Illustration Friday - focused

happiness, and for me, focus....is in the little things. like micro pens. the detail you can create in a sketch is intense, and captures my idea that much more accurately. like this piece- the original is about 3"w x 5"h or so. micro pen on watercolor.

Illustration Friday - wilderness

the wilderness in my imagination comes up with stuff like this.... underwater wildness!

Illustration Friday - Confined

this week's word for illustration friday is confined- wouldn't you know it, I've been drawing up corsets lately-  maybe I'll create a paper doll series! micro pen & ink on watercolor. the original drawings are about 1"h.

Illustration Friday - Renewal

what better to start the year out with than a renewal of love!

I'm very lucky to be able to say I'm Matron of Honor for my sister's upcoming nuptials this summer! This excitement of sharing in my sister's wedding planning combined with a few bridal shower invites to do.... has me making bridal shower illustrations galore. i love sharing the love!

this piece is ink and marker- affectionately titled, "the love jungle"

Wishing you all good things this New Year!

Illustration Friday - Fast

I still can't believe how fast time flies that the holidays are nearly here!
this is one of my entries for the Community College of Vermont's holiday card-

Illustration Friday - Frozen

even in a frozen wasteland, warmth will show its face...

Illustration Friday - Pattern

I may draw patterns more than I draw anything else- something very pleasing about the repetition of form. the pieces and parts are hand drawn pen and ink, then digitally colored.

Illustration Friday - Infinite

hand drawn in pen & ink.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

John Muir (1838 - 1914)

Illustration Friday - modify

this card has been modified so many times - artwork added, then taken away, then new artwork added and refined...i like this current incarnation, but i'm sure i'll modify it again...its my nature!

idle - illustration friday

illustration friday's word of the week is "idle"
this is one of my sister's favorite sayings...



what is it they say about idle hands?

Illustration Friday - craving

craving my woodlands hammock...

Illustration Friday - Adapt

sweet magic my word got picked for Illustration Friday!

Illustration Friday - Contagious

i find paisleys are really contagious - i draw one, and then that one, through some strange form of fusion, or osmosis, spawns another...and another, and another- till the whole page is teeming with them...development of a periodic chart of paisley anyone?

Illustration Friday - parade

the cheesiest parade in town...

Illustration Friday - Impossibility

i like to think impossibilities only exist until you make them possible...if only by drawing them.
like castles in the air.


If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost;
that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
- henry david thoreau

Talisman - Illustration Friday

most things in nature are talismans for me - i do love the little stuff. especially fiddleheads.
drawn with ink and markers.

POISE - Illlustration Friday

This week's Illustration Friday theme is Poise - I can think of no better creatures than owls that reflect this theme best, on so very many levels.
This owl was originally drawn in ink, then scanned and digitally colored.
Happy, Happy Friday.

Illustration Friday - Subtract

I often subtract faces from the dolls and drawings I make - I like for others to be able to color, draw or imagine exactly what they wish from my drawings too.


the dollies print

Illustration Friday - legendary

i positively LOVE this week's theme, legendary! mostly because i love to read folk tales, legends, and stories passed down to us from well beyond our years.... much of my personal illustration reflects little worlds i've built up in my mind from every sweet and scary tale i've read. this particular illustration i call mountain village - a sleepy little place full of adventure potential for a folk character to run a muck, or save the day!

intricate - illustration friday

verbal teardrops...for illustration friday's theme intricate! hand drawn in ink, then digitally colored. i love illustrating quotes.

Illustration Friday - Breezy

This is my first ever Illustration Friday post!
This Friday's theme is Breezy - which it sure is today in southern Vermont!

Here is my interpretation of Breezy - an original digital illustration with all the pieces and parts vectorized from a couple of my pen & ink paisley drawings.... Happy FRIDAY!