If, like me, you downright REFUSE to leave the world of Downton behind, then you will love animator Daisy Edward’s t-shirt designs on Red Bubble. Daisy creates the illustration herself and then through Red Bubble, they become t-shirts for us to wear dreaming of Downton. She also has a hilarious New Girl tee, but my heart belongs with the Granthams and Crawleys.
If you ever need a break from sewing projects, but still want to work with pins, you could always take a stab at making pinprick drawings like this work by artist Miso called New York Moon.
Regardless whether it’s an email exchange, Skype call, or an in-person meeting, I always make sure to ask them for one piece of advice they would give a wannabe maker. More often than not, the response is some derivative of: just get started. Make that first mistake, pick up that tool, or go out and get your hands dirty. I agree with all of that, but I want to offer another piece of advice: start drawing.
By Jessica Wilson Do your kiddos clamor for art fun? Need a distraction for them while you’re lunching it up with friends and/or family? Whip up an assortment of these nifty bento-style art kits and your wee ones will be golden! The key to a bento-style art kit is filling it with only enough supplies […]
Beckie from Infarrantly Creative has a whole new take on sidewalk chalk. Her chalk spray tutorial helps encourage kids to be creative while and discouraging the epic mess that comes along with driveway drawing. Plus, it just looks like a ton of fun!
Psst! I’m going to tell you a secret. I am very intimidated by a blank sketchbooks. That’s why I love the new art journal called Drawing Nature by Jill Bliss. Today is the first stop on her blog tour and I am so excited to share with you this great book. The beautiful journal is […]
Meagan was recently on an extended stay in Panama. Before leaving she made a small sketchbook which she then filled with a visual travelogue. On returning, she scanned the pages of the sketchbook and posted them for all to see. The book tells a great story of rural life far off the grid and the people she lived with. Some of the pages are cut to the contour of the images, which then show layering of the three dimensional spaces in the picture.
