You asked for it--you got it!

Let me introduce my latest LeaKarts goodies--magnet sets! The first set is called "Inner Woman" and the second is "Wild Animals." They are tiny prints of my artwork carefully sealed on the back of fabulous glass squares and attached to super-strong magnets and packaged in super-cute tins.

Thanks to the survey contest that I had a couple of weeks ago, these are the first in a number of items that I will soon be offering in my shop. More to come, including pocket mirrors, prints, and.....well you'll just have to wait and see!

Planet Earth Sketches

Indigo and I recently finished watching the BBC series, "Planet Earth" on DVD. A truly stunning series, with footage that beats the pants off of any nature special you have ever seen before. It was aired on the Discovery Channel, but if you have not seen it already I would highly recommend picking it up. I would also recommend the original BBC version narrated by David Attenborough as the American version has Sigourney Weaver narrating, and while I love her acting, her voice is not nearly as interesting to listen to as Attenborough's.

While I was watching, I couldn't help but pick up my sketchbook and start drawing, especially during some of the episodes I had already seen. Most of my work is figurative, and while I have a lot of experience drawing people, I have much less drawing animals. It was fun to catch some of their movements on paper, and I came up with some really fun sketches, like the baby elephant pictured above.