Henna Tattoo Easter Eggs

Well, not exactly henna tattoos – more like Sharpie tattoos with henna-like designs: This is black permanent marker on plastic Easter eggs. Adds something different to the plain eggs, and not as sweet and frou-frou as Easter decorations can sometimes be.

Crab Pot Portrait

After a busy day we went out to celebrate a birthday tonight and as we waited for our food I sketched a portrait of the couple across the table.Any guesses who they are?

Changing the Look Around Here

I’ve been wanting to customize the header on this blog – part of the sketches of tools I’ve done has been part of that (along with the font-browsing). Here’s the latest drawing: And you might notice I’ve changed the blog header as well (look…

Playing Around With Graphics

Here’s some of the things I’ve been working on today: This is the still-life from the other day – I’ve played around with the color and added some filters to it. paintbrush, needle, whisk, pencil – ink on paper hammer, knives, tongs, pins –…

Birthday Plate

Every year my daughter’s preschool offers an opportunity to create and purchase “make it plates“; melamine plates with your child’s artwork on it. We did it last year with both kids and their plates have been such a hit – they use them every…

Wordless Wednesday Tulips x 3

   

Hydrangea Silkscreen, Part One

I’ve seen various takes on this on the Internet recently – using embroidery hoops as a frame to screen print fabrics. Here’s one good tutorial I just scouted out via Pinterest: “Easy Silkscreen Tutorial” from sweet things(s). The short version is that you create…

Lamp: Sharpie Marker on Paper

Wordless Wednesday Valentine’s Sketches