Taking A Break…
Last week’s CHALLENGE is over. It was lots of fun, and now it’s time for a…
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Silly-Spider Drawing Challenge
Can you draw this simple easy spider? …add whatever kind of mouth or nose or eyes…
Easter is coming!
My favorite part of Easter is part about Jesus rising from the dead. I’m glad for…
Spring is coming…
My favorite part of St. Patrick’s Day is: I know that spring is right around the…
Doodles and Dinos
Here are a few different Videos, Draw Pages and other fun activities for you and your…
Fun with Colorful Markers!
I recently got a some new markers, they’re called MILDLINER double ended markers…
Drawing and Coloring Trees
I think trees are beautiful, and fun to draw! I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and this…
Valentine Draw Book Fun!
Right now you can get the book, download it to your computer, and print out all…
Two Cute Mice
A video and a coloring sheet: Here’s a Coloring Sheet to download , print out and…
Kitty and Mouse
I drew these cute little critters with a Sharpie pen and some watercolor pencils. When you’re…
Fun Fishies!
I was drawing with these cool watercolor markers. Here’s what I made After you watch the…
Little Mouse Drawing
Here’s a short video of me drawing this little mouse character. There is a coloring sheet…
Gingerbread House…
Here’s a little video drawing the gingerbread man’s house. and below that is a coloring sheet…
Drawing A Christmas Tree
I’ve been learning the art of video making. Mine are still quite simple yetBut, they’re fun…
Snowy Dioramas…
Here’s what our ended up looking like, and if you go onto the MICHAELS site, you…
Fuzzy Santa Project!
Paper plate Santa! Here’s a free PDF that is immediately downloadable and printable for you to…
COLORFUL FISHIES!
And a coloring sheet to make one of your own! Click on the image below and…
Draw Page Book-a-thon…50% off!!!
The Draw Page is having a huge event! 50% off of all PDF Draw Books! For…
The New Big ABC Bug Draw Book
This book is about creepy crawly bugs and insects, its not anything technical…It’s simply is a…
Simple Rock Painting Steps
But, in the following steps you can take a smooth egg shaped (any shape really) rock,…
Painting on an old barn roof slate.
Here’s another acrylic painting I did with those old barn slates. Years ago, there were a…
Painting a Lighthouse
Here’s the steps that I used and the finished product, I hope you enjoy viewing as…
Cement Leaves
They turned out so beautifully. If you search CEMENT LEAVES in Google, Pinterest, or You Tube,…
We have some pretty cool neighbors!
This past week, we made some cement-leaf birdbaths!. We used big Rhubarb Leaves from our garden as…
Catching Fruit Flies
But, I noticed the fruit flies in my kitchen around the compost container. That’s not too…
Check out these works of art!
We spent some time painting in the backyard the other day and here are some of…
Fun Little Drawings
I didn’t draw anything in particular and didn’t use a pencil first, I just took my…
Sweet Muffins Recipe
Muffins are fun & easy to make with …and with the exception of putting them in…
I LOVE BOOKS Bookmark!
I must admit that I really enjoy holding a book rather than an iPad or Kindle.…
A BRIGHT RED CLOUD
While hiking, a most miraculous thing happened: one of us bumped a branch…just casually…while we were…
Birthday Party Frog!
This little frog was drawn with pencil and I used a sharpie to add some line…
A Fun Dinosaur To Color
Here’s another coloring page to download and print out. Print it on the heaviest paper that…
Summer Fun: Yummy Edible Play Clay
..I remember doing this after lunch, so they were already cleaned-up and had nutritious food in…
A few more miniatures…
The little table with drawers is made from matchboxes, that we glued together, painted and
Paper Toilet Rolls
fun thing to make with an used toilet paper roll. All you’d need besides the tube…
Fun Summer Afternoon
Okay, now here’s something else that you may want to try with your kids one of…
Coloring A Tractor!
Tractors can be fun! Here is a coloring sheet to do with your kids. Get those…
Draw and Color Beautiful Fish!
I think fish are fun to draw and color! Here’s an image to download and print…
Color A Dancing Princess!
