Karen Tessandore

  • Another winter swirly sky

    I thought I’d share this peaceful winter scene.  Although it was drawn/painted a couple months ago, this is it’s debut.  I usually try to post something I’m currently working on, but tonight I spent tweaking & uploading buttons to be printed.  Very exciting to me – but nothing really to show you yet!  🙂 An

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  • Swirly Sky

    Here’s the drawing I was working on last night.  I was going to color the whole thing (and may still) but I really like how it came out with just the night sky.  I painted the sky with acrylics & photographed it while it was still wet to give a little sparkle.  Kinda neat. I’m

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  • It’s beginning to look a lot like…

    Christmas!  Well, not outside it's not…no snow yet!  But I wanted to get a start on a little Christmas card.  Here's the cozy scene from my table tonight… Yes, in the corner is the bird I was working on a week ago – still no feet!  Poor bird.

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  • New work + artists to check out

    Here’s a preview of Sarah, who will be posted at the shop later today.  Very stylish, isn’t she? While looking around online tonight, I found a couple artists I wanted to mention.  The first is Jaime Zollars.  I really like her illustrations, particularly this one that’s a different take on a Christmas scene.  Kind of

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  • Dreaming of her Garden

    I haven’t come up with a good name yet for this lovely girl, any ideas?

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  • Tulip Girl

    Just a little preview of the next drawing.  The full color version of this dreamy girl will arrive in my shop later today!

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  • Felt + Cupcake =

    A wee tiny pin cushion – so cute!!   I had seen these online at Jen Segrest’s shop at Etsy and thought they were great.  Then I picked up a magazine at the store tonight – Sew Stylish Gifts to Make and saw that she had an article with full directions on making her Bottlecap

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  • Is it Februrary already?

    Between the felt heart from last night’s post and these seasonally-out-of-step treats, you might wonder if my calendar is on the wrong page.  I’m just going through a pink phase…don’t worry – it will pass. In the meantime, anyone want a Chocolate Cherry cupcake? Good night 🙂

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  • Process vs. Product (and a little felt…)

    I notice a theme emerging here after only 4 posts.  I jump around a lot when it comes to projects!  I always have 2 or 3 (or 10) different things going at once.  I’ll work on one for awhile, then abandon it totally for up to years at a time.  But I usually aways swing

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  • dRaWiNgS

    I started off a couple days ago with posting one of my drawings, but I neglected to say that this is a whole new medium for me.  I always wanted to draw, but just never could come up with anything that was quite right.  For some reason – and I’ll credit my snazzy new woodless

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