Snail Mail Club
One of the main reasons I create art is to delight others – even if it’s just one other person. I spend hours composing these posts, and that’s because I know those of you that are here genuinely appreciate my work and that means the world to me. I would love to be able to…
Choir of Birds
I got my Christmas artwork done early for the first time ever ~ hurray! In the many years I’ve been making holiday cards, it seems to get harder each time to come up with a new idea without being kitsch or trite. As I write and reflect on my process, I realize new experiences and…
A girl and her chickens
I’ve been going back to basics and learning to draw human anatomy (painting portraits is also part of the practice). That means learning which bones go where, which muscles go between and over them and how they squash and stretch depending on the pose. The drawings aren’t nice to look at but the process of…
Not masterpieces
I started this newsletter as an alternative to social media as a channel to share my art, which I felt never presented my work in an ideal format. Sending out this newsletter has been a long time coming, and to be honest, is more intimidating than making an IG post, where I know my contribution…
Artist Inspirations: Akira Toriyama
I have been procrastinating about writing this first newsletter because my default idea was to outline my process of a recent artwork, but didn’t seem like it would be that interesting. Since Mr. Akira Toriyama’s passing (may he finally get some rest), I thought about how much he influenced me from the very beginning. Like…
NFC Tag How-to
Thanks for purchasing one of my Moonbeam charms! Here is some information, as well as tips and tricks on how to get started. NFC stands for near-field communication, and it allows phones, tablets to share data with other NFC-equipped devices easily. The chips inside the charm are passive and don’t require power and can be…
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