New work: Pink room

This is the completed illustration of the daybed room. For colour inspiration I again looked to the Madeline books which were mainly coloured in a duotone: usually black + 3 different shades of yellow. I chose to use a brown line and 3 shades of pink for a vintagey look.

Teaching Silk screening

On Friday I taught silk screening to kids in grades 4-8 for the Arts Alive Day at Market Lane Public school. I made a screen based on Shepard Fairey's famous Hope poster. The kids were fantastic and they really enjoyed inking the screen, pulling the squeegee and producing a poster of Obama. yay.

Squiggly drawings

For an assignment today I was asked to do a sketch of a bedroom.
For style inspiration I looked to Ludwig Bemelman's wonderful drawing of Miss Clavel in his Madeline book + the great 'room drawings' from the Clue game from the 1960s. Have always LOVED these!! (The illustrator is not credited unfortunately) With a slightly blobby line they remind me of Andy warhol's illustrations from the 1950s.
For content I found a photograph from Domino magazine of a stunning room with high ceilings, an elaborate fireplace and a pink daybed. Above is my squiggly interpretation of it. Lastly I combined some of my squiggly drawings with a photograph of Linda Rodin. I like the combo of the two mediums.

Canada is ga ga over Obama

Obama has just arrived.
The chemistry between Obama and our Governor General Michaelle Jean made me smile big.
Look at those smiles.
Also some great graphic images: the combo of the blue on his plane and the bright red of the mounties was striking!

New Work: Elle magazine

My latest piece for Elle magazine.
I have a monthly gig illustrating Tabatha Southey for her Ellegirl column.
(fyi I have seen her closet -- she really does have fabulous clothes like this!!)
I had fun adding the tile beside Morocco and the french toile in France.