This coloring sheet of the little girl and ready to dance, is available right now. All…
Make A Spinning Pinwheel!
A lot of times we color, paint, draw or build something out of clay, popsicle sticks…
Draw A House Fly
We have all seen some colorful house flies, But they are pesky creatures…and usually unwelcome into…
E is for Earwig
Earwigs are fairly abundant and are found in many areas around the world.They are really quite…
Z is for Zebra Swallowtail
In our newest book The ABCs of BUGs Draw Book, the Z is for Zebra Swallowtail. …
Something to make for Mom this Mother’s Day!
Are you looking for a beautiful way to wish your Mom a Happy Mother’s Day? The…
D is for Dragonflies!
Dragonflies stay near water and usually remain within a few miles of the place where their…
April Showers
April showers, bring MAY flowers! Here’s a fun little coloring sheet Draw Page to download and…
A is for Ant
Did you know that ants cannot make sounds, but they talk to one another with their…
Happy Beautiful Day!
I had the pleasure of doing some artsy-craftsy stuff with my grandson the other day! Any…
April Showers Bring May Flowers
How difficult do you think it might be to draw an umbrella? Well, if we follow…
Happy Easter!
Here’s some steps to draw an Easter basket, and how to decorate some Easter eggs for…
Drawing & Decorating an Easter Egg
“Pysanky is the ancient Eastern European art of egg decorating. A pysanka (plural: pysanky) is a…
Draw A Chick
Here’s a fun simple way to draw a little Easter chick. Remember to start with a…
Draw A Dancing Bunny
Let’s draw a fun dancing bunny by using the steps below. Remember to use a whisper…
Drawing A Bunny
Drawing is so much fun! Here’s a cute little bunny that is fairly easy to draw:
Fish to color…
Download and print out the Draw Page below, and have fun coloring with your kids.
Colorful Dinosaurs
Okay, here’s fun coloring sheet of a dinosaur! My grandsons love dinosaurs! We had so…
Drawing A Cone
A cone is basically a 3-dimensional triangle with a curved bottom. With a cone you can…
Circles & Spheres
When you draw a sphere or a ball-shape…one simple way is to start with a circle.…
Drawing a cube…
Although we are drawing a cube, some of our box-shapes are actually cuboids or rectangular prisms, but…
Drawing A Cylinder
We’re going to start with some simple shapes… how to draw them and how to use…
Kittens & Coloring
Good Morning! This is supposed to be a beautiful weekend here in the ‘burgh! I am…
How I use my MINI-SKETCH KIT
Here is my MINI SKETCH KIT contents. If you want to read rather than watch this…
DRAW a cute lamb
Drawing these cute little lambs is simple if you follow the directions below. You can always…
WARM & COOL Colors
COOL colors have a calming effect, Things seem to move into the background with cooler colors,…
Complementary Colors
Mixing a color with its complement will usually give you a muddy brownish color. but placing…
Stuff to make ART
It is much better to buy a few quality materials, than a huge set of inferior…
We all know how important our time is
I have always enjoyed using paper and a pen or pencil to do my planning and…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I hope that you enjoy time with those you love…and have fun drawing and giving and…
2022 Planning Schedules…
This is perfect for the person who like to organize their time, uses paper pen and…
You Are TOADally awesome!
Today let’s draw a cute little TOAD! …and we’ll make a fun Valentine with this little…
You Are Purr-fect!
Here’s how I drew a little kitty to make a valentine for someone who I…
Goals that are not written down are just wishes…
…whatever your preference know this:if you want to get to a particular place in the future:…
Homemade cards…
Using these printables as the base you can turn these valentines cards into a beautiful way…
The difference between a DREAM and a Goal…
The difference between a DREAM and a GOAL is often nothing more than a piece of…
It’s almost Ground Hog Day!
In a few days it’s Ground Hog Day! Tradition has it that if a groundhog comes…
A Snowy Week
We had a beautiful but very cold snowy week. It’s still cold now, but the snow…
A Great Idea…
ANDY GOES TO THE AQUARIUM is a sweet little book about a young boy who needs…
Markers & Colored Pencils
I spent sometime this morning with my wonderful grandsons. There was a lot of talk about…
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is one of my most favorite times of the year! However you celebrate, be well!…
A handful of fun projects…
Wow! Thanksgiving is almost here! I wanted to show you a draw page and some links…
Happy Birthday, Aunt Martha!
