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…
For a few years now, I’ve been wanting a paintbrush tattoo somewhere on my right arm as a reminder for myself to never stop creating. I knew it was the next tattoo I was going to get after my lotus flower (Read about it here), and I was just waiting for the time (and funds)…
I have been a painter and an artist my entire life. Okay, maybe when I was like four, I couldn’t really call myself an artist, although my mom is very adamant that my drawing level was much higher than an average four year old. Something about being able to draw more than just stick figures…