Artist & Aesthete

Today I’m sharing some exciting news about a brand new product from Tombow: *MONO Drawing Pens! You guys know I have a thing for any new art supply! Being a part of the Tombow USA design team means that I got the chance to use this new product before it was officially released, and so far I am loving it! I’ve been experimenting with the pens in a few different ways, such as drawing (duh), art journaling, etc. They are a lot like the Pigma Micron Pens that I’ve been using in t

Good morning everyone! Today I’ve got something fairly new to share- I’ve always loved coloring, colors, markers, crayons, paints, etc. Pretty much any type of coloring medium. I love drawing and I’ve done pencil portraits before but one thing I never really tried was painting portraits. Recently I have been using watercolors (an inexpensive Mr. Huey set, if you’re wondering what brand) to paint pets! I painted the dachshund just for fun (for my Aunt), and then I got the requ

You may remember when I did an art journal round robin back in the Spring? The round robin finished a while back, but I love having other artists work in my art journal so I swapped journals with my friend, Tina, so we could each do a page spread in each others journals. Our journals were themed, so while my journal is a “dream” journal, Tina’s theme is “Metamorphosis”. Here is my art journal page inspired by that: I actually saw a sketch on pinterest of a girl with an owl fa