Americana Box

My mom keeps all of her addresses in a box of notecards rather than a book, which is actually much easier to edit and add to as necessary. However, she decided earlier that she wanted the box to be a bit more attractive looking. So, as a surprise, I painted it for her in a folk art-y style. This was fun - I might do some more folk art soon.

Here is the top of it. ^

And, the front of it. ^

More work to be posted soon!

Bookmarks

Recently, I doodled a few bookmarks for friends and family. They're just ballpoint pen on oaktag, but I enjoyed making them. Besides, I can't speak for anyone else, but I always seem to be in need of a bookmark! Where do they all go?

Anyway, some bookmarks:

National Handwriting Day

First Post of 2011!

So, just dropping off a few sketches for today, as a bit of a sneak peek at things to come!

First off, the sketch for the new banner for this blog:

And, the sketch for my first submission to a Montserrat show as an alumna! I find this to be rather exciting, particularly since the theme for this year's Illustration Theme Show is The Wild West! Definitely one of my favourite topics, and rather appropriately timed: I already had plans to revamp all of my old "Bonnie Brown" drawings, and maybe actually turn her story into a comic. So, this gave me the impetus to actually get a move on with that project.

So, enough rambling, here's the sketch:

Merry Christmas!

Happy Christmas, all!

Advent Calendar, Day 24

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