Wow, can’t believe I forgot to do a roundup for the last two years! 2022 was definitely a cruddy year, and most of 2023 was too. But here I am, still persisting. Gotta keep moving forward. 2022 Review: I’ll come back to it some day. 2023 Review: Projects in the works for 2024: I didn’t make an official New Year’s resolution or goal list, but my projects listed above are my 2024 goals, I suppose. …
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Things I Learned Self-Publishing my 1st Children’s Book
I learned so much illustrating and self-publishing my first children’s book. From a person who didn’t receive formal training in book publishing or marketing, I had my work cut out for me. For a long time, I’ve been wanting to jump into the book illustration industry. I finally took the plunge and created my own personal project to showcase my skills and learn some new ones along the way. Below are a few realizations I …
My Favorite Art Drawing Challenges
As an artist we’re always looking for ways to connect, improve, and challenge ourselves in our creative practice. The arrival of social media and subsequent art challenges has fulfilled this opportunity for many of us. Over the following weeks I’ll be doing a two-part series on art drawing challenges to help fellow artists who are looking for a challenge! In the first part of this series I’ll provide just a fraction of an ever-growing list …
A (Desperately Needed) Weekend Adventure…and Bird Sketches!
First off, I’m going to apologize to my blog and and everyone who checks out my website: I’m sorry for neglecting you! I haven’t been great at updating here. I’ve been busy with that #momlife and working on my children’s book like a hermit (maybe I’ll share some sneaky peek sketches soon in a newsletter). I figured that while I don’t feel comfortable sharing any works in progress right now, I would share a little …
Artists in the Age of Social Media
A Burden Is Lifted from My Shoulders I’ve been doing a lot of introspection the last month on how I want to proceed as an artist and budding writer. I’m redefining my definition of fulfillment as an artist. No longer will I be gauging my success by the amount of interaction on social media. This line of thinking has hindered my creative output and pure enjoyment of drawing for the last couple of years. Exhaustion, …