Cutest proposal idea :: The Bebez Book

Friend and creative genius Bryan proposed to his darling lady Robbi with the most precious and clever idea of writing her a children's story. The two of them as kids... with Robbi's beloved lab, Marti as a pup. Each page is centered around a letter of the alphabet, describing what she means to him and it's just one adorable adventure with lots of personal flair. Of course, when we get to the W page, she was in for a huge surprise as he asked her to be his wife in the exact location as illustrated. (Marti was tied to the bench and he even had a plaid shirt on!)

Bryan came up with every single detail in each scene, so I had a blast just helping his funny vignettes come to life. It was my huge honor to get to be part of this project! Way to set the bar high for all the single men left in the universe :)

Sketched in pencil, digitally colored up, printed through Blurb. 7 x 7 square.
(Click to view on Flickr.)

New tool in my tool kit

Oh boy, this is fun.

Sketch: Sock Monkey

a little sock monkey makes me smile today

pen and ink in my sketch book

Planning & Sketch-painting

I'm overjoyed to have an opportunity to paint two expressive and colorful pieces for my interior designer's client-friend. It's a great challenge!


Concept: abstract but loosely containing tree forms, expressive, not timid in color, fitting for a trying-to-step-a-little-bit-away-from-traditional family room.


24" x 48" x 2"deep canvases, acrylic paint


Some general composition planning.



Sketching and picking colors



Almost there

And with those last touches of deeper grey, our test-run is complete.



Stay tuned for the {large and in-charge} full-sized version. 

Sketch: Tractor

Thankful for this little guy and his twin who keep our grass alive. 



They have to work overtime in the summer.


{And the green grass grows all around all around....}


Deep thoughts, today :)

Sketch: dilly-dally

My sweetie has a new job.

His building is neighbor to my building.

We carpool.

My sweetie works very diligently.

Sometimes I have dilly-dally time after 5.

Crisp white paper cluttering my desk

beckons me to use my dilly-dally time wisely.

Sketchily.