Advent Challenge Day 14

December 14, 2014

Thanks @priscillaalpaugh for your advice on scanning! I painted this on really rough watercolor Arches paper and when I first scanned it, there was a lot of tooth visible. Priscilla suggested scanning in both directions and then combining them in layers and it worked! All the extra roughness disappeared like magic. Thanks, Priscilla!😘😘😊 #floralexploration #the100dayproject #watercolorflowers #gouache #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #tombow #artezabrushpens #dailysketch

Mini florals in #watercolor and #gouache and #artezabrushpens. #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #flowers #the100dayproject #bloominginbrooklyn #floralexploration #dailyfloralsketch #dailypaint

Another exploration from Sunday's #bloominginbrooklyn workshop. I was very confused about what I was doing but it was fun to do something different. #artezabrushpens #floralexploration #dailyfloralsketch #the100dayproject #watercolor #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #drawing #floralart

Playing around with different media and mark making. Swipe to see full bouquet. Has anyone tried #artezabrushpens? @victoriajohnsondesign taught us how to use them. I got a smaller set so I'm not so thrilled with the color selection I have, but they make a wide range of colors. I'm wondering if I can buy the brushes individually... Haven't researched yet! #the100dayproject #flowers #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #floralexploration #watercolor #indiaink #drawing #dailypaint

Had an amazing time yesterday at #bloominginbrooklyn with other artists learning from painting gurus, @helen_dardik @carolynj @victoriajohnsondesign @monika_forsberg! Thank you ladies, so much for sharing your wisdom! This is one of the experimental pieces I painted. Learned so much. Still processing all of the information....! #floralexploration #floral #the100dayproject #watercolor #mixedmediaonpaper #birdsbutterfliesandblooms

This is 49 of #the100dayproject! Almost halfway! Looking forward to painting florals all day tomorrow at #bloominginbrooklyn! #sennilierpastels #floralexploration #watercolorflowers #watercolor #florals #floral #birdsbutterfliesandblooms

Happy Saturday, folks! #watercolorflowers #the100dayproject #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #blooms #florals

A little Friday bouquet for you all. Swipe to see detail. I cannot believe I wasn't using the native @epsonamerica software with my scanner for over a year!! All through my last book! I was using vuescan software and it was very faded, colors were off, and blurry. You can see the difference in my feed. I cannot believe all the time I wasted color correcting everything. Glad I finally tried the Epson software after the vuescan developer refused to help me figure it out! #lifelessons #dailyart #the100dayproject #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #floralexploration #sketchbookart #floralart #floral #floralpainting #floralpaintings #watercolor #sennilierpastels #mixedmediaonpaper

So honored to be invited to Conversations with Creative Women and speak with Sandi Klein about my childhood, my journey to becoming a children's book author and illustrator, and cooking! I just actually forced myself to listen to it (trying not to wince or cringe), and she's a consummate, generous, lovely interviewer! I just can't believe I didn't say my agent's name - Chris Tugeau / whom I've been with from the beginning! And also a big shout out to my amazing colleagues and mentor at Stanford... Couldn't have gotten as far so did without you! @the_cat_agency @tugeau @johnrguyana @5911jill #Childrensillustrator #childrensbookauthor # kidlit #kidlitwomen #kidlitauthor #kidlitauthorsofcolour

Just realized I probably painted this cat's head too small! Oh well, we will just say it's a kitten. 🐱 #the100dayproject #birdsbutterfliesandblooms #dailyart #brownstonegarden #floralexploration #florals #floralart #childrensillustration #childrensbookart #sketchbookart #floralpaintings #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #childrensbookillustration #cats #watercolorflowers #watercolor #tulips

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