WOYWW #2- IPhone blogging!

Dear Readers,
Once again I am attempting something new. I am blogging from my iPhone tonight! I wanted to try this to see if it would make easier transitions from camera to computer. This way it could all be done from my phone. We'll see how it goes! Thank you to all the wonderful people who visited from WOYWW- and here is my finished flower from last week! I look forward to visiting your blogs- once I figure this out!

 

My messy art area-in case you thought my drawing table was too neat! :)

My First WOYWW!

Dear Readers,
So here it is, the new year!  I have lots of ideas for things I want to do this year, and one of them is to begin What's on your Workdesk Wednesdays. I have read these posts with interest for the last few months, but I have never been brave enough to link.  So I am linking today! Welcome to anyone reading my blog through WOYWW- I hope to establish this as an every week event! 

This is my workdesk today.
This is a Smooth Blue Aster that I am painting.  I hope to have the finished piece to show you next week!  Thanks for visiting!

I'm in a book!!!!

Dear Readers,
Happy Holidays!  I apologize for my absence, holidays and two weeks of bad colds have kept me away. But I have some exciting news to share- the Sketchbook Project book finally came!!!!  I am printed in a book-a very small picture, but I'm in there!  Considering this has been one of my life goals for a long time, I'm pretty happy.  Granted, its not a book I illustrated, but it's a start and I'm celebrating it! 

 The Cover of the Book!

My picture, right in the middle!

The original illustration

 On a sadder note, as an elementary teacher myself, I am thinking and praying for everyone involved in the tragedy this weekend.  Please include them in your prayers tonight.

Liz

Hurricane Housebound, Day 2

Dear Readers,
Well, Hurricane Sandy was a rough one- my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was affected by the storm.  Where I was was not hit very hard- power lines down and some flooded cars.  We were able to go out in the afternoon today- and back to work tomorrow!  So before I head off to the real world tomorrow, I thought I would leave you with a few works in progress.

These first two are hand-painted cards that I hope to sell soon.

This is a work in progress- a canvas using acrylic- I am so excited to see it finished!

Hope everyone is well and safe tonight.

Hurricane Housebound, Day 1

Dear Readers,
Well, if you are anywhere on the East Coast, you are in the same boat as I am-sitting in your house, waiting out the storm.  So far, we have not lost power, but I feel as if that is coming within the next hour or so.  So I thought  I would put up a blog post, since I spent much of today painting.  (The rest of today I was trying to figure out a soy mocha, not as successful.)

Lately I have started experimenting with backgrounds, simple ones like clouds.  I like it a lot, I think it adds something to the art.  I know it is not "purist" botanical illustration, but with one eye on hopefully having a show this summer, I am trying to make my art more sell-able. Let me know what you think... and stay safe out there today!

My view of the hurricane!

30 Things I Want to Do When I am 30 (Personal Musings)

Dear Readers

Today I want to post some personal musings I have been having.  Because of this I will not be posting this post to facebook, as I sometimes do to have more people look at my art.  But just you my wonderful blogger readers will get to read this one.

Some of these musings have been occurring because I am going to be 30 soon, but I decided that instead of thinking about that birthday negatively, I want to think about it positively.  To that end I wrote up a "30 Things I Want to Do When I Am 30" List.  It made me feel very excited about this upcoming year!

Other of my musings come about just from the nature of being a completely unknown artist.  Over the summer I did a lot of thinking about why I make art, even when nothing happens and nothing gets sold.  I came to the conclusion that I want to always keep on making art, even if I only ever sell one painting, like my hero Van Gogh. This page has been sitting in my sketchbook for a while, but I thought it would be good to put in my personal musings post.

Thanks for listening, my friends.

Drawing Challenge Days 20-27

Dear Readers,
Well, I told myself that I am not allowed to go outside and play on this beautiful Saturday until I have sat at my computer and blogged!  Not that blogging is a chore, but my drawings have been piling up and I've been running around working my new job, so there you have it. 

 I've been very inspired by what I've seen on other blogs lately, in particular artsyville wrote a post about taking an art retreat-this is something I definitely want to do!  Let me know what you think readers- maybe we can make this happen.  What do we think- mountains or ocean?

Either way I am finishing up my 30 day drawing challenge (it took 60, but hey, my rules were weak.) Come back tomorrow for the last 3!

Day 20-

One of my new favorites!

Day 21

 Day 22

 Day 23-

A quote I find very profound given my current obsession with flowers.

 Day 24- 

My Favorite Coloring page

 Day 25-

A marker doodle

 Day 26-

"Pirate Pig is NOT Amused"

No idea and I love it!

Day 27- 

An unfinished ink drawing