Sawdust

New project!!

Christmas Angel

I have started working on Christmas projects (despite the craziness of PiBoIdMo) and I am excited to show you the first design of the season! This Christmas angel card is 5x7" and will be available for purchase in my Etsy shop today! Please stay tuned for more :)

Fox and Fireflies

Happy PiBoIdMo everyone!! Here is an illustration sparked by one of my "ideas of the day" for PiBoIdMo.

Monsty Meets the Minions

Star Chase - The Beginning

Hello Fog

Hi everyone! I have been working on these illustrations for a little while now. :) Wrapping up the project and wanted to share a few of the final images! There will be more soon. Enjoy and happy Friday to you.

Lemonade Stand - Process

Hi everyone! I am working on another new print and I wanted to share a little bit about my process :). I have started the "Lemonade Stand" in honor of summer. It just cannot be helped.

Today, I finished printing the second color on this piece. You can see, in the top picture, that the print is already beginning to emerge in just two colors! The second image (below) shows my palette. It took me three tries to mix the color that I was looking for this time. After I found it, I used the palette knife to smear a line of ink across that palette that would be just as long as the brayer (the rolling pin-looking tool above the mixed ink) so that I could roll the brayer up and down through the line. This created a nice patch of ink that I could then roll onto the woodblock (on the left). After  my woodblock had been covered in yellow, I took each piece of paper (there are 15!) and pressed it down on top of the wet ink. Using another tool called a barren (it is a small, circular tool that has a handle to fit my hand) and my arm strength, I pushed the two pieces together as hard as I could so that the ink would transfer onto the paper to create the image in the top photo.

Rescue Saves The Day!

Whale Rain - Revised and Completed

Spring Green

Just completed this recently for the 2014 Postcard Project. 

In The Rain

Rain comes from whales, of course!!

Snail Mail

Another new piece using the same method of printing each piece separately, cutting them out, and then layering them all on the same piece of paper. 

Little Librarian

Working on my portfolio while nailing down my process. 

Rescue Returns For Spring

Lucky Rabbit

Birthday Card

Here is my latest greeting card design! It is a hand printed card so all of the letters were carved backwards! You can purchase it here in my Etsy shop. 

Valentine's Cards

Here are the latest woodblock prints hot off of the press. I did a series of greeting cards in the color schemes above. The inside either says "True Love" or "Forever. They are all available for purchase in my Etsy shop! Come by and take a look.

Exotic

 This week's image, "Exotic" is a linocut print completed using 2 different blocks in 3 different stages.

Envelope Doodles

Recently, I decided to add a few spot illustrations to the envelopes that I use to send out my children's book manuscript as well as for the envelopes that I use to send out my illustration portfolios. Many art directors see hundreds of envelopes a day and I thought that this might be a fun way to say "Hello!" without them having to open up the envelope. :)

Kora

I just finished this print! So excited to be sharing it. If you are interested in purchasing a copy they are available in my Etsy shop.