Come celebrate with me at the Launch Party for my coloring book Don't Worry, Eat Cake! It will be at RiverRead Books in Binghamton, NY on June 7th at 6:30 PM.
The launch party is free and will include giveaways, a signing, refreshments and, of course, coloring books! All are welcome. Please feel free to bring your friends and share the event with anyone you think might be interested :) RSVP here.
Happy Monday! It's time for the second Don't Worry, Eat Cake giveaway!
This week I've designed a graduation greeting card for you to download. It's black and white, so you can color it in to your liking after you print it out. I was really in the mood to play with watercolors this weekend so I decided to decorate mine with paints. I used 100# cover weight cardstock for this, but any cardstock would do just fine.
Find the PDF here.
Simply print the greeting card on heavy cardstock, color in, trim along the faint border, fold in half, and then match with an A7 size envelope.
Remember, the download link is only available on May 9, so make sure to download now if you'd like to use it!
See you next Monday with another giveaway!
It's time for the first giveaway! So just to recap, I'm celebrating the countdown to my coloring book's release day with some freebie downloads! On each Monday in May and each day in June leading up to the 7th, I'll be posting digital downloads for you to print and use at home for fun. This week's free download is a colorable greeting card for Mother's Day. If you haven't had a chance to grab a card for your mom yet (because May totally snuck up on us this year right?!), use this card to surprise your mom with some colorful art just like you did in the good ol' elementary days. :)
Simply print the card on heavy cardstock (around 80# or 100# cover weight is what I use), color in, trim along the faint border, fold in half, and then match with an A7 size envelope.
Remember, the download link is only available on Monday, May 2, so make sure to download now if you'd like to use it!
See you next Monday with another giveaway!
My coloring book Don't Worry, Eat Cake is available for pre-order now! Head over to this page to find all the links to buy!
Let me just say that it's so unreal to be talking about pre-ordering! Last fall, I spent almost every waking second working on this book. If I wasn't eating or sleeping, I was working on illustrations for this. Even if I was eating or sleeping though, it was definitely all I could think about. Now that the book is here and I see it in my hands, I still have to pinch myself to remind me that this is all real and not a very, very cool dream. I received my advance copies in the mail recently and it's just so exciting to see them in person. I'm really proud of this book and I cannot wait to share it with you this June.
So now that the official release date is only 6 weeks away, I'm going to celebrate the countdown with some Don't Worry, Eat Cake Giveaways! Free stuff, yay!
I'll be offering free digital downloads every Monday in May, and then each day in June leading up to June 7th! I've put together some colorable goodies from some of the artwork in the coloring book that you can download and use at home. Each giveaway will be posted here in my blog, but it will only be available on the day that it is posted. So, make sure to check back each Monday in May and each day in June up until the 7th!
This month, the theme of Spanky's Art Party is flowers (find out more by searching #spankysartparty on Instagram). I think flowers are currently my favorite thing to draw and paint. I've been learning more about surface design and licensing art for things like fabric, home decor, stationery and so on, so this month I wanted to try out some patterns. I would love to order some Spoonflower fabric out of this pattern and make a dress. That is if I actually knew how to sew, but I don't. It's been on my list of "Fun Things to Learn" for like ever.
This year I'm working on building my portfolio to attract more commissioned illustration work and to hopefully license my art to various surface design categories in the future. Sometimes it feels like it will take forever to create enough pieces to fill my portfolio to where I want it to be, but I have to remember baby steps. If I focus on just making what I can and taking it one day at a time, at some point it will eventually be there.
Unrelated, but GREAT NEWS! Look what I received in the mail yesterday :D First copy of my coloring book Don't Worry, Eat Cake :) :) I wasn't expecting to get a copy this early, so it was an awesome surprise. It's surreal but so freaking fun to see it in real life.
This June I'll be teaching my first workshop! I'm feeling very nervous, but also really excited! Time for me to conquer some social anxiety because I think teaching could turn out to be very fun :)
It will be in Owego, NY at the Tioga Arts Council on Saturday the 4th. I'll demonstrate some hand-lettering techniques, and then guide you through sketching and lettering your own 8x10 illustration to take home. You can find out more details here.
Space is limited, so if you are interested, please sign up soon!
