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Tomie dePaola Contest Entry 2014

"Foxy Fox"

Watercolor, pen, and ink on watercolor paper

June 2014

Here is my entry for the Tomie dePaola contest for 2014! Check out all of the entries here. 

Meditation - A Primer

I am currently enrolled in Make Art That Sells Bootcamp with Lilla Rogers and this is one of the assignments we had to work on. It goes with an article about how to meditate. I like doing these sequential pieces. This is the second one I have done recently - see my post about Why I Love Paper. This is watercolor and ink on Arches watercolor paper. Namaste. 

Something new

"Female Cardinal on a Weeping Cherry Tree"

Acrylic on cardboard

May 2014

Trying something new by painting on cardboard. It's a lot of fun! I think I'll stick with birds and trees for awhile. To check out some of my other work visit www.thestoryshack.com and read the article "Dear Mom." Hope you like the heading art for that story!!

The Great, Big, Stitched Postcard Swap

"Let's Create"

acrylic, collage, and stitching on illustration board

February 2014

Recently I participated in the great, big, stitched postcard swap with Paperlove and Do What You Love! It was sooooo much fun. I received the most beautiful postcard in the mail from my swap partner in Massachusetts. She even illustrated and stitched together the envelope! So creative. And this is the one I sent to her. What fun! I can't wait for the next swap! 

#GBSPS

http://dowhatyouloveforlife.com/

www.paperphilia.co.uk/paperlove

Why Do I LOVE Paper?

I've always expressed myself better through pictures than in words and so the illustration above shows just a few reasons why I LOVE PAPER! Of course it was painted on PAPER!!! I hope you like it. And please check out the great blogs of the artists, designers, writers, and other paper-lovers listed below. We are all participating in the great paperlove blog hop and today if you follow the links below you'll find so many great, fun, amazing, wonderful, fabulous musings about paper! Enjoy!!!!!

Majo Bautista / Tona Bell / Louise Best / Cathy Bluteau / Jennifer Bomgardner / Giova Brusa / Lindsay Buck / Beka Buckley / Joanna Caskie / Jonathan Chapman (Mr Yen) / Halle Cisco / Sarah Clare / Cathryn Clarge / Dawn Clarkson / Rhiannon Connelly / Jenny D'Fuego / Molly Dhiman / Ian Dudley / Ayisatu Emore / Akmal Farid / Monika Forsberg / Claire Fritz-Domeney / Louise Gale / Chrissy Gaskell / Julie Hamilton / Emma Hawman / Rachel Hazell / Holly Helgeson / Claudine Hellmuth / Kim Henkel / Sarah Hoffman / Joanne Hus / Paula Joerling / Beth Kempton / Julie Kirk / Eos Koch / Katie LaClair / Kristy Lankford / Michelle Manolov / Doreen Marts / Rosie Martinez-Dekker / Tori Mears / Maria Mederios / Lise Meijer / Debbie Miller / MaryJane Mitchell / Suzy Naidoo / Grace Noel / Hannah Nunn / Camilla Olsson / Jo Packham / Rachelle Panagarry / Monette Pangan / Melanie Paul / Nicole Piar / Jen Pitta / Liz Plummer / Julie Reed / Michelle Reynolds / Lisa Rivas / Angee Robertson / Natalie Ryan / Aisling Ryan / Elisabet Sapena / Kyrrha Sevco / Jamie Sprague / Elizabeth Steele / Terri Stephens / Juniper Stokes / Mary Tanana / Maike Thoma / Linda Tieu / Gabrielle Treanor / Tammy Tutterow / Deborah Velasquez / Jordan Vinograd Kim / Cat Whipple / Brooke Witt / Katie Wood / Amelia Woodbridge

The PaperLove Blog Hop is a celebration of all things paper! Follow the links to discover more bloggers who love paper and use it to inspire and delight. And if you want to explore a whole world of paper, and stretch your paper passion further with a host of creative projects, why not join the innovative new online course PaperLove (starts March 31). Led by book artist Rachel Hazell, PaperLove is a five week creative adventure for paper lovers. Find out more here. 

Lilla Rogers Bootcamp - February Gallery

Hi Everyone,

Check out this awesome gallery of work from over 400 artists worldwide including yours truly! Check out the sixth image on page one to see my work and then keep looking at all the awesome work. The assignment was to design a cuckoo clock themed cell phone case. I hope you like it!!

