Lingshoestudio

So excited that my little Etsy shop recently recorded 1,000 sales and counting.  I realize that it's not giant numbers in comparison to many but it is a thrilling milestone for me. I have had opportunities to expand my line of dictionary drawings into retail stores, licensing agreements and constantly get requests from people who want to use my artwork on everything from T-shirts to record album covers but I'm pretty content to keep things small for now.  I am about as busy as I can manage doing art shows, galleries and online sales.  I am having great fun meeting and knowing the people who buy and enjoy my work.  I plan to keep it personal for now. Thank you to everyone who has followed, supported, purchased and enjoyed my work.  Flying Shoes Art Studio is flying high thanks to you.

Brand New Zodiac Dictionary Pages Not long ago, I started experimenting with vivid, watercolor washes across my dictionary pages.  When I first started doing dictionary drawings I actually used a variety of colors  in watercolor washes on the page but later decided that I preferred the authentic, distressed look of the real page. This past summer I created a "Constellations" drawing and wanted to use white pen, ink pencils and needed a dark background.  That drawing has been very popular so I've been playing with doing a whole series of the zodiac constellations. I was thrilled to find all 12 signs of the Zodiac in one, wonderful, 1930's edition dictionary.  I've created most of the original drawings but just couldn't make up my mind how to best letter these darker drawings.  I typically hand letter each original with sepia watercolor but I was afraid that the dark color wouldn't pop much on such a dark page. I have continued to experiment with all sorts o...