Do you need a kick start in your art creation? Are you not producing the amount of work you’d like too? Then come check out the Art-a-thon Challenge. The Art-a-thon challenges you to produce a piece of art every weekday. Be it sketches, drawings, color studies or finished pieces the Art-a-thon Challenge is a way to practice your skills ...

SiliConUpdates on SiliCon: I’ll be participating in the following panels & workshops. Standing out in a Sea of Awesome: Marketing for ArtistsSaturday, October 4th, 2008 11:30 am - 12:45 pm in Monterey RoomOne of the most important things for artists is getting your name out there but how do you do that and what on earth are art ...

Con-X-TremeI’ve spend the last few days avoiding writing about the con since I don’t usually like to speak ill of anyone, but I can’t just let other’s fall into this trap if the con is still around next year. I’ve never seen a more mismanaged travesty than what took place at Con-X-Treme and I’ve been in student ...

KatGirl Studio will be at Con-X-treme Labor Day Weekend Aug. 29- September 1. I will be sharing a table in the artists/vendors area with Scott Aleric the creator of Hell Has Found Me & Lost Graphics Studio. You won’t be able to miss us with our shiny new 89 in. retractable banners. The convention sounds pretty cool and is centered around ...

Been busy busy busy the last 2 weeks updating Katgirl Studio and the other art communities I belong to with my mini book dummy project, working on two sites for my mother’s organization and getting things ready for Con-X-treme. Katgirl Studio & Lost Graphics Studio will be in the Vendors/Artists area with our nice new banners so you ...

Back from vacation. It feels a little weird to be back and the weather is so much cooler here. In the coming days I will upload my trip photos to my photobucket and the videos to somewhere. I’ll also be updating my site with new artwork so keep on checking back. Here’s a day by day vacation recap:Day 1: We drove down to Palmdale where ...

I finished transferring all the drawings for my mini book dummy yesterday so all that’s left to do is alittle cleaning up and painting the cover. After that I have to put together the dummy for the art show at the conference and make a few mini ones to pass out. I also have to print and mount 2 copies of my portfolio for the conference. ...

Sorry I didn’t update yesterday by the time I got back from checking the proofs for my promo materials for the SCBWI LA conference my mom called to remind me about their BBQ (my mom’s sister, my uncle and my cousin and her friend were staying the night on their way back down to Palmdale) and I didn’t realize somehow till I was ...

Now that the new KatGirl Studio site is completed I’ve been doing other things like designing post cards, biz cards and compiling the rest of my client contact list. I emailed editor/art directors and the children’s book companies that accepted email submissions and one send me a message back saying you wished me well and would keep me ...

I don’t have a new piece of art this week other than the watercolor I did at faire this past weekend for my friend Amy’s Birthday. I do however have a whole new site up! There weren’t really any problems with the old one (other than its small size) but this one fits my current art direction focus (children’s books) better. ...