Designing Creative Space: Case the Work Place

I recently attended a MeetUp Group event put on by The Design Gym and hosted by Steelcase . The question posed at the door was, "What was your favorite place to do (home) work

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?

Urban Gardening: Designing Creative Space

I recently suffered an unnatural disaster: my urban terrarium garden came crashing down to an unfortunate end on the ceramic tile floor. I had just left for work, when standing at the elevator

NYC Summer Friday: Sketch the High Line

Summer is so short in New York City, it lasts all of a New York minute. Most Friday's I'm out shopping stores for trends. This past Friday, being my Birthday Friday, I decided to take a little time for myself.

Composition is Everything

You may recall my post last March sketching in the Savannah Bonaventure Cemetery, or at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery last fall. I love sketching on location and I find a sense of natural beauty

Creative Culture: Thinking InsideOut of the Box

Neuroscientists and innovation gurus are advocating that the creative process works best with periods of relaxed awareness and restful thinking. This isn’t a new idea but it is one that

How to Plan a Traveler’s Working Staycation

Have you ever considered taking a Staycation? I know, I know, once upon a time in a land not so far away I too made that face when a coworker told me she was staying home.

“China Through the Looking Glass” @ the MET

If you haven't visited the MET to see the Costume Institute's "China Through the Looking Glass" exhibit you still have time and you should definitely go. The exhibition explores Chinese

Spectrum Fantastic Art: Live! and Active Culture

For the past four years I've been attending Spectrum Fantastic Art Live in Kansas City, MO. This year was the first year I was not participating as an exhibitor. I've made a firm decision not to exhibit

Designer Alchemy: Natural Science Insect Specimen Painting Demonstration

A recurring theme on this blog is my obsession with natural science, more specifically; BUGS. I love bugs. Well, that is to say, I love them glued behind glass and hanging on my wall or otherwise,

FIAF Fashion Talks: “Uncovering Fashion with Garance Dore`”

Last week Garance Doré led FIAF Fashion Talks “Uncovering Fashion”, how digital has changed fashion. From the beginnings of blogging to today’s use of Instagram and Twitter, the four panelists gave

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

Oscar De La Renta “His Legendary World of Style” @ SCADMuseum of Art

This past week I visited Savannah College of Art and Design, my alma mater. Much has changed at SCAD including the addition of the Museum of Art which currently houses the first posthumous Oscar de la Renta

Fashion Talks Proenza Schouler @ fi:af

The French Institute in New York is having some exceptional fashion events going on over the next few weeks. Last week's "Fashion Talks" with Proenza Schouler was a fun journey down current fashion

Street Sketching @ Saks 5th Ave.

I like to doodle in my Moleskin. Here is a current window montage from Saks 5th Avenue featuring Emanuel Ungaro. I used my Lukas watercolors with Winsor & Newton white gouache

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