Moleskines Arrived!!!

So a while back I put a few of my Moleskine sketches from my trip to New Haven into a contest by Chronicle Books.

I was selected as one of the 5 winners and just got my prize today:
A folio sized watercolor notebook!!
A standard sized sketchbook!!
A set of 3 small plain journals!!

Hurrah! Moleksines are SUCH nice books to draw in.

xo,
sam

Pie in the sky

Did you know I miss you?
I really do.

I'm sorry for everything too, you know.
I see both sides, you know.

I hate that I've hurt you.
I hate that you've hurt me.
I hate that you won't forgive me, even though I am so so sorry.

I hate that we are all three so self-destructive.
Were you always that way?
Was I?

I long for everything to be right.
For peace.
For my self not getting in the way.
For no more regrets that hang like heavy heavy bags of sand on my ankles.

[thud, thud, thud.....silence.]

Pie in the sky?
No, this is real.
This is no dream, it is coming.

or it's here.



love,
sam

p.s. if you click the image and then click "all sizes" above it in flickr, you'll be able to read the words on the original illustration (they're separate from what i wrote here.)

mermaid!

i'm still working away on the nesting dolls...

and busy with some other side projects.....

so, that's right! you get to see my sketchbook!

and yes, that IS a mermaid. it's okay, she's amphibious, so even though i didn't draw any water, she's surviving just fine there with the rest of the land-dwelling creatures.

love,
sam

moleskine doodle

inspired by a wolf parade song... i promise more goodies are coming tomorrow!

love,

sam

p.s. sorry to all my twitter friends who will find this "old news"... but then again that's part of the fun: you get to see everything first!  :)

daily illustration

well i hope everyone had a great labor day weekend. we did (see post below for evidence of apple picking!).

i am freelancing away from my computer all week, so posting might be a little lighter... and since i won't have time to do full out drawings, you're getting views inside my sketchbook :)

enjoy!
sam

unicycle

i really like this little lady....