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We're a small group of artists with varying backgrounds and styles. The differences we bring to the table offer fresh insight and new inspirations. We started as a small group, sharing art and ideas over coffee. Now we've broadened our creative wings and have members from around the world online.

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1. Year Of The Snake!

By: Holly DeWolf, on 2/12/2013
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Happy Chinese New Year- lucky 13 to you!

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2. Happy Coffee Hog Day!

By: Holly DeWolf, on 2/2/2013
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©Holly DeWolf- Happy Coffee Hog Day!

Happy soon-to-be-Spring!

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3. Lucky 13- Happy New Year!

By: Holly DeWolf, on 12/30/2012
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Happy New Year to you and a Lucky 13 too!

~ Holly DeWolf

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4. Merry Christmas!

By: Holly DeWolf, on 12/24/2012
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5. Map Time

By: Stacia, on 12/21/2012
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Town Map

Project 51 of 365

Town Map - detail

I went to the Western Washington Scrapbooking Retreat last October and won a big door prize: a photo album, extra top-loading sheet protectors, 12x12 paper, stickers, ribbon, and double sided tape. How lucky!

Since I don't scrapbook pages for photo albums, I briefly wondered about giving my prize album to someone else. Instead, I had an idea to use the album as a way to organize my fiction writing ideas. I made a couple pages dedicated to interesting first and last names that have potential for sprouting into new characters.

Then...I've always been interested in maps. So after having drawn up the initial pencil sketch for my fictional town, I decided to collage it and make it an official part of my compilation.

Needless to say, I dedicated some serious hours to researching various components for my map, cutting out buildings, getting the streets lined up...and, the biggest time consumer of all, stamping the names with my ultra tiny stamp set I recently bought from Office Depot. I loved it! Tinkering at its best.

Office Depot Stamp Set

Nimble Fingers and Strong Vision Need Apply!

Amazingly enough, I have not lost a stamp yet, although many have sprung off my tweezers and bounced hither and yon around my studio. Thankfully, I have light colored carpet and can spot them somewhat easily.

Now, I can't wait for new characters to move into my fictional town so I can whip out my stamp set and help them get settled. I'm crazy. I know.

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6. Creepy Cute

By: Stacia, on 11/19/2012
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I just came across Amanda Louise Spayd's art blog and HAD to share. She creates the cutest, creepiest bunnies I've ever seen. I love the beady eyes and the oversized, dirty teeth.

More of her work is located on Flickr. Check it out!

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7. silly really....

By: Jan Dolby, on 10/12/2012
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8. New Work- In The Weeds

By: Holly DeWolf, on 8/28/2012
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Sometimes you just have to stop to let the good stuff in!

We all get busy and sometimes we even get caught in the weeds. We could all use some creative idling from time to time.

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9. New Promotion Work

By: Holly DeWolf, on 8/17/2012
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Blog- My Little Corner Of The World

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10. Writing Away

By: Stacia, on 7/28/2012
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I've been reading up on screenwriting and story development to help me layout a good story arc for my children's chapter book stories. I've read several books that I believe are worth mentioning:

Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
Teach Yourself Screenwriting by Raymond Frensham
How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey
Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella

I just finished Save the Cat! and Mr. Snyder mentioned that having a board to pin story elements to helps identify where the holes are. He suggests to tack as much to the board as you can, so you can delve into writing with confidence...you know where to start and where it's going.

He also urges screenwriters to write a logline before they get started. This is a VERY short summary (28 words or less) of your story. The Cracking Yarns blog was very helpful in this area and contains lots of other useful information too.

The Board

The Board - details

I've written and revised my first chapter book and will be sending it out to agents/editors that visited the last SCBWI Western WA conference last April and are accepting solicitations from attendees. While that's in the cooker, I've already started my second book and wanted to try using the board as Mr. Snyder suggested.

I have it all tacked down...now I need to start writing. Once I get cracking on that, then I'll know if spending the time writing, tacking, moving, and eliminating index cards was worth it. So far, I'd say it was a worthwhile exercise.

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11. Project 41 of 365

By: Stacia, on 7/23/2012
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Guaca Mole

Project 41 of 365

I'm behind in my 365 projects, but it's for a good cause! I'm in my writing groove. I finished writing 12 chapters for my children's book and am nearly done with revisions. I've started on the second chapter book, mulling over an outline right now, and hopefully within the next two weeks, I'll be mailing out my first chapter of the first book to publishers with fingers crossed!

This illustration was done for my children. I told them about a stuffed animal I had when I was a kid, called Guaca Mole. They wanted to know more about him, so I felt inspired to put the memory to paper.

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12. More on the Horse Front

By: Stacia, on 6/15/2012
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Palamino
Project 25 of 365

Standing Horse
Project 24 of 365

I'm making great strides in my children's chapter book. I have written up to chapter 7 and will be starting chapter 8. I'm anticipating 10 or 11 chapters...so, over half way there! I think I've found my writing groove. As I've gotten to know my characters more intimately, I'm excited to tell their story.

Horses play a small part (minuscule, really) in the book. Maybe that's why I'm a little obsessed right now. I'll just go with it :)

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13. Project 23 of 365

By: Stacia, on 6/12/2012
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Just a Bunny

I played around with just painting it digitally but, ultimately, I couldn't get away from adding texture. So it changed from solid digital color to added collage elements. It's a process.

