Tag: travel

  • December Newsletter: Mixed Media Arts Events, Free Digital Downloads

    December Newsletter: Mixed Media Arts Events, Free Digital Downloads

    Greetings, Fellow Creatives! Meg with Studio 2 Makings here to welcome you to a freshly cozy December. Our “out of office” sign is officially put away from travels abroad, but I have some fun events and digital treats just for newsletter subscribers to share with you this month! If you’re new here, don’t forget to…

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  • Fall is Coming: A Newsletter

    Fall is Coming: A Newsletter

    We’ve had a fun filled summer meeting new friends and old, sharing creative space, and learning new mixed media arts practices and techniques at locations all around the Quad Cities and Chicagoland area! Enjoy a few arts workshop highlights from Not Your Average Collage Class and Experimental Printmaking.

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  • Travel Sketch 15: Beauty of the Bahamas Part 2

    Pardon the momentary lack of posting! Spring break is over. Literally over, today is my last day and tomorrow begins the mad dash to the end of the semester. I wasn’t nearly as productive as I needed to be over break, but hey, who is? It’s finally starting to warm up! (Although cloudy, boo! X()…

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  • Travel Sketch #4: Slimy Seaweed Shells

    Another continuation of my travel moleskine sketchbook that I took throughout Key West, The Bahamas, and a few other places. There was this network of rusty, algae-covered pipes with other equally-icky looking cords running underneath of the front porch of the floating house we were staying on in Key West. I would find myself staring…

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  • Illustration Friday: Unmoveable

    The theme this week for Illustration Friday was “Unmoveable”. Mountains are pretty unmoveable. 🙂 Media: brush/ink, brush pens, microns Inspired by warm nights in eastern Washington, evening hiking trips, and watching sunsets from the balcony. I spent a summer there with some family, and absolutely loooove it. <3 <3 Comments/feedback/critique encouraged

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  • Niagara Kitty: Saving Lives! Eating Sushi! Daring Boulder Escape Artist! (A small cat in my sketchbook)

    Meow! The inspiration for this drawing in my sketchbook morphed out of my visit to Niagara Falls, and my love for cats. As of late, this little companion has been following me throughout my sketches and doodles, and I am beginning to fall in love with him. There really was a carnival on he other…

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