The Sketch Book

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...

pardon my french

oh la la... where do i begin? the kate spade fall 2012 preview was such fun. the title of the event "toutes les filles sont folles" or "all the girls are mad" says it all. french chicness and col...

chain of hearts

happy valentines day everyone!  hope its a pink and red wonderland out there for you today!

madmen/NYFW

this pre-fall look from DSquared2 reminds me of the 60s. Well, I wasn't there, so it makes me think of the 60s. And then it makes me think of the joyous fact that MadMen is coming back soon! And...

wink

A wink inspired by the expressive beauty of Leslie Caron in the movie musical, Gigi that I watched on repeat as a little girl. I've mentioned my love of this film before, and am always surprised ...

tiny dancer

I spent my days in school doodling my way through math classes, filling pages with these tiny sketches of ballerinas. At the end of class I'd give pages of ballerinas to my friends as locker art....

pleats please

I'm looking forward to wearing accordion pleats this spring. (ahhh I just had to read that sentence and laugh at myself a little bit. fashion blogging really is so ridiculous, isn't it?) Anyway,...

Happy February

Time to change the calendar! This month's illustration is inspired by a beautiful cashmere look by Michael Koors and of course by my love of artfully arranged bookshelves. Or, rather I should say...

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...

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...