There is NEWS! December has been busy, busy, busy! But first, the Sunday "ProJo" (Providence Journal) had a great article about local holiday shopping in the "All About You" section. The exciting part: they featured a photo of one of my 2011 Susabean Studios holiday cards being sold at Paper, Packaging and Panache in Bristol, RI. Very fun.

Other December news...spent Monday evening at a CityArts! holiday party. A nice way to mark the end of the CityArts! semester I spent working with Miss Lisa and the (talented and adorable) girls at Nathan Bishop MS. Looking forward to another class after the holidays. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season...

Weekend Update!

Finally -- a new post! Spent part of Friday at a F.A.N. (Freelance Artists Network) meeting at Ms. Moffatt's home/studio -- which of course was appropriately decked out for the season in all its Halloween glory. It is always both fun and inspiring to see what everyone is working on.

Also spent a bit of time working on a letter-recognition project for the kindergartners that I work with on Wednesday mornings. Planned out some simple black and white sketches, and made little "flip" doors to hide the corresponding letter. Will see what the 5-year set has to say about it this week!

IF 2: Ferocious Reading Owls

With their ferocious appetite for bedtime stories finally satisfied, the three little owls readied themselves for sleep...

Mesmerizing! Illustration Friday, #1

My first Illustration Friday Post:

Spot, the Dalmation, -- oh, I know, so very original! -- is mesmerized by all the stripes, as

he tries to keep all the balls up in the air...