New choir work

New work for a new choir (new to me that is)!

Brochure art for the Bach Elgar Choir from Hamilton.

Dr. Sketchy's Obskyura

Dr. Sketchy's is back!

Illustration Friday: Proverb

This week for Illustration Friday, a proverb that rings true for me these days: When life gives you lemons...

Outfitted Week 7

Outfitted: week 7, 8" x 12", Watercolour on Canson paper

scarf: thrifted

top: ok47, from the toronto clothing show

pants: dagg and stacey, from nathalie-roze & co.

purse: vintage, thrifted

bracelet: rescued from lereece's desk just before the office closed.

shoes: vintage from the st. lawrence sunday antique market

Illustration Friday: Dessert

My first entry for Illustration Friday, drawn from a photo I took of a store front last week in Montreal.

Outfitted Week 6

Outfitted: week 6, Watercolour on Canson paper

Phoning this one in from my family home in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. It's a little rushed, and I am not completely satisfied with the face and skirt. Working away from the studio is hard!

vintage hat, necklace, and silk blouse: boutique encore, an initiative of the lennoxville & district women's centre

belt: vintage, thrifted

skirt: borrowed from my sister emily, who also took the photos this week

sandals: steve madden

Ode to Music

Here is a choir poster piece for a concert happening November 22, the name day of St Cecilia, patron saint of musicians.

Outfitted Week 5

Outfitted: week 5, 9" x 8" Watercolour on Canson paper

A very vintage Outfitted this week! Many thanks to Craig for taking all of my reference photos for me.

yellow rose shirt-dress: vintage, passed down from my great aunt eunice

purse: vintage, a christmas gift from my friend jess

shoes: vintage from the st. lawrence sunday antique market

silver fox bracelet (also shown below) and ring: handcrafted by me in a nanopod studio 8 week metal and glass course

Cantata Singers 2010-2011 brochure

Here is a new choir illustration for the Cantata Singers of Ottawa season brochure. This is the third piece in a series of brochures for the choir that is done in this style. They make a nice triptych!

Bluebird

A tiny sketch from a tacky little still-life... I almost didn't scan this one. I found this bluebird egg cup at the St. Lawrence Sunday antique market.