Studio Tuesday Blog

The final new holiday card for this year, a Barn Owl sitting on a stone wall with an old wooden gate. A cozy Winter scene with snow covered fields and a farm in the distance. Cards and card sets available in the shop: Barn Owl Christmas Cards SaveSave

Another new card for the 2016 holiday and Christmas season! I added to my collection of Northern Lights cards - this one with a polar bear on the tundra. Happy with how the aurora lights in this one turned out. Its fun to experiment with new shapes and ways to depict it, but it's not the easiest thing to paint. This took a lot of layers to build up the color and luminosity, probably about 10 to 15 layers of watercolor in the sky. Cards are available as singles and boxes of 10. Printed on sturdy card stock. A blank inside for your message - a whimsical animal Christmas card or note card for other occasions.Save Save

A moose in a little pine forest with falling snow. I really enjoy coming up with little scenes that spark the imagination, of both kids and adults I hope! Fun details in this one include short little pine trees under the moose and a gap in the trees - revealing a hint of water and the far shoreline. A soft Winter color palette with a range of different greens.One of several new illustrations I've done recently for the upcoming holidays. Every year I illustrate a few new Christmas cards, it's always a lot of fun to think up new snowy Winter scenes and the animals that live in them. Prints, cards, and card sets now available in the shop!   SaveSave

This is the third animal illustration I did for the upcoming holiday season this year. A Pine Marten in a snowy evergreen forest. Sometimes illustrations come together easily and seem to look great without a lot of effort. This was not one of those. It was a tough one to get right, with lots of sketching, revisions, color testing, and three attempts at the illustration. But... I'm finally happy with this end result of one of my favorite animals. I've had a soft spot for weasels and their kin, since writing a report on them in second grade (Pine Martens are a member of this family). Eventually I will probably end up illustrating all of them. So far I also have a Sea Otter, and a White Weasel. 2016 UPDATE: Now have a Mink and a River Otter as well.Cards are now available - as a single card or sets of 10. In the shop here: Pine Marten Holiday CardsI also have prints available in the shop here:Pine Marten Art Print

A new illustration for this year's holiday season. A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus, meaning Sea Bear) swimming in an Arctic Sea with icebergs and falling snow. Drawn with ink and watercolors.I love thinking up and drawing these little Winter scenes for my cards every year. This was a fun one, something little more nautical and remote than the typical Christmas card. Holiday Cards now in the shop! Nice, sturdy card stock, and available as a single card or boxed sets of 10 cards. Link here: Polar Bear Cards