Clever Fox

Just wanted to share this little fox painting I finished last week. It's going to be one of a series of woodland creatures. I hope to get the others painted soon, but right now I'm working on a couple of illustration projects in preparation for a Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrator's conference I'll be attending in a couple of weeks. I've been painting like mad, and I can't wait to show you the new illustrations, but for now, you'll have to settle for a fox...

Does anyone else feel like they need to restart the New Year. I feel like we've been rushing and running so much that I didn't get my year off to a good start. Here it is, the end of February already, and I haven't even made my list of resolutions. As a matter fact, when I uploaded this fox picture, I realized I still had pictures from Christmas on the camera. So I have some catching up to do with this here blog. And just for the grandparents...

I can't tell you how much joy this little cutie brings to our lives. He certainly keeps me on my toes, but he's quite charming even when he's full of mischief.

xo

nessa dee

Spring animals

Well hello there! I hope you all had a great Easter weekend. Ours was fast and furious as we made a last minute trip to see family. But we are back now, and I'm trying my hardest to carve out some time to create/blog/shower. I decided a bit late that I needed a few spring animals to grace the blog...

I know that robots aren't typically depicted as spring animals, but I went blank on a third type and looked up at my peg board of paintings for inspiration and saw a robot. So, a spring robot it is!

Happy Spring!

xo

nessa dee

Signs of Spring

The outdoors have exploded with color over the last week. It’s absolutely gorgeous and I’m loving every minute of it.

All of these gorgeous colors are surrounding our house at the moment; and combined with the chirping of the birds, these signs of spring are enough to make even grumpiest of grumpy pants happy.

xo

nessa dee

Smells Like Spring

Pollen stained noses. The result of our daily excursions from the car to whatever activity is going on in our weekly rush. Although stopping 3-10 times on our way from ___(insert activity here)__ to the car isn't always convenient when you're pressed for time, seeing my kids enjoying spring as much, if not more than I do is worth the extra five minutes.

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful season!

ND