Hey guys! It's Katie.I jumped at the chance to help my friend Amy Stewart share the word about her new book. As you know, she's been instrumental in helping me enjoy my art journey and I know her new book will be enjoyable and informative for you. Without further ado, here's Amy! About ten …
Gimme that!
"Hey what's in that tin?" "Ok, give me one please." "Which chocolates are in here? Ok, I'll take one." "WAIT! Add this to the order please!" "OMG when you find these they're usually $100. I'll take it!" Welcome to summer shorts with GOW. Today's topic: Gimme that. I was …
Moon Units
36 hours in-state and I could see why New Mexico has a reputation for contact with alien life. You're SO HIGH UP (closer for space ships to land). There's NO COVER (lots of room for landing). It's . . . different. There's a musical highway*, for goodness sake. Before jaunting to NM, …
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
My headshot has been replaced with a genuine "Insert picture here" moment. I'll be back next month. I call my parents every morning while I'm taking Bogart to daycamp. One Friday after Thanksgiving Dad said he had something to discuss with me. Could I call him later? Here's what we had …
Try the Soup
"ORDER FOR KATIE!" I collected my ham biscuit from the counter of this bougie new place in Wilmington that's a coffee shop by day and a disco bar by night. It has the requisite mid century modern decor, a hipster name (The Ibis, cousin establishment to The Starling down the road) and a …
What Are You Going to Do With That?
"What are you going to do with that?" "Look at it occasionally." "Can I buy that?" "Uh, no. It's in my sketchbook." "You should sell those." During dinner after the first day of urban sketching workshops at MISA (Madeline Island School of Arts) on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, my fellow …
Do you see what I see?
"In a few months you'll drive by a building and you won't think 'yellow building', you'll think 'Cadmium yellow'," Amy said to me. "You'll look at something on Instagram and think, 'I wonder how they did that?' and then you'll try to figure out how to do it …
WHY DID THE PRINCIPAL CROSS THE ROAD?
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PARKING! DO NOT PARK DOWNTOWN! WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES FOR YOU! THOSE SPACES ARE AT THE CARMEL FOOTBALL STADIUM! DO PARK HERE: DO NOT PARK HERE: *sound of crosswalk button being pushed* "I love this place." If you watch this video you'll …
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Lego my Spaceship
"There are actually a high percentage of wholesale orders that come in off of your consumer emails." "Really?" "I'd say, this year it's probably 80% but we'll run the numbers." "Really?!?!" "Yeah. And I'm pretty sure I know why." Part of this conversation made me understand …
No pictures, please!
"No Photos" "No Videos" (They're moving locations and currently closed, so I snapped that pic through the window one night while walking to my car after EATING SOMEWHERE ELSE.) Ok, so first of all, I don't like that sign because it feels like I'm getting yelled at the second I …