One of my favorite aunt’s 97th birthday is coming up this week. I thought that I’d…
yes, I missed yesterday…
I have been attempting to paint a small watercolor painting each day, and I started one…
Interesting bird
My daughter sent me a photo of a peacock near her house. I thought that I…
Fun time with family in the sun!
We visited with a lot of family the past couple of weeks. Here’s a fun little…
Drawing a Turtle
Before we draw a turtle, try this: See how many differences there are between the top…
September Calendar
“How are you? We had a terrific weekend, and hope you did also! We enjoyed a…
Drawing Duckies: but, remember the WhisperLine
This is a page from a book that I am currently illustrating. I began this work…
BEST WEEK EVER
All of our children and their families visited this past week. We had so much fun!!!!…
A book they’ll love.
Here’s a great kid doing some great artwork!!!!!He started one day by following the steps right…
Birthdate Flowers
I had a little fun this weekend doing a cute flower illustration for a friend. I…
Tips For Printing
I received this email-note from a Draw Page Friend who purchased one of the Instant Download…
Try this simple step-by-step Draw Page
Remember when we talked about my mini-sketch-kit? Here’s a link to that post if you missed…
Why using 3 colors may be better than more!
Yesterday we talked about setting up your Traveling-Mini-Sketch-Kit. Make sure you read the whole article because…
My Mini-Sketch-Kit!
Hi there! I hope that life is getting better for you with the nice weather moving…
Zazzle Sale Today
Hi there! Here’s a mug I designed a few years ago…actually a few of them. I…
Color Is Fun!
Color is certainly one of my favorite subjects! Here is a fun start to learning about…
Bugs & ABCs
Okay! here’s some fun things: a couple of simple, easy little Ladybugs to draw! And here…
My Leopard Statue
Many years ago, I bought this life-sized leopard statue for my Mom to paint. It is…
Pastel Chalk Lion
As you probably already know, we moved recently, and I’ve been slowly unpacking all of the…
Spring Scene
You can draw your own little woodsy mushroom house starting with the steps below. Remember how…
Whisper Lines & Chicks
While drawing this little chick, Alana sent this question: “Do you erase at the end? Because if…
Garden Markers
We started to set up our garden beds, and add some compost and peat moss. It’s…
Welcome Spring!
I bought this small wooden plaque at Joann’s the other day, I thought it was cute!…
Yay! We’re back!
Yay! We’re back up and running! There may be a few minor glitches that have yet…
Drawing is Fun!
Thank you, once again, to everyone who participated in the recent survey! Because of the info…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to one and all! Every year we make our own cards to wish all…
Kid’s Art & What is said about Thanksgiving Draw Book
Our new calendar is here…so sign up (top right corner of this page) to have one…
Gingerbread Christmas Ornament Recipe
This is a fun Christmas Activity to do with your kids! This is not an edible…
Draw A Silly Spider
Well, here’s a silly little spider to draw that is both fun & easy! I recently…
A CORNUCOPIA is a symbol of a bountiful HARVEST.
I suppose that at this time of year we are especially grateful for the foods that…
6 Pumpkin Faces
Here are two pages from the Instant download: “All of the Pieces to make 6 Fun…
Pumpkin Seeds!!!!
I never grew pumpkins before!!!! Here’s some photos: in the beginning of summer when they started…
Gramma time
Several of our grandsons live out of the country so we haven’t seen them in person…
I hope that your Labor Day weekend was wonderful!
I hope that your Labor Day weekend was wonderful! My husband and I had a mini-vacation…
Why is ART so IMPORTANT? and What can THE DRAW PAGE do for me?
Great question! We’ll get to all of that, but first let’s start with: WHAT IS…
Andy Goes To The Aquarium
Hi, I know it’s still summer and it’s not time to be thinking about cold or…
Tiny Critter Button Tags
Good morning! Today in Pittsburgh it is warm and sunny and beautiful. It smells & looks…
Painting Rocks
When my grandkids were visiting a few weeks ago, we decorated some rocks for the driveway.…
You can now get THE DRAW BOOK instantly!
