Sunday Sketches - Together

Somethings are just better

TOGETHER

I am sharing this sketch with my friends over at Sunday Sketches -

See you there!

PS

A huge THANK YOU to the ARTLAND for interviewing me

Read all about it here

Sunday Sketches - My Inspiration(s)

A lot of people ask me about where my inspiration comes from -
Honestly, it can change from day to day - a mood, a picture, a thought, something I might see in town, people, places, or a song or a book -

BUT, my biggest inspiration comes from my two children, Summer and Saylor....

Two loveable characters, indeed!

Summer is sporty, funny, beautiful, moody, silly and oh so very smart....

 Saylor is red-headed freckly adorable budding artist...she's a fashionista and a stuffed animal lover...and she never leaves home without her purse and some purple! oh yeah!

So, today I am sharing that with you all - You may recognize some of traits of these wonderful girls inside a lot of my characters, they truly are my biggest inspiration!

I am so proud to share them with you!

Stay tuned for more....Adventures with Summer and Saylor!

Now, I am off to visit with my friends over at Sunday Sketches - See you there! Grab a pencil and come join in, here

For daily updates and more from Rose Hill Designs, come visit us here on FACEBOOK - if you haven't already!  See you there!

PS - A Thank you and a Give Away coming! When we reach 260 Followers...Stay Tuned........

Sunday Sketches - Let's Work Together

We have been busy around my house working on decorating the Christmas tree, writing our Christmas cards and preparing cookies for holiday parties and cookie exchanges...it's a lot of fun, but it's more fun having my 2 girls along side of me to help! Thanks girls!

They inspired this sketch here that I am sharing with my friends over at Sunday Sketches today!

See you there!

"A job worth doing is worth doing together."

Sunday Sketches - Winter Wishes

Good Morning,

It's the Sunday before Thanksgiving and it's quite busy around The Studio.

My girls and I are watching The Grinch this morning - getting into the holiday spirit a little early!

I have been busy this week trying to finish up custom holiday orders for clients. 

Yes, I do a lot of custom work for people and this is a very busy time of year around here!

I am sharing one with you and my friends over at Sunday Sketches

that's just about finished -

Have a great Sunday, friends!

What are you up to today?

Sunday Sketches - Jack's Here!

Good Morning

It's time for Sunday Sketches over at The Blue Chair Diary -

We had a visitor this morning when we woke up...

Yes, Jack Frost  has cast his magic all over our front lawn...

It was simply beautiful!

So, my girls and I sat at the kitchen table and sketched for a bit, and this is what I came up with!

Has Jack been by your place, yet?

Happy Sketching....

See you at Sunday Sketches, here

Sunday Sketches - - Time to Visualize

Welcome to Sunday Sketches!

 I am happy that you have joined us today.

It is my pleasure to be able to guest host

for our wonderful hostess, Sophia today.

So, Do you visualize what you want in life?

I do...

That's why I am sharing a sketch from my visualization diary

with you all.

So, what is it that I am visualizing here?

Yes, it's a book...

written and illustrated by me...

Ok, No,

this has not been published, yet...

or even written for that matter....

BUT

I have always dreamed of someday illustrating a book of my very own

...and I figure,

if I visualize, practice, practice, practice,

work VERY,VERY hard, then I am halfway there...

Life is too short to not do what you want -

So let's go...

Let's follow our dreams....

I am looking forward to visiting you all....and

I can't wait to see what you have to share, today!

Thank you so very much for joining in!

- Sophia our thoughts are with you and your father at this very emotional time.

xoxo

your Sunday Sketch family!

Sunday Sketches - It's S'wonderful to Guest Host

This week I am honored to host Sunday Sketches, for my good friend,
Sophia over at The Blue Chair Diary.
Sophia's father's health has taken a turn for the worse. Her family needs her right now, and she didn't want to miss one week of her Sunday Sketch group...So, she has asked me to host it here, for you all.

I am truly honored to have the chance to guest host such a wonderful, inspiring group of artists. I look forward to visiting with you all this week.

My Sunday Sketch is inspired by a wonderful actress...Miss Audrey Hepburn, in Funny Face who may love Paris, just as much as Madeline the Mouse... Oui, oui! it's S'wonderful isn't it?

( yes, this is one of my all time favorite songs!)

I look forward to visiting each of you!

