I'm an Artcardist!

Corey Brown over at Artcardist.com surprised me -- on my birthday no less! -- with the news that my gallery page was live. I'm delighted and honored! Stop over and take a look:  http://artcardist.com/gallery-2/karen-koch

Be sure to browse the other artists in the gallery; they're wonderful!

What's an Artcardist? I'm so glad you asked. Here's a really nice definition, as well as descriptions of ATCs and ACEOs:  http://artcardist.com/about

Corey also runs a blog about artist trading cards and ACEOs: http://whatisanartisttradingcard.blogspot.com

Free Shipping through March 15

March 12 is my birthday, so to celebrate, I'm offering free shipping on everything in my Etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/lifeneedsart

Since I plan on celebrating all weekend, the offer is good through March 15. :)

Anyone else having a birthday this month?

Blue Burst

I like these new Micron pens! The colors are terrific and the ink is very easy to use: intense colors with no bleeding or smudging. And they seem to last a long time. 

Drawing is so much more fun when the tools work well.

Thicket

 

Quite the jumble! I thought about calling it highways or spaghetti or something, but thicket works as well.

This one is black ink on a cream-colored paper. The black spaces aren't meant to be colored in fully; they're meant to have little open spots. Keeps up the jumbled theme.

Spotted Leaves

 

Another purple doodle. I like purple! Very simple leaf shapes against a spotted background.
I thought about filling in the leaves with a pattern, but I like the simple shapes just as they are.

Stones Throw

 

A change from our alphabet letters. This one is done with a dark purple ink instead of black and looks like lots of pebbles.

Letter L

Full of swoops and swirls and fancy designs, this letter L is anything but melting into the background!