New Stencils! I am so excited about these four new stencils from @StencilGirl Products. Floral frames, a nesting duck hiding in reeds and flowers, a large floral heart, and a row of tall flowers. Sunny and perfect for spring painting … Continue reading
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I am so thrilled with how these four new stencils from StencilGirl Products turned out, and because of that, I am offering a GIVEAWAY! Just leave a comment below or on the Facebook or Instagram posts about the giveaway by … Continue reading
I am so proud to announce that my new book, AT NIGHT (@MuddyBoots), publishes on October 1, 2021, and is now available to pre-order from Indiebound, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. What animals forage by night and sleep by day? … Continue reading
Today was my first Zoom costume painting workshop, hosted by University of North Carolina and the inimitable Rachel Pollock (of https://la-bricoleuse.blogspot.com/ fame). I think we would have had a lot more fun had we been in person together making stuff … Continue reading
More four color stencils, again with a fat watercolor brush and Kuretake pan watercolors: … Continue reading
I have recently been designing stencils for StencilGirl products, and that got me interested in making four-color layered stencils. These are printed with a big watercolor brush and Kuretake paints–so satisfying to see all the color combinations. Here are four … Continue reading
Ms. Seitner’s second graders drew some magnificent crows yesterday! I wish I could show you all of them, but I got excited and forgot to screen shot every one. These second graders added lots of interesting detail in the feathers. … Continue reading
Yesterday I received the wonderful gift of an inkblot bird from a neighborhood friend. She is a young artist who just started making inkblots for the first time. Fantastic! I have hung it on the wall in my studio. So … Continue reading
Sue and I attended the Society for Illustrators Best Children’s Books Illustration Show before the new year and I am just getting around to posting about it. But that is NOT because the illustrations I saw did not stick in … Continue reading
Happy New Year, everyone!! This is a print of a woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige that depicts the New Years Eve Journey of the Foxes to the Changing Tree. I like it so much! The foxes are carrying foxfires (magical, not … Continue reading