Hey! I have some news. A few weeks ago, I formatted the first DRAW BOOK into…
Doodle Day
I’ve seen doodling defined as ‘scribbling or drawing aimlessly, to play or improvise idly’. I…
Easter Saturday!
You can draw an Easter basket with colorful Easter eggs, or just print out the coloring…
Draw an Easter Peep!
When I was little we’d get ‘peeps’ for Easter, they were so cute! My parents had…
Draw A Fun Dancing Bunny
This little dancing bunny has been on my Newsletter front page for years now reminding readers…
Draw Raymond the Dinosaur
Try this Draw Page today. Raymond is another character in our stories. He’s a fun guy.…
Fun Critter to Draw
Here’s another to add to the past few days of enjoying time drawing. This critter is…
Fun Drawing On A Thursday!
Here, near the beautiful city of Pittsburgh, it is a SUNNY but chilly day! We have…
Wednesday Drawing Lesson!
So, how’ve you been doing with all of your recent drawings? I hope well. We should…
Happy Tuesday!
Here’s another: If you’d like to have more fun Draw Pages to do with your Grown-Ups,…
Happy Monday!
Here’s Day #3’s Draw Page! Here’s more links for more fun: Draw A Cricket, Happy Sunday,…
Happy Saturday!
I hope all is well. As we’re all practicing some ‘social-distancing’, we maybe have a little…
Draw An Easy Funny Bunny
You’ll have fun drawing this very simple easy bunny with your kids. You can make the…
Draw A Singing Cat
I made a Happy Birthday card and I’ll show you how to draw the singing kitty…
Is it true that for every citizen in Amsterdam there are two bicycles?
A few years ago my husband and I flew to Kiev, Ukraine to visit with our…
Draw A Shamrock
It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, I love the green and fun that surrounds the day! Here’s…
If You Don’t Care Who Gets The Credit
“There is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets…
Croco-gator!
Here’s how you and your kids can make a fun but messy crocodile or alligator or…
Sweet Thanksgiving Turkey Treats
Here in the USA in another week we’ll be celebrating one of my favorite holidays :…
A Little Big-Girl Book!
I made a little book for my granddaughter to encourage her to ‘go potty’! I bought…
A Messy and Fun project!
This is a very messy, but absolutely fun project! So, you need to use: WASHABLE…
What is a Crayon-Resist?
I drew a handful of pumpkins with crayons in order to do a “Crayon Resist”. The…
Ossey is fun loving & colorful!
Here is how to draw another character that is frequently in my stories. Ossey is fun…
How I Drew A Train Full of Critters (in eleven pictures)
If you’d like a downloadable coloring sheet for your kids to color, just click here. And/or…
I love TRAINS!
I love trains! My grandfather was a switchman working on the railroad, a long long time…
Draw A Bumble Beeee
This is a downloadable page from the first DRAW BOOK. It is still fun and easy…
Windy Days & Pinwheels!
Can you imagine a line of spinning pinwheels along your front sidewalk? Maybe you & your…
Spring Time and Easter Time
This is such a beautiful time of the year. Spring time & Easter time…it’s all wonderful!…
GRAY in my picture without a gray crayon?
While we were coloring, I was asked by one of my grandsons: “How can I make…
another birthday card…(Draw Page: draw a soccer playing Dino)
Here’s how to draw a fun little tyrannosaurus rex kicking a soccer ball. If you were…
A Snowman Tear
This is an illustration that I did a number of years ago, but; I still think…
Christmas Card – 2017
Do you have all of your Christmas Greeting Cards sent out? I sent the last one…
The American Crow
The American Crow is not known for the beauty of its song, a series of loud…
The evenings are getting cooler…
In the evenings here in Pennsylvania it is getting cooler. So much so, that we started…
Look at me!
I’m a character in a really cool steampunk graphic novel! Here’s what I look like dressed…
Color Theory for Kids and their Grown-Ups
Part 1: The Color Wheel This is simplified & intended to help explain color to a…
WHAT FUN! Dry Erase Crayons on Scribbles Board.
