Hey All! Welcome to my website! Since you’re here, let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Mary and I’m a freelance artist, children’s book illustrator, and graphic designer. This means I will draw or paint a single piece of artwork for you, illustrate a whole children’s book or chapter book, I can design a book cover and layout your book for self publishing, or design anything else you might need like business cards, promotional flyers, or stickers.
My work is usually done with pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, digitally, or most anything I can get my hands on. I’m always on the lookout for some new mediums to try.
I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember and have been working professionally since 2014. I’ve worked with several publishing companies including J2B Publishing, Sea Harp Press, and Belle Isle Books on illustration and book layout and design.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like what you see!
~ Dreaming Big and Following God ~
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
J.R.R. Tolkien
If they won’t write the kind of books we like to read, we shall have to write them ourselves.
C.S. Lewis
For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.
A.A. Milne
You have a gift! Keep practicing!
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I like it all. Don’t ever stop drawing.
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Hi there! I hope you are doing well. I find your art incredibly inspiring! If you accept nominations, please visit my recent post in which I have nominated your blog for a Liebster Award. If you would like to accept, simply click on this link: http://avapuckett.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/liebster-award/ and follow the instructions. Have a great day! – Ava
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Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere and for following. Your support is greatly appreciated, Looking forward to seeing more from you 🙂
Eddie
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Hello!
I think we share this path on art, and I’m happy that you find my blog “good enought” to follow he he.
I like your art and your shining goals! Keep practising, keep exploring technics and materials, and keep being yourself because is from within that all comes!
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Thanks! And thanks for checking out my work as well. I thought your drawings were great!
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We have a similar outlook on drawing. I am not a fan of abstract art, either. Yet, seeing others do some complex works that are abstract and learning of Kandinsky, I am seeing purpose/value behind it. Art in any form is therapy for the artist, I’d like to think (unless it’s purely an assignment). Some messages just come out a jumbled mess versus a clear visual. Some make portraits. Some make puzzles. And, some make jumbles.
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I’m sure abstract art can have some therapeutic value. I just find I admire art more for it’s technical merit, but that’s just my opinion. 🙂
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Me, too, I think. I guess I look for art to impress me after feeling people have judged my art much the same way growing up. As I strive to do better, I look at others’ work and see if they do any better and why/where. I am impressed by variations between bold and soft/thin lines…clever messages wrapped up with a touch of humor…powerful uses of color and/or BnW space.
But, if I am helping someone sort themselves out with art, I will now encourage or consent to abstract pieces if it helps them.
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