The Forgotten Garden

I just finished reading The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton last night. I spent 3 hours finishing it up, I just couldn't put it down. It is an absolutely beautifully tragic and hopeful multigenerational story that revolves around lost ties, a hidden magical garden, and the magic of fairy tales. I highly recommend it.


That being said, it has inspired me to start sketching fairies again, and to experiment in styles similar to those of Arthur Rackham and other fairy tale artists of the Golden Age of Illustration.
MAGICAL!!!

The Sketchbook Project: Works in Progress

I got my sketchbook in the mail last month for The Sketchbook Project and am so excited! Here are a few works in progress...

My apologies...

So, I just looked at my last post and realized it was in July! Wow! Time has just been passing us by! Here is my apology post to say sorry for keeping you waiting for more Beenznrice goodness. I will be posting lots more work soon, as I've been fairly busy with personal work as well as lots of freelance and of course the bread and butter fulltime job. But I will no longer neglect you my faithful blog followers!

I've also rejoined EBSQart.com again, and I hope to enter some upcoming shows, which I will link here of course! Here's a link to the show I did on EBSQart.com way back when:

How to Price Your Artwork: Amy Wilson

Here is a great blog for artists who are unsure how to price their work...

Preview: Another sketch for my inspired by The Killers' music series...

Illustration Friday Topic: Shaky

My image for Illustration Friday is on Flickr today. Check out the Illustration Friday link viewer for my and other great illustrators' work on the topic!

http://illustrationfriday.com/linkviewer.html

Art Tour 3: Leo Carillo and Fourth of July work

The following sketches are from the 4th of July...



The following are from Leo Carillo at the Art Tour 3 stop. Here are some quick oil sketches of a tree at the camp site and the beach.

Painting finished: The Blue Lady

I really need to get my camera fixed, this is off of my phone, but I finally finished my painting, the first oil painting I've finished in YEARS. I've named her The Blue Lady.

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Art Tour Stop 3: Leo Carillo and Explosions in the Sky

So some work from Leo Carillo will be coming soon, they are quick oil sketches, so I have to wait until they are dry enough to scan (don't want to ruin my scanner). Here are a couple of shots from Explosions in the Sky. Very low quality shots from my phone, but there was something about the abstract effect of the lighting along with the music that was very cool to me. So I thought I'd share.

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15 Things a Designer Should Never Say on Artbistro

"ArtBistro asked several career designers: what should a designer never say?" They give some truly great advice. Many of the things a Designer should never say, we have already been guilty of. So I'm posting this article, which can save a lot of our fellow designers, especially if you're just starting out, some heartache (and headache)!