Over the last few months I’ve been doing a lot of artist trading cards trades and suddenly it feels like my portrait drawings have definitely improved. These cards are the best I’ve done over the past few weeks. Pleased to have found them nice homes in Canada, Finland, and California. Thanks to all the newContinue reading “September-October ATC Round-up”
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Welcoming 2013 With New Confidence
The other day I whining about how little progress I thought I had made over the last couple of years. I’d been sick with a cold and generally whinging about everything I could think of. Last night, since I felt better I got out my sketchbook to do more practice drew this drawing of actorContinue reading “Welcoming 2013 With New Confidence”
ATCs: In the Style of Rossetti
I participated in another Art 101 swap on Illustratedatcs.com. October’s featured artist was Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I’ve always enjoyed the Pre-Raphaelites, so I thought I would try my hand at making a few cards. As you can see, I had mixed success. On a side note, I just found out that a couple of myContinue reading “ATCs: In the Style of Rossetti”
Paying Attention to My Keys
I don’t pay much attention to my keys. Sure, I keep track of where they are (most of the time) and I handle them everyday. I even occasionally use them as an indicator of my stress level: ME: Where the @!#&*!!! are my keys?! DH: Um, they’re in your hand, hon… ME: Oh. It wasContinue reading “Paying Attention to My Keys”
EDM Challenge 1 – Draw A Shoe
I joined the Everyday Matters Yahoo group recently. They have a weekly challenge that members can choose to take. There are currently about 147 or so of these prompts. Well I decided to start at the beginning and do number one -draw a shoe. So I grab this shoe and realize how plain it is,Continue reading “EDM Challenge 1 – Draw A Shoe”
Mellanie Collins, Artist 