The Sketch Book

LWD revisited

i think it was about this time last year that i sketched the little white dress that everyone loved so much. so I thought it was time for the 2012 edition. isn't it funny how much changes in a ye...

time to consign

This is a new illustration I created for Second Time Around, a consignment company based in Boston with stores opening all around the country. The brand is growing quickly (you may have seen them...

sketching swans

another ballerina! a swan to be specific. spring time always makes me think of swan lake because that is when we'd preform it back in my ballet days. a funny development of sketching ballerinas ...

uniform change

spring time means the return of my favorite uniform piece, the trench. why is the spring trench so delightful? because it is usually not black. for the past few months my uniform has been over ...

meet lauren

Meet Lauren! That's Lauren M. Hughes to be exact. She's a writer, blogger and now a proud owner of a freshly water colored "from the desk of" portrait courtesy of moi. The artwork is now display...

leap day

I've never understood why leap day isn't a more celebrated holiday. I mean it only happens once every four years, right? We should live it up! There should be parades, it should be a day off of w...

white and blue

this morning my yoga teacher shouted at us "its seven am and you are doing the splits, what else could you want!?" i will not go into detail about the answers that ran through my head... but onc...

seize the day

The strangest thing for me about being self employed is the level of control I have over my days. it can be a lot of pressure. It's daunting to know that I have so much flexibility in how I spend...

thank you

a new card design i'm working on... what do you think? i always dread working on thank you designs. they're so trite. but then again, its one of the last reasons for modern women to pick up pen ...

anne russell

happy birthday to the most entertaining and energetic person i'll ever meet, anne russell... i hope your birthday is full of striking poses, preferably on table tops, you vixen you! artistic si...