inspiration monday

my little dutch sweetie treated me to a weekend getaway to the mountains last week!

but before we left, i packed some of my "essentials" because you never

know where or when inspiration will strike!

when you go to the mountains, there are times when you 

literally have your head in the clouds and you can see the whole world below......

or you can keep your feet safely planted on the ground and wait for mother nature to fill all those bare trees with spring glory.

or.......you can just drive around and count all the places where 

daniel boone supposedly slept (there are so many, they even named a town after him!)

{i'm honored to announce that the very sweet jenny doh has invited me to be a guest curator over at crescendoh this week!  please join me here for great links to great posts all week long!

thank you SO much, jenny!!}

happy houndstooth

when it came time to start drawing in my new catalog, i knew exactly what my first entry would be......my houndstooth reading glasses!  they are they first thing i look for when i walk into my studio, and they're the last thing i put down when i leave.  on my list of happy-art-stuff, they rank numero uno because when it comes to creating, they see so much better than i ever could......

and they really are an art-girl's best friend!!

{this catalog page was created using micron pens, 

derwent watercolor pencils, koi watercolor, 3B graphite pencil.}

inspiration monday

i must admit that when i put the final details on the last page of my pottery barn journal, i was sad to see it end.  i thought about maybe creating "pottery barn, the sequel", but since that never seems to be a good idea with other things (like movies!), i quickly talked myself out of it.
i really love working in a "themed" journal, so i was inspired for a new idea.  the size of my other journal worked out great, so i created another one just like it using the same format as the pottery barn journal.  once i got the pages torn, folded and sewn together......

 i started to design the cover, using this as my reference,
but changing things around a bit.

then i grabbed my microns and started sketching everything in.

and after i painted everything and
added some little details here and there.....

along with a little title......

i have my very own catalog full of blank pages just
waiting for some pen and paint sketches of my favorite happy-art-stuff
that's in my very own studio!
ooooh......how much fun is this gonna be?!


{supplies:  fabriano artistico 140 lb. HP paper, white waxed linen thread, 
koi watercolor, micron pens, derwent watercolor pencils, inktense pencils, 3B pencil}

have it your way

the really great thing about art is you can create it however you want.

you can keep it really simple......

or you can keep it really colorful!

*i hope you have a fabulous weekend,

that's exactly the way you want it to be!!*

{supplies:  strathmore 140 lb. w/c paper, koi watercolors,

derwent w/c pencils, micron pen, 3B graphite pencil}

inspiration monday

before.....

during......

and after!

*repeat daily:  
be creative, stay strong, and grow happy!



{drawn in my walls notebook using micron pens, pan pastel,
derwent inktense pencils,  derwent graphitint pencil, 4B graphite pencil}