Hullooo! Today I finally completed the T-Rex painting I had been commissioned for by my aunt and uncle. They really liked my original T-Re...

Greetings, Creative Peoples! Here is the second installment on the process of our first project for Children's Book Illustration III. ...

Last night I started RISD CE's Children's Book Illustration III class, taught by the published children's book artist  Emilie Bo...

"Hebert felt positively spooky in his ghost costume." watercolor, acrylic gauache, watercolor pencil © 2010 Melanie Linden Cha...

In my search for new techniques to try, I had purchased " Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road ," a conglomerate of art by different...

It's time I've begun to do some more library runs! In order for me to learn more about children's books, I need to read more ch...

...my studio is complete! All it's missing now is that homey, lived-in look, (and a giant cork board on the wall) but I'm sure it ...

I told you they would all be due today, didn't I? Let's start with our folktale project, the story of Sigo the boy who lived with t...

Monday night was the last night before our last night of class. Which means next Monday is the night where everything we've worked on a...

(Note: I realized that I hadn't actually posted my last blog post when I created it, so it looks like I posted twice in a row...I swear ...

It's color study time! Although I'm still working on (and constantly thinking about) my final composition, a color study is still...

Lately I've been really thinking about my art style, and I've come to the conclusion that I don't really have one!  It really de...