Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy 50th Birthday to my amazing mom! I decided to hand letter her birthday card and I had her open it over the phone this morning. She absolutely loved it and said it's not fair that I can hand letter like that.

I also doodled my mom's birthday invitation for a trip up to Lake Arrowhead for the weekend.

Folksy Fox: Letters to Sarah

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I am doing a personal project that is 52 weeks long. Every week I have a different topic to draw on (which I plan on posting weekly). My first week was a self portrait and this past week was "plant."
I absolutely love drawing trees and decided to copy-cat the Welsh artist, Valeriane Leblond. I love her folk art style and I wanted to try it out.

Cheers!

Draper Temple Painting

My dear sister-in-law got married to her awesome husband in the Draper temple about a month ago and I made this painting for them as they start a home together. I have to say I had a blast making this for them. This is the second time I have painted the Draper temple for newly weds. The first was for a good friend and unfortunately I didn't document it very well. I learned my lesson and I had a photo shoot for this painting and now I am sharing it with you!

Letters to Sarah: Koi

Here is the card I drew for Sarah this week. I copy-catted Japanese illustrator Ryo Takemasa. I really loved his koi, so I did a pen & ink drawing instead of doing a color print like Ryo. Cheers!

Letter to Sarah: Hand Lettering

This past week I thought I ran out of blank cards, so I used one of my favorite stationary card shown below:

Since the card was done, I decided to try my hand at hand lettering the envelope to fit the vintage circus theme. I still have a lot to learn, but I am having fun. :)

Letter to Sarah: Cherry Blossom

Here is my fourth week sketch for Sarah's mission letter. Since she is going to Japan, I thought it appropriate to draw her a cherry blossom branch. I am loving every minute of drawing things for Sarah and look forward to every week :)

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful one so far. This year I made my dad and both Father-in-laws cards and I thought I would share them with you. 

For my dad I played with hand lettering typography. 

For Trevor's dad I drew him a rat rod, since he builds his own cars. He actually used to have the exact model above. 

For Trevor's step-dad I drew him a buck, since he hunts deer.

I am excited to see their reactions today, when we give them the cards :)