Lilla Rogers Bootcamp - February Gallery

Cuckoo Clock

acrylic on illustration board

February 2014

Cuckoo Clock cell phone mock up

I'm Blog Hopping! Are you?

I'm participating in a blog hop on Monday, March 10th at 12 pm EST! Everyone linked in the blog hop will post about their love of paper, paper products, paper designs, etc. If you're interested click the link above to sign up! Check back here on March 10th to see my paper loving blog post!

Let the Dino Search Begin!

Hanging with these guys on this snowy day!

Dino Search

Acrylic on watercolor paper

January 2014

Check it out on my new website: 

www.kristylankford.com

Is it Spring yet?... New Paintings!

Visit the new website: www.kristylankford.com!

"Is It Spring Yet?"

Acrylic and gouache on illustration board

January 2014

"Time to Grow"

Acrylic and gouache on illustration board

January 2014

Tomie De Paola: Unofficial Gallery

Check out my work at the Unofficial Gallery of the Tomie De Paola awards: http://scbwicontest.blogspot.com/

Here is my entry:

"A Sneeze

Is a Breeze

In Your Nose"

Gouache and acrylic on illustration board

December 2013

Art Show in Leesburg, VA

Check out my art on exhibit at Rust Library in Leesburg, VA! It will be on display the entire month of January and then will move to the Cascades Library in Sterling, VA later this winter. 

http://library.loudoun.gov/

Featured above from left to right are: "Don't be Shy," "Keep it Clean," "Chicken Little," "Cow Jumped Over the Moon... with Friends," "Cut, Trim, Sew," and "Spots vs. Stripes." All are watercolor and ink on paper. All framing and matting done by yours truly with the exception of "Spots vs. Stripes."

Featured above from left to right are: "Cupcake Yield," "Fairy Tales," "Creative Space," "View from Montmartre," and "Waiting room." All are watercolor on paper. Framing and matting of "Fairy Tales" done by yours truly.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

New Website!

Here's a sneak preview of my new website: http://www.kristylankford.com/

I hope you like it!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

First Annual Lankford Christmas Card

Watercolor on paper and digital

December 2013

Surface Design: Flowers

These are new doodles I created for fabric designs ...

watercolor on paper and some digital

July/ August 2013

A few projects from Lilla Rogers' class - Make Art That Sells!

 

Watercolor and digital collage

Plate design

June 2013

 

Mixed media collage

Wall art design with flowers and words

June 2013

 

Watercolor

Children's Illustration (double page spread)

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snail and the Rose Tree"

June 2013

 

MATS Week 2 - Home Decor Assignment

Make Art That Sells - Week 2

Home Decor Assignment: Design a plate using florals

Things got a bit out of hand this week, but I like the result. Who says a flower can't have a dinosaur and a high heeled shoe growing out of it! This is hand drawn, scanned into the computer, and manipulated with Photoshop and Illustrator. Hope you like it! Onto the children's book market in class next week.

Make Art that Sells: Assignment 1 - Bolt Fabric

Veggies 

Bolt fabric design with two coordinating fabrics

watercolor, pen and ink, and digital 

June 8, 2013

As mentioned a few weeks ago, I am taking an AMAZING online class with Lilla Rogers (artist, art agent, teacher extraordinaire) called Make Art That Sells. This is the first assignment from the class. I never thought I could make something like this! I have already learned so much in this course. This is a combination of watercolor, pen and ink, and Photoshop. I kind of dislike using the computer, but I am really happy with the end result. I guess I should chill and stop complaining about the computer. I hope you like it!

Children's Illustration Show at Aurora Hills Library

If you live in the Arlington, VA area and you are looking for a good summer read, stop by the Aurora Hills public library near Crystal City! When you enter the lobby you'll see some fun watercolor paintings for kids created by yours truly! Enjoy!!

Howl at the Moon, Kansas City, MO

At a piano bar in Missouri and made this little sketch! Happy Memorial Day!

Lilla Rogers School!

Lilla Rogers School

I just signed up for two 5 week e-classes through Lilla Rogers Studio School. The classes are called "Make Art That Sells" and I cannot wait for them to begin. I just printed all of the introductory information, so now I need to go nerd it up and get ready for class!!! The first session starts in 3 weeks!