Skyline series

I have been working on these for a while, and I'm very happy to say that the first is completely done and will be being made into limited edition reproductions as well as notecards. I have 52 others so far that are in my artist queue so other areas will be popping up soon if you are interested in somewhere specific shoot me a message and I'll add it.

Here are close ups of each, notice that I had to watermark them in more than one spot. I'm disappointed to say that I've had people try and pass things off as their own on more than one occasion lately.
:\ Not cool people.

See it on etsy!

See it on etsy

See it on Etsy!

See it on Etsy!

See it on Etsy!

I hope you are working on something great and I'd love to see it!

Beyond the basics Zentangle

I had some lovely ladies join me last night for a Beyond the Basics Zentangle class.
Here are some of their efforts!

Dew drops, printemps with sparkles and BrrrSt which is an exclusive tangle. Taught for the very first time!

Fandango, with some pokeroot, pokeleaf and auras.

Huggins with patterns!

And I also worked on some more pieces for my Buffalo love series.

Buffalo series

Buffalo Love

Hometown Pride

I've been working on a very cool skyline project for a while. I have over 100 cities I'm creating skylines for but right now I'm working on a series for my hometown.

Buffalo for my BuffaloLove Zentangle series

I love how these come together.
Here was the beginning wip pic of this one

If you are wondering about the skylines, you might remember this one (this was just a work in progress shot.

So that's one of the things I'm working on this week!

Hope you're having a good one!

I have a studio!

Happy May 1st! Today I wanted to take a few minutes and share some of why I've been so quiet. I know I've been posting, but my posts have been lighter on content because I've had my hands full.

I am opening my own studio this month, the grand opening will be the last weekend of May, (May 30&31st) and should be a lot of fun.

The studio address is 3495 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore NY 14223 and I'll have my banner and such up soon.
I fell in love with the space and the light. As you can see from the pictures, the overall space needed a LOT of work.

So, we've been working hard and it's paid off. 

So if you're local and want to take a class... or you know you'll be in the area let me know!!!

Home Sweet Home... Buffalo, NY

I complain a lot lately about my 9 billion tons of snow and how it snows so long here, and I joke that I've been to a huge % of the world and yet still ended up back here, but there's a reason.
Buffalo is an AMAZING place to live, the people are friendly, there's a ton of culture, history and art as well as some of the prettiest summers anywhere.
Plus you know... Niagara Falls! (Which I almost never go to unless I have company in from out of town, you really DO take things for granted)

But Buffalo is a special kind of place. I've had lots of ideas of things to do to commemorate my hometown for a long time but it never felt quite right, until recently I came up with a plan.
Here is the first in that series.

Buffalo, NY  #buffalolove

I like this a lot, I plan to do a series of originals for Buffalo as well as skylines from other places for my shop.  I'll do originals and prints as well as notecards, which are things people have been asking for.

It was so much fun to do!

Now to get started on the next skyline!

What are you doing today?