From the yearly archives:

2006

A Wishing Stone

This is a “wishing stone!” I just drew it as an illustration and thought I would share it with you. The instructions are to paint a lucky symbol on the stone, tie it in a tree, and then make a wish on it when ever you pass by.
If I walked by the stone, I’d wish [...]

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Have a Cool Yule Everyone

I hope you all have a wonderful day with love and cheer all around you!

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New Drawing and Sketching Lessons

Toad Hollow Studio has been updated! I’ve added links at the top right of this page so that you will be able to travel back and forth between the sites more easily. I’d like to announce two new drawing and/or sketching lessons that are now available at Toad Hollow! The first is called “Sketch [...]

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Site Upload

I’m in the middle of my big new site overhaul! I’m in my husband’s office downloading my old site before I upload the new one. (I’m working from my husband’s office because he has high speed access and we don’t from home. The backup download is taking way way longer than expected. My forum is [...]

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Toad Hollow Studio’s New Look

I’ve mentioned before that I’m updating my site (toadhollowstudio.com) and I’m still working on it. I’m almost done, though, and I’m planning on uploading the revamped site this week. Here is a screen shot of what it will look like. Yes, I know, it’s a very simple design. The two main factors I had to [...]

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A Neat Draw-on-your-Screen Site!

I love this site but it’s awfully hard for me to leave! Every time I click a new color I have to “balance” things out on the screen … aaaaaack! I love this site!!
Go see …
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

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The Story Teller’s Kitchen

I didn’t draw today. I’ve been preoccupied with several things and I didn’t get around to sitting myself down to draw. It takes an effort to get myself sat down and drawing somedays, somedays I wake up and can’t wait to get to my pencils and paper. The whole process seems to be cyclical and [...]

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The New Dick Blick 2007 Catalog

I just got the new 2007 Dick Blick Catalog and there are two drawing papers listed in it that I’ve never tried. One is called the Fabriano Accademia Disegno Drawing Pad and is supposed to be a heavyweight and sized drawing paper. Sizing makes paper a little tougher and easier to erase so I have [...]

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My Book

I got some free copies of my book from Walter Foster today. Seeing it finished is quite a shock! For one thing, I finished everything but the cover drawing over a year ago so the whole experience had started to take on a dreamlike quality in my mind. It was starting to feel like I’d [...]

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Trees

Trees are so visible this time of year in Michigan. All their leaves are gone and I can see their trunks really well. Sometimes their limbs look like human arms and it’s easy to see faces in their trunks. I can understand how some people believe that spirits live in trees.
I’d like to draw a [...]

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