I am now more than halfway through my #The100DayProject, where I am taking the time to paint something every day – and part of what I really wanted to do was get better at drawing stylized people. #MerMay was the perfect opportunity! While the challenge has existed on Instagram for a while, I wanted to…
The first time I ever attempted a daily drawing challenge was in 2016. I had seen the Inktober challenge on Instagram and wanted to join in by hand lettering something every day, but I probably only managed to do it for a week before I gave up. The next year, I did Inktober again, but…
Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens… well, not exactly. I love all of those things too of course, and I thought it might be fun to do a round-up of all the things I’ve been loving so far over the first quarter of 2018! In identifying my favorites, I’m hoping I can reflect upon how…
I think most children have dreams and aspirations that end up falling by the wayside. When I was little, one of the first things I wanted to be was a writer. I used to write little stories on the clunky, 2000-era family iMac about princesses, named Cissy, who saved herself, and princes that existed as…
One of the things I enjoy most about traveling is documenting my adventures in as many forms as I can. For my past few vacations (Thanksgiving in Italy, with my boyfriend, Christmas 2017 in Spain, with my dad, and Christmas 2016 in Ecuador with my family) I’ve gotten a small softcover notebook of various brands…