As I am adding to my ArtCart for my grandsons…I keeping finding really cool stuff! This was…
How I set up my ART CARTs
I found the coolest idea! I see a lot of people on Pinterest are doing this…making…
Clowns & Robots
Here are a handful of sketches of some clowns and robots and graduates that I did…
Crayons are fun!
This the rough draft for is an illustration that I did a number of years ago.…
Draw A Seahorse
A number of years ago I did a handful of pieces for a kid’s story magazine…
Fun ABC Bugs!
Here’s an cockroach character I made way back in the 70s…there was a series for tee…
Here Comes Santa Claus
This was for a kid’s magazine story (somewhere around 2002-03, I think) The little girl sitting…
Another Day of Fishing
I found these old photos of a series of drawings and paintings that I did for…
Colored Pencils on Day 15
It’s Day 15 of my Walking Down Memory Lane Month. Well, these aren’t really all that…
Read a good poster
Here it is the 13th day of Illustration Month & the second day of Read Posters.…
Reading Posters
Today & tomorrow I’ll show you a couple of older READING Posters. This one is from…
Green or Red Tractor?
A few years ago I Illustrated a book and needed a tractor for the story. This…
Day 10: Frogs
I have done a number of frogs for different things, but this first illustration was for a…
Gone Fishing
Day 9: Day of FISHING. I have never been fishing in my entire life…but, someday I’d…
Eight Days A Weeek!
Day 8 of our Month of May Event! The event is not really anything special, but simply…
Raccoon Day
Wow, we’re at Day 7 of Memories & Illustrations Event – a month long series! A…
Alligator Wrangler
Day 5 of Illustration-Reminiscing Month. This one was done, and even re-done a looong time ago.…
My Dog, Sluggo Day!
Okay: Day Four. Back in 2006 I did a series of whimsical drawings of My Dog,…
Surprise Day
Here’s another line drawing from back in the eighties. Can you tell by my BillCosby-like-sweater?…and the…
Beautiful Morning in Quebec Day
When our oldest son & his wife got married a few years ago, the wedding was…
A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE: Moving Day
Here’s the plan: Everyday this May I am going to post an older illustration that I…
National Crayon Day is March 31st
In honor of National Crayon Day here is a bunny for you & your kids to…
Draw A Chick
Remember the other day when I told you that I sent my grandsons magnifying glasses and…
Squares, Circles, Rectangles etc.
What can you do with squares, triangles, rectangles & circles? Well, lots & lots of things,…
Wow! What a ride!
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in…
Can you name 26 bugs? Drawing a Northern Walking Stick
I have been working on The ABCs of Interesting Bugs! I drew & painted a not-quite-realistic…
Magnifying Glasses
This past week, my husband and I bought these cool magnifying glasses for our three oldest…
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep
We watched WHITE CHRISTMAS yesterday! I LOVE those old movies! Do you remember the part where…
DRAW PAGE: Pumpkin
I love the Fall. When the leaves turn all those brilliant oranges and yellows and golds!…
Design your own Nesting Doll
One of the trinkets that I bought while I was in Kiev was a matryoshka doll,…
Beautiful Summer Travels
We spent some time in Kiev, Ukraine with our oldest son and his family. We experienced…
The Sweetest Rocking Horse
We made a rocking horse for the sweetest little girl…our granddaughter, Sonni! A few years ago…
SKETCH: Peregrine Falcon
I have been watching the peregrine falcons in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh from…
A Little More Hockey
This is my sweetie & me at the hockey game a few weeks ago. And below…
Go Penguins!
My husband and I attended a Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game the other day. They won and…
Colored Pencil Kitty #1
Last week I drew a handful of kitty cats with colored pencils, and here is one.
Colored Pencil #3 & Draw A Sleeping Kitty
This is the last one of the three cat colored pencil drawings that I did this…
A Nice Plant
I first sketched the potted plant. Then I started to add color with Prismacolor colored pencils.…
Some supplies to keep COLORED PENCIL coloring easy.
