After attending fashion week, I have been busy decorating and cleaning my studio. Still have to paint and getting new flooring. I love the quilted organizer!! I just put together (yes, I did it… tools and all) my new glass top desk and and a new office chair. I haven`t figured out the decor for […] Read more…
Have you ever wanted to create unique looks but didn`t have access to a photographer, models, designer clothing or props to produce your artwork? Did you ever wonder if you could combine several pictures to create a particular look? You can! The method is called “composite” and it can be a great tool when you […] Read more…
I think you could say I have been lost behind the scenes. The book, Ms. Pig E. Banks (available for pre-sale), had a minor glitch I under quoted the time I needed to finish by two times as much. The 12 main illustrations ended up becoming 24 pieces and I was more than freaking out. […] Read more…
I had been working on putting the final touches on some of my graphic design projects last week. My last project was a set of collector plates. I sat down with my watercolors and a bunch of fashion magazines and inspiration in order to spawn the pieces above. I called it Daily Dress-Up. I really […] Read more…
So I decided to explore and, dare I say, cheat a little, on the 30 Watercolors in 30 Days. I used a General Pencil Sketch and Wash Pencil. I know that those are usually used for shading but I have always loved the juxtaposed lines against soft wash. It makes pieces look as if they […] Read more…
Loose line play… this always reminds me of old fashion magazines. This is better achieves in one colors or two. Here is the list of the pieces coming on for –> 30 Drawings in 30 Days. Read more…
Today is the second day of 30 Drawings in 30 Days, and today was a one color watercolor, but not black or dark. What better color to do this in than PINK!!! I love pink. Did I say that before? Because I love PINK! I actually did more watercolors. I think making things pink made […] Read more…
For my 30 Drawings in 30 Days, I have chosen watercolor as a medium. I had no clue what to do with just one color. Risking making the piece commercial, I watercolored an eye. I didn`t want to look at anyone`s eye. Just an eye. I wanted to do something beautiful. I love eyelashes, legs […] Read more…
Even if you can`t draw, this fashion sketchpad makes it easy to draw around a beautiful posed figure. The book is filled with 420 figure templates in 20 different fashion-forward poses. Printed in a specially formulated Pantone color, the figures disappear from view when photocopied or scanned, eliminating the need to fuss with light boxes […] Read more…
Accolade for my international client that brought me to tears! “Thanks much Elaine for your awesome value at that key step. You must have been some soul mate of Marie-Antoinette in a previous life I suspect. We are very excited to move on to the next design steps now. Thanks for all what you do […] Read more…