Sunday Sketches - Custom Stickers

Good Morning

- just some faces for today's Sunday Sketches....I have been busy creating custom children's birthday stickers for a few clients....these are just a sample of some of the sketches I have done so far...And of course, I did some for my kids...they are perfect for all of the birthday parties....

they work great on all sorts of presents!

Just stick - and go!

See you over at The Blue Chair Diary

Have a great Sunday!

Sunday Sketches - Smile

Good Morning, friends

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It's beautiful here....

the weather is just gorgeous...it's the perfect summer morning...

Well, it's Sunday and that means it's time to visit Sophia and the gang over at Sunday Sketches. Come join the fun! Come share a sketch with us!

Here is another sketch I am putting together for my client...

the Dentist....

When it is complete, it will  be for a Thank You note for their office....

See you over at The Blue Chair Diary.

Happy Sunday!

*Update on the Toucan's Western Spirit Award - they won! Thanks for all of your encouraging words on my last post!

Sunday Sketches - ...It's Time for a Picnic

It's a beautiful June day here, and we've got plans to sit

outside under our willow tree and have a picnic

...just like Madeline the Mouse...

What are you up to on this gorgeous June day?

It's also time for Sunday Sketches! This is a sketch of something I am working on...

I plan on adding a friend for Madeline and some more goodies....

Come join the fun over at The Blue Chair Diary with Sophia and the gang, grab a pencil and a sketchbook and I will meet you there!

Sunday Sketches - Patriotic Paper Dolls

It's Sunday, and it's also Memorial Day weekend, and we are feeling quite patriotic here in the studio.

I have been playing around with the idea of paper dolls, thanks to my bloggy friend, Brian!

I love the idea! ..and Madeline the Mouse, sure will look good in all of the outfits I am designing for her!

My kids love the idea, too... they have been coloring their own this morning.

I still need some tweaking here and there, but it's Sunday Sketches,

so I thought I would share what I have so far....

I hope you enjoy these...if you print them onto heavy cardstock, you can have fun coloring,  cuttng and playing around...maybe paste her inside your journal or bring her on a picnic!

Have a great weekend!

See you at Sunday Sketches

Sunday Sketches - The Blog Out

I call it The Blog Out!

click picture to enlarge

For me, 2 whole days of no blogging...what went wrong? I am not really sure.

 It's too hard to understand what blogger means when it says

 ERROR BX-474549854548958

all day...

It was actually very strange, no blogging, but we are back and running just in time for

Sophia's Sunday Sketches, click here to visit her blog

I can't wait to see what you all have been up to,

during the BLOG OUT!

Sunday Sketches - OH NO!

OH NO!

The cable is out!

Yes, this was me, earlier in the week!

NO INTERNET!

Isn't it funny how we rely so much on the Internet for EVERYTHING?

Anyway, it's all fixed.

Seems our downstream upstream wireless 3g 8g modem cable blah blah blah

 signal was at -24 and it is supposed to be running at 0.

So, after 4 hours, it was fixed! Yipppee!

I am back up and on the Internet!

So, here is my sketch, "OH NO,"

just in time for Sunday....

and Sunday Sketches over

 with Sophia and the gang at The Blue Chair Diary.

See you there...

with my Internet up and running!

Looking forward to visiting you all...

Sunday Sketches - The Red Balloon

Happy Easter Everyone!

It's time for Sunday Sketches - with Sophia and the gang over at The Blue Chair Diary.

This is just a sketch of an idea that came to me earlier this week...

I created a "book cover" for the story of Madeline and The Red Balloon

(just a made up story I have in my head...there's lots of those up in my brain)

Madeline stumbles upon a bright red balloon caught in the tree in the field.

She tugs

she pulls

and the next thing you know,

she's off on her first adventure....

with her bright red balloon.... 

Imagine grabbing hold of a balloon and flying all over the world?

Who would you meet on your trip?

Where would you want to go?

What would you see....

Enjoy your day!

See you at Sunday Sketches!

PS

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway.

To enter, go here

We will be picking the winner tonight!

Good Luck!

Sunday Sketches - A Sketch of Summer

Summer
pen and ink

It's Sunday, and time for Sunday Sketches with Sophia and friends,

over at the Blue Chair Diary.

Grab a pencil and a sketch pad, and come join the fun!

This is a sketch I did this week of my daughter, Summer.

