable aaand I love it.
-The images in the top right corner and the lower left are by an artist named Stephanie Corfee.  Her work [...]

This is an ongoing series that began in the spring of 2007 with the above photograph.  It was taken for an assignment in my introduction to photography class that was about portraits, self-portraits, and the body.  Later that semester I decided to draw the photograph for my (introductory) drawing class.
In November/December 2008 I made a [...]