Tag Archive for: SCAD

Slow Fashion: An Interview with Ingunn Birkeland Oslo

In my recent post from Oslo Fushion Festival, we discussed the…

A Month of Joyful Design-The Aesthetics of Joy

Last week I attended an AIGA event with Ingrid Fetell Lee and…
Yves Klein World Void

Art and Science of The Moon- Inner Worlds to Outer Space, Copenhagen

Thanks to the IFDA EF Valerie Moran Grant, I traveled to Copenhagen,…

IFDA EF Valerie Moran Memorial Grant Winner 2018

  I am honored and excited to receive the IFDAEF 2018…
Art Collector Original Watercolor Art Garrott Designs Moleskine Postal Notebooks

Moleskine Messages- Original Art by Mail

Moleskine Postal Notebook I recently got hold of these brilliant…
World Trade Center Westfield sketches

Urban Architecture Sketching NYC: World Trade Center

Westfield World Trade Center For my third summer sketch location…

Shopping Savannah by Design

In my last post, I showed you travel sketches from my summer vacation to Savannah, GA. My other favorite thing to do on vacation is shop design.

Spring Cleaning Like a Designer

It's that time of year when we freshen our spaces, take a deep breath and enjoy a fresh start. Spring cleaning! I love to take this time to wrap up projects

Successful Creative Habits: Keeping a Sketchbook

From the day you went to art school you were told to always keep a sketchbook with you, to draw every day, to draw from life as often as possible. Do you? Do people you know?

Travel Journal: Art, Design and Sketching in Savannah

As much as I love epic art trips to another country, a welcome trip to a familiar place is a wonderful way to relax and enjoy. It's been about four years since last I visited the home of my adult childhood

Pop HortiCulture: We’ll see YOU, at the Movies!

Spring is nearly upon us once again. It's become a tradition for a wild assortment of my garden variety pals to pilgrimage to Philadelphia and see the Horticulture Show. (Read about past excursions

Fashion Sketching from Life with Markers

Sketching from life is vital to an energetic and informed illustration. Luckily, in New York City there are many opportunities to find your flavor of life drawing. Be it academic, fashion, sequential art/ animation or

Pinspiration- Breaking in the New Moleskin

Believe it or not, I've never actually owned a Moleskin sketchbook. I am always looking for new kinds, with different paper, covers etc. I have all sorts but I've never had a Moleskin. I recently got one after reading

Brunch with Egon Schiele and “Death Becomes Her” @ the MET

Part of the " creative lifestyle" in my corner of the world involves getting creative minds together to enjoy things of common interest. This past Saturday was a gathering for brunch at the

Painting Demo: Acrylic Media Profiling

Acrylic paint is one of the most versatile media of painterly expression. It certainly has a stigma that goes with it and oils reign supreme by comparison. However, you can get many of the same results