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Monday, October 3, 2016 1:16:24 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Fall Gourd:
Paula said, "My homage to Fall. Someone on FB suggested I call this one "Squans". (Get it? squash + swans) I love that!This was drawn with Prismacolor pencils on Bristol vellum.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~In other news, I was featured on the colorindaily website for my..." more
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 11:27:57 AM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Knitting Gift Tags:
Paula said, "Fall just arrived, so of course that means I'm in panic mode about Christmas. !I finally managed to get the first set of gift tags into the Drawings of Knitting etsy shop, which are all pretty Christmas-y. I'll be adding some sets, and some other..." more
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:19:37 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Colonial Family:
Paula said, "I just finished this one. An American Colonial family is gathered together to listen to the Father read a letter from a loved one far away. Its all done with Prismacolor colored pencils, one black Verithin pencil for a few details, and the clone..." more
Saturday, August 20, 2016 9:12:41 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled SCBWI Draw This! - ROYAL:
Paula said, "This month's SCBWI Draw This! prompt was ROYAL. I've never participated in this before, not sure why. They usually send out the new prompt on the first of the month, but this month it didn't arrive until the 15th, I'm sure because of the SCBWI LA..." more
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:21:26 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Wrapping Presents:
Paula said, "I used three black Polychromo pencils on this one. Almost - two are total stubs, and one has a little life left in it, barely. This was a lot of fun to do! Its all colored pencil - no digital at all. All I did at the end was use Photoshop to clean..." more
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:33:19 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Purrs for Peace Party Candidates:
Paula said, "Tom and Catrina are the Purrs for Peace Party candidates. They believe every kitty should have a warm place to sleep, nice treats, and that catnip should be legal. They're getting my vote, for sure!OK but seriously. These guys were fun to do. Even..." more
Sunday, July 24, 2016 11:46:05 AM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled More drawings of knitting:
Paula said, "I've been busy making a lot of drawings of knitting lately, for various projects.People are commissioning me to do custom coloring pages to promote their knitting sites and projects, which has been a lot of fun.Here are two I did for verypink. They..." more
Sunday, June 5, 2016 7:45:25 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled King Boggen:
Paula said, "Here it is all finished. If you saw the last post where I was still in the drawing stage, you'll remember I had him with a pitchfork, flinging pancakes off the roof. Yeah - this is way better. Consider that a peek into the mind of an illustrator,..." more
Saturday, May 28, 2016 2:04:54 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled A king and a coloring book - Works in progress:
Paula said, "I decided I need a nursery rhyme for my portfolio.So I found a sort of obscure one - King Boggen."Little King Boggen he built a fine hall.Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall;The windows were made of black puddings and white.And slated with..." more
Monday, May 9, 2016 9:02:39 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Carl the Hipster Student Cat:
Paula said, "Back to doing what I do best - cats in costumes, with colored pencils.Carl is a hipster student in graduate school. He's pursuing a Master's Degree in Medieval Studies, while working as a barista and waiter to make ends meet. He also sings in a an a..." more
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 9:09:11 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Sheep Picnic:
Paula said, "OK, well, its finished. But its not at all what I was going for. I started out to do a really detailed, 100% watercolor (which I'm rusty at) piece, and used Arches cold pressed paper. WRONG. Oh, its beautiful paper, but I should have used hot press...." more
Monday, March 28, 2016 4:56:44 AM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Spring Sheep:
Paula said, "Its officially Spring!I've dusted off an old illustration that never got too far past the drawing stage a while back. I couldn't figure out how I wanted to paint it - with 'paint', or colored pencils - so put it back in the drawer. I decided to..." more
Sunday, February 28, 2016 1:12:22 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Wedges and Fries:
Paula said, "I'm into fried potatoes all of a sudden for some reason. (I mean to draw. I've always liked them to eat.)Here are some potato wedges from KFC ~And here are some curly fries from Jack in the Box ~They're both 5" x 7", drawn with Caran d'ache..." more
Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:56:31 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Baboushka Kitty:
Paula said, "I finally finished this gal. She was going to be my Christmas card last year, but I started her too late, then had some 'real work' deadlines and had to put her aside. She is a Russian Baboushka. The traditional baboushka outfit is just a crazy..." more
Saturday, January 9, 2016 9:24:47 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled New year:
Paula said, "Happy New Year to you! I hope yours is starting off nicely. Mine started off with a bang! a few days in. One evening I had just turned off the computer (early) and was minding my own business, quietly knitting, and bang! something exploded or..." more
Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:39:32 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Christmas:
Paula said, "Christmas is upon us! I wanted to do a little update before I check out for a bit.We've had some nice rain, which is so badly needed here, but last week one storm was accompanied by some super wind, which pulled over one of my gates and a bit of..." more
Monday, November 16, 2015 4:40:57 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Drawings of Knitting Coloring Book:
Paula said, "Hello! Its been waaaaay too long, gosh. Time flies when you're slaving away on something, doesn't it?I've been working on something I'm pretty excited about. I finally finished, and here it is:My new Drawings of Knitting coloring book!Its for..." more
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:25:34 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Fall and stuff:
Paula said, "OK, so its finally Fall. Yay! And it actually rained today. Double Yay!!! I've been super busy working on this secret project that I'm tired of keeping a secret but have to for a little bit more until I'm finally really done. I thought I'd be..." more
Monday, September 7, 2015 12:07:51 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Strokes of Genius:
Paula said, "I'm so excited that my Fried Egg on Sourdough Toast drawing has been selected to be in the Strokes of Genius 8: Exploring Textures book!You can see the list of all the winners to be included in the book, here.The Strokes of Genius books are..." more
Monday, August 24, 2015 7:32:50 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled More cookie drawings:
Paula said, "Cookies are fun to draw! Especially if they're good ones, because you get to eat them afterwards.These were all kind of experiments, or 'practice' drawings. This first one is a 'stamped' design with chocolate on one side, some kind of creme..." more
Sunday, August 2, 2015 2:20:52 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled BLT:
Paula said, ""BLT" 15" x 15" Prismacolor colored pencils on Stonehenge paperBLT stands for Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato. I honestly don't know if that's just an American, or English-speaking thing, or if it translates to other languages or cultures. Here,..." more
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 8:38:59 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Cookies:
Paula said, "How time flies. I thought I'd be back here sooner, but I think there's some sort of time warp thing that happens when its really hot. Like, everything slows down and days go by and you don't even know what you've been doing. It all kind of melts..." more
Saturday, June 27, 2015 2:34:01 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled Happy:
Paula said, ""Happy" comes in many flavors.There is the "reading a letter and seeing photos of loved ones" happy. I'm doing a major edit on this illustration (which I showed you in the last post). I've added Mr. Mouse's wife, and embellished the 'story'..." more
Sunday, June 14, 2015 2:49:30 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled A mouse, cats and sushi:
Paula said, "On the board ~I love mice. This is how I think of them. So its really hard when my cats catch them and bring them in the house. I rescued one from under the lingerie chest the other day, which had been brought in sometime during the night (the..." more
Sunday, December 18, 2016 12:32:15 PM
Paula Pertile wrote a blog post titled This holiday season, oy.:
Paula said, "My "Red Scott Tartan" watercolor from a few years ago.No new Christmas art this year, sorry.This is a heavier post than I usually do, but I need to vent, so here goes.The Holidays. (insert heavy sigh here) This year they are more challenging to get..." more