IF: Sight

O is for Owl. This little screech owl has amazing sight. Pencil drawing made from a taxonomic specimen in a museum natural history collection.

ICON 7 and Applied Arts

Getting ready for ICON 7 in Providence, RI. I am doing the Rhode Show Bazaar, which means that I'll be vending my prints for the first time at this conference. Pure experiment. So that means I've been ordering backing board, clear bags and labels. ICON organizers Mark Heflin and Soojin Buzelli have sent out good resources to help out. 

Also received my copies of 2012 Applied Arts with my illo of Morran. Exciting, can't lie.

Owego NY Strawberry Festival

Festival © Peg Nocciolino 2012

The Owego Strawberry Festival is coming up soon. Its always a great time and this year will be especially important because of the flooding Owego suffered. Hoping its a good weather weekend.

Strawberry

Strawberry © Peg Nocciolino 2011

watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, digital

Identity

Working on a branding/identity project. Morning podcast was with Alina Wheeler. A really interesting take on the whole process. Her book Brand Atlas is on my wish list.

Getting very excited about the ICON 7 conference in RI.

dear maurice, thank you

inspirations from nature

© Peg Nocciolino 2012

decorative

Read Instead

Traveling and visiting family in Cambridge Massachusetts this weekend.  Inman Square had a little bookstore with this READ INSTEAD sign installation in the window:) Great food at East Coast Grill and Raw Bar at Inman Square and Harvest at Harvard Square. No museums this trip. Maybe next time. Love the Boston MFA. There is an Alex Katz print show there now through July 29, 2012. Next visit maybe:)

Read, travel, anything,... but skip the TV maybe...for awhile anyway.

Applied Arts 2012

Page from the upcoming Applied Arts magazine with my image of Morran as an Angel in Waiting,

winner in Public Service/Charity category:)

Bob and Joan

Wisdom

Maria Popova shared this wonderufl video on BrainPickings, and I wanted to share.

koi

Koi © peg nocciolino 2012

microgreens

Microgreens © Peg Nocciolino, 2012

sketchbook

podcasts & walking mornings

I've been listening to Debbie Millman's podcasts while walking mornings and watching Spring burst forth from every tree and garden cranny.

Its like a party I don't want to miss.

walking morning collection...inspiration for drawing later.

lettuce sown in a long rectangular clay pot and last years thyme coming back.

a new kind of carrot and thankfully last years parsely returns.

giant purple allium rearing their heads...stay tuned.

you can never have enough arugula(rocket)..one of the first things I plant and the one I plant continuosly all summer and fall. I love the way chives get so green and perky in the Spring. And the garlic grows on!

 I have been listening to Debbie Millman 's podcasts with various designers, illustrators, writers, and typographers. Today was a podcast interview with SwissMiss superblogger Tina Roth Eisenberg who I found really inspiring. I love her easy to do app Teux Deux which she launched in 2009. I love her keep it simple design aesthetic. She has worked for ThinkMap and Visual Thesaurus which is so helpful sometimes depending on the project.

via Visual Thesaurus

Its a Book by Lane Smith

As much as I appreciate new techology, there is something about a book...

Have a very reading weekend:)

two olive branches

Olive branches © Peg Nocciolino 2012

Two olive branches, one stylized and one more realistic.

botanical work