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14. Projects 13, 14, and 15 of 365

By: Stacia, on 6/4/2012
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Neigh

Project 13 of 365

Buzz

Project 14 of 365

Caw

Project 15 of 365

I love making these minis. They are small and quick...and most important, not precious! This kind of freedom lets me play and explore without the stress of being a perfectionist. I see the mistakes and chalk them up to lessons learned. I see what's working and now have a reminder for the future.

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15. Project 12 of 365

By: Stacia, on 6/1/2012
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Horse
Shadowed with black and white

Horse Sketches

The top picture is shadowed with black and white, while Horse, Project 11 of 365, is shadowed with green and yellow (with minimal use of black and white). Nice to see the comparison. Project 11 is definitely warmer, but, IMHO, not necessarily better. Just different.

I worked on some more horse sketches today. I'd like to get a feel for facial expressions and anatomy so I can create a unique character. Not feeling it yet...

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16. Project 11 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/31/2012
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Horse

Tonight, I decided to dabble in digital collage. I experimented with using contrasting colors for my shadows and highlights...in this case green for the shadows and yellow for the highlights. I couldn't get away from my usual black and white entirely and used these colors sparingly to punch up certain areas.

Tomorrow, I will go back and add my usual black shadows and white highlights so I can see the difference more clearly.

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17. Project 10 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/30/2012
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Woof

I made it to double digits! Yippee!

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18. Project 9 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/29/2012
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Another quick collage on recycled cardboard. It's small, simple and fun!

Recycled elements: cardboard and scrap paper

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19. Project 8 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/28/2012
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A Room of My Own

It's late so I chose art prompt number 5*, "Allow yourself to sit at your worktable for five minutes. Sometimes just getting to the table is the challenge, the rest is easy."

I combined this with a project from Melissa Sweet's Drawing Book for Kids. The book was a freebie from the SCBWI conference and has been sitting on my desk. I flipped through it and chose a project of creating quick sketches of objects in my room. Easy enough.

* Cloth Paper Scissors magazine (Jan/Feb 2012, page 80).

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20. Project 7 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/27/2012
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Bye Breezy

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LETTER

Great. It’s about time. It’s weird how over the past

two weeks life’s gotten much more exciting. I’m

still trying to figure out why John was kissing

my hand. Anyway it’s been raining here and I’m

getting mad because I want to sun bleach

my hair. After all, I am a Californian. So when are

you coming back? To California of course. Well

I gotta run. Since it’s been so long you’ll have

to fill me in on your adventures. It’s been live.

Bye, Breezy

Today, I used Project 6: Just Relaxing as my inspiration; the second part of Cloth Paper Scissors' (Jan/Feb 2012, page 80) art prompt number 23. "Create a doodle on a piece of paper and then use it to create a piece of art."

After reading about Breezy's adventures with hand kissing and hair coloring, her thoughts faded into the night.

21. Project 6 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/26/2012
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Just Resting

Just a quick sketch and some brainstorming while I watched a movie tonight. To get inspired, I reviewed the art prompts mentioned in the Cloth Paper Scissors magazine (Jan/Feb 2012, page 80). I was inspired by number 23, "Create a doodle on a piece of paper and then use it to create a piece of art."

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22. Project 5 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/25/2012
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Happy Hour!

Doing an illustration a day is hard (insert whine)! Today, I ran around doing chores and running errands so I could get ready for ladies night. I knew I wouldn't be up for creating art when I returned from happy hour at the Parlor...so, after enjoying my Huckleberry Press cocktail, I doodled on my bar napkin. That's gotta count for something, right?

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23. Project 4 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/24/2012
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Meow

I wanted a quick collage for project 4 since I didn't meander down to my studio until 10:00 tonight. I had already created four other animals (bear, duck, pig, and owl) on recycled cardboard dividers from a case of beer.

I need a better schedule if I'm going to keep this up for another 361 days! Oy!

Recycled elements: cardboard, scrap paper, ribbon remnant

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24. Project 3 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/23/2012
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Birdhouse Sketches

I jumped right into collage mode, and spent some time creating a birdhouse face. I was trying to be quick and didn't wait long enough for my crackle paint layer to fully dry. My haste really showed...no matter how hard I tried to turn it into an interesting texture, it just looked bad.

So, I went back to the drawing board and put pencil to paper. Good thing I did because I still don't know where I want to go with this image. I've had this idea for awhile...a birdhouse luring a bird into it's mouth. I want it to appear innocent and charming...oh look! What a cute birdhouse. But the hole into the birdhouse is a mouth. Hmm. Is the bird going to make a home or is the bird going to be breakfast?

A question, and illo, for another day.

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25. Project 2 of 365

By: Stacia, on 5/22/2012
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Baby is Back.

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GUEST CHECK

I love you so much baby

Even know you can be a bitch

I still love you

Cause I know who you really are

So please bring her back baby

We can have a great life together

But it's up to you

I love you baby

Have a merry x-mas

Love Austin

I found this note in the ditch by my mailbox a couple years ago and have been inspired by it since. I am intrigued by the use of "baby" and the multitude of emotions layered in this short note...pleading, love, insults, ambivalence...all written on a restaurant guest check. What a story! Who is baby? Did she get this note and toss it in the ditch? Or was Austin too proud or embarrassed to give it to her?

Recycled elements: guest check "love" note, ticket stub, magazine paper, stationary, parking stubs and other memorabilia.

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