volunteering!

 

I started my volunteer work today!  It's at a therapeutic riding center for children and adults with special needs and I've been super excited to start.  Each session is about 1 hour long which I spend walking next to the rider around an indoor arena, so it's great exercise.  It's been sooo long since I've worked around horses and absolutely I love it :D  I've never worked around individuals with special needs though, so it's a bit of a learning process - but it's a great experience for me (not to mention it can go on my resume).

sedna character design

I started some character design for my graphic novel! Well, I started with some drawings of her face a while ago, but I really need to think about her body... I know this may look weird but I like the idea - just have to figure out how to make it look a bit more... hmmmm... not sure if I can find a good word for what I'm trying to explain. A bit more something... Gotta work on it.

kitty helper

So, I turned on my computer, opened up Photoshop and sat there, forcing myself to be inspired to do something... when, wouldn't ya know, a little black and orange kitty hopped up into my lap (her favorite spot it seems whenever I'm on the computer), and made it nearly impossible for me do anything with my right arm except let it lay there as her pillow.  And she is so cuddly and cute that I can't bring myself to put her down... So inspiration hopped into my lap today.  Hurray for kitty helpers!

adrift

Sometimes Beatrice was tired of seeing the same old trees day after day. On the abandoned boat she found in a stand of birches, sometimes she would pretend she was adrift on Lake Superior - bravely crossing the billowing waves to new lands for exploring and new creatures for finding...

Haven't done IF in a loooong long time.  Word of the week: "adrift."

secrets

Dik-dik and thylacine have lots of secrets... ssshhhhh...

cornered...

 Sometimes I wonder what they say to each other during a confrontation....

Camille loved her tea on cold wintry days

 This is the final illustration (sans text) that was done for a client who sells rooibos tea.  It was a quick, fun illo and I really ended up liking it quite a lot.

goodbye my sargy boy

My Sargent. We loved him so much for 13 amazing years. He was such a sweetheart, he was my puppy; even as he grew older, he was still my puppy.  It's really hard to not see him here laying on the floor by me, I'm going to miss him dearly....

I'M IN COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE!!!

My green and blue plaid yo-yo necklace has been featured in Country Living Magazine!!!  It is in the November issue article called "Mad About Plaid."  It's kinda strange opening up a magazine and seeing something that you've made... right there. In a magazine.  So now I'm selling a whole bunch of yo-yo necklaces and spending my days creating new ones.  If you're interested, check out my Etsy store! 

new work for Caggio show

New work alongside The She-Bear (below) for my show at Caggio.  Some of the work I'm not entirely happy with but working on these definitely got me back into the swing of traditional media! Hurray for watercolor!!!  From top to bottom:  Meeting the Black Dog, White Fox Wedding, Sedna, The Nightingale, and The Golden Stag.