IF: Scattered
It has been a while since I have been on the ol’ blog! I will try and stop by to say “hi” more often…life has been SO busy lately it has turned my world upside down. I used to say I was busy, but that was before I was BUSY!
SSo, this week I decided to participate in IF. Immediately when I heard the subject was “scattered” I got the image of a little girl creating and her supplies and drawings scattered all over the floor. I was/am totally this girl, and I see this every day in my daughter’s room.
Isn’t she something? I just adore her drawings with all my heart. My son also loves to draw, but video games have a pretty strong hold on him so he rarely does it(sigh).
I did this drawing when I was in first grade. It was part of a book about a big sister mouse. I remember sitting at my desk(or on the floor) writing stories and drawing for hours and I was perfectly content every moment of it. I think sometimes I need to channel THAT girl again- and remember that doing what I love should be simple and fun!
I have been SUPER busy. The last few weeks I have finished some new pieces, started teaching again and have worked every evening on my first picture book(yay!). With so much going on I have neglected in several posts I have had planned. They are on the back burner for now, but I still wanted to drop by and say “hello!”. 
She is sweet and caring. She adores knitting, loves animals and wants to save the world one recyclable piece at a time. She is an always there friend and easy to talk to. I love her because she is just like my sister, Danielle. Oh how I love my sister! I envision Dani living in Portland with her hippie parents, volunteering at various places and frequenting the book store(going through her list of classic literature).
Like I said a few weeks ago, I plan on adding some women/tweens to my portfolio. So, I have been testing “looks” for my ladies. The top I am really not in love with. This bottom one needs a little tweeking. Definitely some images on the stickers of her suitcase, maybe a little more detail in the skirt pattern, a background! I digitally collaged her a bit with watercolor, line art and some photoshop coloring. Oh, I really dislike the look of the dog in the top one as well…I would change it to a sheep dog for sure.
I have been working feverishly to conquer a digital process for my work. I want to embrace color and keep the line work I adore doing. Usually in this process I lose the spontaneity of the origial sketches. I know a lot of artists deal with this. So, this is the problem I have been focusing on. 
These are new for spring(girls) over at jcrew. Love. The happy thing is that even though they are way too expensive for my wallet, I am using them for inspiration to create on my own. I am toying with the idea of doing a tutorial of sorts on the subject of clothes alteration because it is so much fun and so easy to do. I wish that the boys clothes were as exciting, but gosh does it get boring after your boy turns about 4 or 5. Tee shirts with graphic stuff on them, jeans, cargo pants, polos…oh the excitement. The good thing is that Tobey is actually into some 
