Q is for Quail and Queen Anne's Lace

Q is for Quail and Queen Anne's Lace

Here is the newest illustration for the letter Q to start the new year! 

Q is not easy to come up with ideas, but finally after several sketches, using a quail finally started to work. 

I think using Queen Anne's Lace helped to make the Q shape a reality. 

T is for Terrier and Teddy

T is for Terrier and Teddy

Here is one more for the letter T! 

One of the things I pick up from my customers is there is a lot of dog lovers out there! So in looking at my collection of the designs that I have done for the letter T, why not a terrier?

So here is the letter T for Terry the Terrier who stands on a Tile floor with his cute Toy Teddy bear holding a Trumpet in a Teal or Turquoise color scheme.

Happy 2019!

Happy 2019

Wishing all of you a very happy new year!

N is for Newfoundland Dog

N is for Newfoundland Dog

Finally another idea for the letter N.

I have to say this gets harder and I really struggled with this one. 

This Newfoundland dog sits at attention with a pot of Narcissus and his buddy Noah the Nightingale perched on his noggin.

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Poinsettia with Cardinal

The Christmas Holidays are quickly coming upon us.

Wishing you Joy for the upcoming season from Picture Diary and Picture Book Studio!

O is for Otter with an Oh so Delicious Doughnut!

O is for Otter with an Oh so Delicious Doughnut

I illustrated a Doughnut for my first letter O as scene below.

I was not thinking of tying into the letter at the time, but just using the doughnut for the shape of an O. What I discovered later is that there are many fans of doughnuts including children.

So to make it more whimsical and to tie into the letter O, an otter would make it far more fun than a simple still life with a cup of coffee. 

I even added more sprinkles to the doughnut to sweeten it up!

R is for Rose and Robin

R is for Rose and Robin

One of the things about working in greeting card world for several decades was learning to change art and repackage it for the better.

Initially the above piece was just R is for Rose, no robin, nor raspberries for that matter. 

So after staring at it over the spring and summer I thought to warm it up a bit tying into more R words. 

It gives it a new life like a new hairdo or dress. It needed a little more live interest and whimsy.

And it makes for a more interesting T-shirt you can find on my Fine Art America Link.

       R is for Rose and Robbin as monogram T-shirt.