Coloring is so relaxing, and here are a few buying tips to help you keep it that…
Don’t flowers just make ya smile?
Especially when they are a surprise and even more especially when they are yellow ones! I…
Trees are fun to draw!
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking…
Be Your Finest Art
I had the pleasure of designing the book BE YOUR FINEST ART by Joanne Fairchild Miller…
I Found Some of my older Christmas Card Illustrations
I found some old christmas card illustrations from our family cards. I have at least 38…
Andy’s Penguin
One of the favorite books that I have illustrated is ANDY GOES TO THE AQUARIUM! …
Back to school…
It’s almost school-time again… and I am sure that besides new shoes and clothes, you’re thinking…
Y is for Yellow Jacket
Yellow jackets build nests in trees, shrubs, or in protected places such as inside man-made structures,…
Would you ever take a sketchbook to a campfire?
Well, I guess that’s not really a good idea. I suppose, it could catch fire.…
We Met in London
I flew to London to meet up with my oldest son and his family…the plan was…
Draw: a teacup
Good morning! Here is a simple drawing project, using the steps below…start with…
Draw Page: Decorate a Pumpkin
Print this page and have some fun, all you’ll need are crayons or markers and a…
More fruit for our cornucopia
Here is another piece of fruit to draw for our cornucopia. A banana is fun to…
MOVING DAY! …Saturday the 27th
MOVING DAY in PITTSBURGH September 27th All 20 Team GAUSS members met up in Highland Park…
Everything you do matters…
Everything you do matters…watch this short you-tube video of Andy Andrews…and have a great day, -Rose
Draw a Pear
Drawing a pear to add to our Thanksgiving Cornucopia. Follow the steps below starting with a Whisper…
Thousand Islands
In July my husband and I drove to Ottawa to visit with our oldest son and…
Art Supplies
It’s almost school-time again… and I am sure that besides new shoes and clothes, you’re thinking…
Colored Pencil Drawings
Even though we mostly do simple little drawing themes for kids here at The Draw Page…this…
BE YOUR FINEST ART
BE YOUR FINEST ART http://www.48days.com/byfa/ By Joanne Miller and Dorsey McHugh This is it! This…
Train Table Mat
My grandsons (one is 3 years old and the other 19 months) have a train-table, where…
wonderful week
My husband and I were away visiting our son, his wife and their two absolutely wonderful…
Time is on my side…yes, it is.
Ti-i-i-ime is on my side…yes, it is. A few months ago my office was burglarized. Besides…
Happy New Year!
Wow it’s 2014 already! 2013 was a great year (EXCEPT for one or two really big…
Thanksgiving is almost here!
On the 28th we will celebrate THANKSGIVING here in the states. I’d like to draw a…
Drawing A Raccoon
I think raccoons are cute, we see them every once in a while in the back…
Drawing A Train
I personally love trains. I travel from Pittsburgh to New York City or Philly…and Pittsburgh to…
Drawing an opossum
The other evening we were sitting out on the patio, and were surprised by an opossum.…
Andy Goes To The Aquarium
I recently finished illustrating ANDY GOES TO THE AQUARIUM. A cute story written by Pierce Marrs…
Drawing A Sunflower
I love sunflowers, they are such happy plants! Drawing them can be fun & easy, use…
Artist of the Day!
Look how beautiful Olivia’s artwork is! Great colors!!!!! Thanks, Olivia! -Rose
Drawing an Owl
In the evenings here in Pennsylvania it is getting cooler. So much so, that we started…
Color A Tractor!
I drew a cool tractor for my grandson to color, I thought that I’d share it…
Draw a turtle
I hope everyone’s September is going well. I love the weather this time of year. The…
Draw a Cricket
Hi, there! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend…and for those of you who celebrated Labor…
Draw A Frog
Hello all! This past month in the evenings before we fell asleep we could hear the…
another great work of ART
Today our artist-of-the-day is Evie. She is from South Carolina, and she drew the dancing bunny…
Three ARTISTS-of the day, today!
Wow! We have THREE artists who sent their pencil sketches in today! The following are from…
Draw a Dashing Dancing Spider
Draw a spider… If you’d like to learn for yourself or to show someone else how…
Way to go, Lydia!
