• Artwork

    Inktober 2018: Recap of Week 1

    Inktober 2018 Day 1-7 blog cover

    I’ve gotten a few questions about what Inktober is, so I thought I would take a second to explain more about it and share the first week of drawings. Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker which encourages artists to create a drawing each day with ink…

  • About Artist,  Fun Fact Friday

    Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans and Portraits

    Fun Fact Friday graphic - Etruscans were one of the first civilizations to use True Portraiture (capturing the image and character of a specific person instead of generic figures).

    I’m still talking about the Etruscans (they are my favorite ancient civilization after all).  And this might just be the thing I find most interesting about them! The Etruscans broke away from the generic style of drawing portraits used by the Egyptians and Greeks and began portraying individualized detail of…

  • Painting Series

    Twenty-Nine Project

    Today is the first anniversary of finishing (and second anniversary from starting) my Twenty-Nine Project.  Can you believe how fast time has flown by?  Twenty-Nine is a daily art project which I began on my 29th birthday and continue through the last year of my twenties.   For each day…

  • Artwork

    First Sketch of the Year

    We’ve made it to 2017!  As we look forward to the year ahead and focus on the opportunity for a fresh start, let’s make sure to take time to celebrate the small things.  Champagne, anyone?  First sketch of the year drawn with watercolor pencils on drawing paper on New Year’s…

  • Art Supplies

    June SketchBox

    So excited about my SketchBox this month!  Let me tell you why… First, let’s recap for anyone who missed my January SketchBox post (see it here).  For Christmas this year, I received a subscription SketchBox from my awesome best friend.  For those of you that are not familiar with what…

  • Art Supplies

    January SketchBox

    For Christmas this year, I received the best present an artist could get – a subscription SketchBox!  (Thank you awesome best friend!)  For those of you that are not familiar with what SketchBox is, it is a monthly service where you receive a box of random new art supplies.  What…

  • About Artist,  Art Event

    Three Years Ago Today…

    Have you ever had those moments that you look back on and think, “That was the day that might have changed everything”?  I guess there’s a lot of different points in my life that I could pinpoint to say that they were pivotal in some important way, however the one…