I’ve not made time for a lot of reading lately, but I’ve always loved books and libraries. (Speaking of, who goes to the actual library...

Hey! I’ve been busy filling up pages in my sketchbook and I thought I’d share a few here. First things first. Here is the cover: I...

Here’s an update on illustrations I’m working on for the 2019 calendar! I am having so much fun with it! It’s pretty slow going, but I’m...

Here’s a digitally-colored illustration of an orange blossom tree I sketched. (Or maybe those are clementines!) I must be loving orange...

This piece is for a friend of mine–it might have the honor of appearing on her desk at work! I noticed the style of this illustration is...

I’m already thinking of 2019, guys. But that’s the name of the game when you make a calendar! (I’m not going to do what I did last year,...

Just thought I’d share this card that I made for my friend who is getting married this weekend! I like using brown paper for white...

#illustrationavenue #peach #torani #tea #gouache #pureleaf #howto

Hey, guess what?! I made it to day 30! It’s so awesome. I thought I’d get bored of painting flowers for 30 days, but my motivation only...

Coneflower (not to be confused with cornflower) is Day 29’s flower! (I’ve made it 29 days, y’all!) This illustration was also done in...

Right around the time I discovered citrus fruits grow on trees (and why wouldn’t they?!), I thought it would be pretty cool to have a...

We used to have a honeysuckle plant climbing up a trellis at our old farmhouse…when it bloomed it gave off the loveliest scent ever!...

Yes, lavender is considered an herb, but it is also a flowering plant, therefore it fits with my Flower Series. I love that I can make up...

This post is a bit late, but it still fits the one-post-per-day criteria! Wisteria reminds me of weeping willow trees. I’d love to visit...

This is more of an abstract sweet pea, but it kinda fits Saturday’s vibe 🙂 #illustrationavenue #art #sweetpea #floral #flowers #Watercolor

This flower always reminds me of books where the character’s eyes are described as “cornflower blue”. And the cornflower blue eyes are...

Ahhh. Hawaii. It sounds so lovely right now. I’ve never had such a great desire to go to a tropical place, but now it’s definitely...

Just to make up for the (less than stellar) orchid painting, here’s a fashion illustration! It’s been a while since I did one of these...

Wow. It was hard to figure out what to paint today. I haven’t had a day yet where I had such a hard time getting a semi-decent result,...

A cheery sunflower for day 20! #illustrationavenue #sunflowers #challenge #cheerful #yellow #flowers