Our ARTIST-of-the-DAY! Lydia, who will be in first grade this fall, sent this amazing drawing of…
Do you wanna dance?
This week is Dance Week, here at The DRAW page! Here are a few little-girl-ballet dancers:…
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.
An old Chinese Proverb says: “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The…
ain’t nobody here, but us chickens
Here are some sketches of cartoon chickens for logo I was working on. Below you can…
Before We Met
Here are some illustrations from a book that my husband and I wrote for our grandsons.…
A wonderful week in DC with family
This past week we spent saying goodbye to our oldest son and his family. They moved,…
Andy Goes To The Aquarium
Andy Goes To The Aquarium by Pierce Marrs and Nick Marrs & illustrated by me! This one…
Drawing Supplies
It is much better to buy a few quality materials, than a huge set of inferior…
A Whisper Line…
What is a WHISPER LINE? Over the years I have found that there are two things…
I say “You can never have enough books on learning to draw!”
I always thought that this was a fun book by Mark Kistler. Click on the image…
the I WANNA BE book series
These books are written by Joanne Fairchild Miller, and illustrated by ME! There are four of…
sidewalk chalk
This past weekend I spent time with my son & his beautiful wife and my grandsons,…
Fun Foto Friday
I found this first group of photos…of some beautiful cats and a box…I don’t know who…
Drawing a Happy Birthday Cake!
Remember to use a whisper-line (a very light line that can be erased if necessary). Let’s…
Fun Frog Pop Up
I spent a little time today making a FROG pop-up card to send to our grandsons:…
The DRAW Book
Less than two weeks until The DRAW Book is available! For those of you who have…
Artist of the Day!
Three and a half year old, Lydia Miller drew the lady bug and the snail!! …
Making my CHRISTMAS card
In the late ’60 and early ‘70s we had two doves at our house. Their names…
and coloring is even better!
Drawing is fun, and coloring is even better! Here are some things to color with. Markers…
Sharpeners
One of the most difficult things for little fingers to do is sharpen pencils. I…
A Few Quality Materials
It’s almost Christmas… and I am sure that some of you are thinking about getting that…
Let’s Talk Turkey
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the USA, which is one of my favorite Holidays. I know…
Seahorses have no teeth
According to the National Geographic “Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach. Food passes through their…
2 Ps for Peanut
Elephants love peanuts, and you’ll love drawing this elephant! You can click on this image and…
Happy Pumpkins
I wasn’t here last week; I was visiting my grandson and his brand new baby brother. …
A mini-tour of my studio…
here is a birds-eye-view of my tools & paints: I also use one of these: BUT…
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD
I am packing to spend time with my 18-month-old grandson, Nikolai while his mom & dad…
Get your pencils ready…
This little girl sitting in the corner of the page seems to be fascinated by the…
Quick Sketch of my Honey!
Here’s a sketch of my handsome husband, James! I hope you are all having a wonderful…
Painting a Rocking Horse
My husband and I painted a wooden rocking horse for our grandson. Here are some photos…
Christmas Stockings!
I spent a little bit of time with my grandson this past week. we had so…
Making a CROWN…
It’s fun to dress up and play KING….or QUEEN….or ANYTHING! Here is a pattern & directions…
Pretty In Pink coloring page
Well, the newest book in the I WANNA BE series is off to the printer…and here…
Draw a Kitty!
here are some photos from ART UNDER GLASS Festival at Bednar’s Farm & Nursery…where we signed…
Canonsburg School visit
Leda and I visited St. Pat’s again this past Friday, this time we spoke to the…
St. Patrick’s:
We had such fun visiting with the children of St. Pat’s yesterday! Nora Thompson and Leda…
Unlike Beatrix
Unlike Beatrix Potter’s tale of 2 bad mice… …these two mice are running freely, happily &…
West Mifflin Early Childhood Education Center
I had the pleasure of reading to a group of awesome three year olds this morning!…
The making of a Bookmark
Alright… I am a little new to this show-&-tell stuff: blogging the process of how I…
When I Am Quiet-first page
This is the layout for the first page of the book (the title page). The book…