This sketch, is from one of my favorite pictures I have of her,

and it just appeared on my desk this week...

so I took the hint, and decided to sketch it

This is how I started to color it from the sketch pad.

I used pencil and my favorite Prisma colored pencils - Rose Madder and Pink

and then I went in with my Copic (L♥VE them) pens and ink...

to finish it...

I can't wait to give it to her!

What types of medium do you like to work in?

My Favorites...

Copics, Pens, Ink

and Watercolor

Have a great day!

See you at Sunday Sketches!

Sunday Sketches - and My Winner (s)

It's Sunday...and I am back from my trip.

And, Sunday = Sunday Sketches,

over at Sophia's blog, The Blue Chair Diary.

So today, I am sharing a quick drawing from my sketchbook...  

That's me...

clinging to the chair upon take-off in the airplane yesterday!

I really don't like flying one bit. Can you tell?

I remember as a kid, and even through my late 20s,

 if I didn't sit by a window, I was so upset. I always made sure, I sat by the window.

 I really loved flying, taking off and just staring out the window....

BUT, now, I will do anything to avoid the window seat...

Instead, I am hanging on for dear life during take-off and landing...

holding my breath and

thinking

GET ME OFF THIS PLANE!

How about you, how do you feel about flying?

Is it just me?

SO...a HUGE thank you all for the WONDERFUL birthday wishes, my friends.

I enjoyed reading all of your sweet messages.

AND now for The WINNER(s) of my

Where in the World is Heather give-away....

Sophia

and Eva

They both were the first to guess Breckenridge, Colorado

I think the Starbucks clue gave it away, hee! hee!

Yes, I was in Breckenridge, Colorado, on top of the world!

What an amazing place!

Gorgeous views, weather and ski conditions made for a great week!

Thank you ALL for playing along!

So, girls, just send me your email and I will contact you about your special prize!

YAY for you!

Sunday Sketches - Every Now and Then & Clue #1

It's Sunday and it's time for Sunday Sketches with Sophia and the gang, over here at
The Blue Chair Diary. Grab a pencil and your sketchbook, and come draw with us!

Well, I am not in Paris with Madeline,

but I am enjoying the view from here where I stand...

hmmm, I wonder, is there a Starbucks around here???

Well, as you can see,

I will be traveling for the next week -

 I am not sure how often I will get to visit you my friends, but I will try!

 I will miss ALL of  you and your daily posts, thoughts, paintings, poems and drawings -

Enjoy your week!

XO

PS - Throughout the week I will try to give clues as to my locale...

and if you want to try and guess the exact locale,
the winner will receive a

a special prize!

The first clue...

(trumpets)

When we got off the plane, here,  it was 80 degrees

...but, it's snowing now...

 

Sunday Sketches - Just a Peek

A little peek inside Madeline's world this morning...for my friends over at Sunday Sketches.

Madeline is my mouse character that loves art, France and cheese!

Today is the first day of Spring and where else would a little mouse want to be but France?

Enjoy your Sunday, my friends.

I can't wait to see what you all have sketched this week.  It's been a fun week here in blog world!

So let's pop over to The Blue Chair Diary, and visit Sophia and friends!

PS - Did anyone else see that beautiful full moon last night? Amazing, wasn't it?

Sunday Sketches - Just a little daydream....

Madeline the Mouse has been day dreaming this week of a trip to France. She would love to visit Giverny, and the home of Claude Monet, and munch on a fresh baguette with goat cheese....

How perfectly delightful...

(sigh)....a girl can dream....

...She'll have to wake up sometime, I guess....

I have been working on my Madeline character this week....I guess when I drew Madeline the Mouse daydreaming, she wasn't the only one....

For more Sunday Sketches pop over to The Blue Chair Diary, here...

Come join the fun!

Sunday Sketches- Little Miss Q

It's Sunday, and it's time for Sunday Sketches. I love seeing what all of the Sunday Sketch participants have been working on throughout the week.  Really, seeing what other artists have spent their days creating is so much fun for me!

Currently, I am working on my story for my children's book illustration and writing class.

It's a little "love" story about the letters Q and U.
and, they meet in a bowl of SOUP.

Hot, right? Hee! Hee!

We are "storyboarding" this week. Here's a rough sketch, of Miss Q!

For more Sunday Sketches please do pop over to The Blue Chair Diary, here.
I will see you there....