The Sketch Book

honesty jewelry

 Hello there! Sorry I've been absent lately from my plan to blog more regularly. The best laid plans always fall apart. Particularly plans that involve resolving to do something regularly on a blog...

parachute skirt

a lime yellow parachute skirt i saw this morning floating down second ave. happy weekend!

NYC morning

It's a perfect morning in NYC today. Cool on the shady side of the street and warm on the sunny side and not a cloud in the sky. Everyone is eating croissants, walking their tiny dogs and wearing t...

mid day in paris

A recent commission that I thought you all might like. This is painted from a snapshot taken in Paris. It was hard to work though my jealousy over the fact that they are in Paris AND carrying Cel...

birthday girl

So last year I documented all my close friend's birthdays as blog sketches. This year I'm still birthday sketching, but for real customers. Progress! Here is Eslpeth, a recent birthday commission...

required reading

In a perfect world I'd find more time to read the news. Between the Portlandia skit "Did you read it?" and living with a boy who has somehow read every piece of literature pertaining to... everyt...

Neimans Neon

Here is an updated look I created for the Neiman Marcus tumblr to celebrate the striking, electric colors of resort collections this year. I was excited they asked for a neon chartreuse dress - I...

mid winter LWD

It's freezing in new york and we are lost somewhere in the middle of January. This means the end of chic for me. Winter has been here for weeks and appears to be here for the rest of eternity. I ...

always room for one more

bangles, to know them is to love them. they're so outgoing, always ready to be stacked with new friends. totally willing to mix and match. do i sound a little creepy? but really, thank you to th...

earmuffs

so i've been dragging my feet about posting all week (all year). forgive my absence. i was thinking "the first post of 2012" had to be something monumental. and nothing monumental has happened re...