Hi Everyone...As an artist and illustrator I am known for my "stitches"....Every piece of my work is made with my signature stitches and I can't stop creating with these line details...
Hi Everyone....I just took a break from courses and made a little 5in x 5in gallery wrapped painting....I am almost finished the entire book design for my latest picture book and will be working on the cover in between my courses this week....Since the theme on IMT is "Cupcake" I thought I would share this zero calorie treat with you all.... if you want to pick it up for a gift for you or someone sweet...you can pop by my shop!!!
Hi Everyone!!! I am back from taking a break this weekend...we called it our Thanksgiving in August Weekend...we had both our families up at our cottage in Huntsville and we had a wonderful time filled with great company, great weather , great sports, and great food.....The piece above is my submission this week to Mixed Media Monday...the theme is Together and this weekend was all about "Together" ......The illustration is a rough from my latest book that will be coming out soon!!! It is written and illustrated by me!!! and I can't wait till you all see it and read it....I hope you will love it !!!
Here is Minnie....she loves to run up and down and dive off the dock!!! she is a riot .....
here are some of our tomatoes...picked and ready for eating!!! with some of my yummy herbs too....and below I sliced some so you can see them....these are my favorite .....tomatoe and mayonnaise sandwiches...oh yummm I think I will have one !!!
Hi Everyone....This week's theme on IF is Caution....and the theme on Inspire Me Thursday is "Cupcakes" and you know I love everything about cupcakes...so I made a piece for IF and IMT and also added my Original Cupcake dolls called "Sweet Cuppies" 
I designed these original Cupcake dolls...right down to the design of the fabric.......these are handmade cutie pies...or shall I say "Sweet Cuppies"
I have a whole line in my Etsy Shop!!!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend....I am taking it easy after all my courses and learning this week.....
Hugs
Diana
Hi Everyone....thank you so much for all your wonderful visits!!! I so love to hear from you and also enjoy popping by...I will try to pop by and say hello and post each day...but this week I am in taking several courses so I will be a very busy bee!!! I am so excited to learn to use more and more technology in my day to day work in Illustration and Design....so wish me luck and say hello!!! I will pop by when I get a break in between my sessions....
Hi Everyone....I just finished my latest project...I used my Victorian Art to create these wall plaques...they are made with dimensional paint for texture and highlighted with metalic liquid acrylics....I had a lot of fun with these ladies....I just listed them in my Etsy Shop!!! The theme this week for MMM is "Stars" and I think all of the lovely ladies shine like stars...I loved this era where women would always be decked out and beautifully adorned......
Hi Everyone....I am no expert in the best Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches....but I have to say that this sandwich I created is how I imagine it to taste.....I took the most amazing bread to make these huge monster sandwiches....
Have a yummy Thursday ...more art to come..
Hi Everyone....I am no expert in all things English...but thought that this piece was fun with the scenery and the double decker bus....I always think of the double decker bus when I think of England....then there is the English fare like Bangers and Mash....Do you have some favorite memories of England? let me know what they are and I will try to create some new pieces all about England......
Hi Everyone....we are back from a mini-vacation at our family cottage in Huntsville.....I am submitting this surface design sample to IF & Mixed Media Monday this week for IF the theme is Impatience and I eat my ice cream very fast...no patience to take it slow and I hate melted ice cream.....and for MMM the theme is Green & Blue and that is why I chose these colours for this piece.......I always draw even when I am on vacation and this weekend I was inspired by our traditional stop at the Kawartha Dairy in Huntsville...They have the best ice cream we have ever eaten and it is our family tradition to get a cone when we come to town and also on the way home...this is my cone on the way up to the cottage....chocolate peanut butter with creme brulee in the middle...it was one of the best combos I have ever tried...very tasty!!! I also wanted to post this shot so you can see...inspiration is all around us....this surface design can be anything from wrapping paper to greeting cards to plates to you name it....all for the ice cream lover in all of us.....
I also wanted to show you another wildlife photo....these past few weeks I have been running into so many cute animals...what a blessing.....this family was so so cute...they had a few more that needed to join up with them...so they waited and watched me as they came together again...once they were all together...about 5 of them...they were gone like lightning....I am glad I captured a bunch of great shots in the meantime....
Well it is great to be back and I have to catch up and visit you all....
Happy Monday!!!
Hugs
Diana
On the way home from the cottage we stopped to grab some coffee and as we drank it in the park...this little guy came running across the street...at first I thought it was a dog or something ...but it was the cutest fox ever...he came right up to us...and he was hungry so Cole was nice enough to share some food with him.....
I was experimenting with some fabric that I printed using my Victorian ladies...and ended up creating these brooches....They are all made with silk and my artwork and some fun embellishments....I am off to do some more experimenting in the studio....what fun to just create and see what happens..... These ladies are all available in my shop! Have a wonderful day!!!
Hi Everyone...
Hi Everyone...whenever I think of nature I always think of birds...and I really love the blue brown combination.....so this week for MMM I decided to do a cute little sketch of a blue bird ...I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!!!
