In November 2024 I went back to Paris and in 2025 created these portraits that I love This guy sold me my cell phone case he was so nice

So I’ve spent my break working on these dogs of NY paintings it’s been a struggle but I think I am ok with the cropped versions. This is my favorite Cropped Full image of skateboarder The full series

I don’t have a lot of procreate samples but here are a few I kind of like This is probably my favorite I love the tail. I was kind of watching a video but not really Here’s the link if you want to try https://youtu.be/1y9XLdC4zrw Here’s an eyeball from art with flo I love her … Continue reading Procreate Samples

So I’ve been obsessed with the Louise Penny Mystery Series Since I first heard of her on Hillary Clinton’s podcast I have been in love with her books and Armand Gamache and the village of Three Pines. During one of the recent stories I read Inspector Jean Guy Beauvoir makes notes on the board and … Continue reading Louise Penny Mystery Series Sketches

So I got picked to illustrate the Montana SCBWI Illustrator Extravaganza taking place this May 2022. Here are some samples I made. When they first told me about the Illustrator Extravaganza the first thing I thought of was a bunch of animals painting at the lake like the painters in Paris at the Place Du … Continue reading May Illustrator Extravaganza

So I thought maybe I should put a link to my reviews on amazon since I have uploaded a lot of reviews and supposedly 50,000 people have found them beneficial?! I could probably upload some of the videos here too especially from my favorite children's books. https://videopress.com/v/CVFHI4i8?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/rmEFQkQK?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/2rXLfJPW?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Wow it's been a while since I added a post here I guess. Too busy working on the podcast?! But I've been doing a lot of painting while I've been podcasting. In April I got to attend the 2021 SCBWI virtual bloom conference which was so amazing! Maria Middleton's blog tips were so awesome! I … Continue reading SCBWI bloom conference 2021

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Someday I hope to win an award for the Most Prolific Writer/illustrator of Biographies for Children in the 21st Century! If you haven’t read my Jeannette Rankin book you can see it here. This winter I have been working on one about the AMAZING, ARTICULATE AND AWESOME Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez It’s been … Continue reading The Most Prolific Writer/illustrator of Biographies for Children in the 21st Century

I made this video explaining the scene of my First Paris painting... https://youtu.be/Af23L6iK8EA Over the holiday I got to read the coolest book on Paris! An incredible historic tome of only 792 pages I think of which I managed to power through close to 550 of ... and so my trip all came back to … Continue reading Explaining my First Painting of Paris | An American in Paris 2016