From hand-lettering adventures, to tutorials, to snapshots into my daily life, the Jillian Kaye Art blog has a little bit of everything.
My womb-to-tomb BFF Angela had a beautiful little girl this past autumn and, just a month before Luna made her arrival, I was part of a great team of ladies who threw her a lunar-themed baby shower! And when it comes to my part on a team, you KNOW I’m all about paper and design. I haven’t had a post on here about party design in a while but, whenever I have the opportunity to use design for my friends’ and family’s parties — I’m stoked!
Read MoreFor my art demonstration this year, I decided to do quick portraits (for free!) for whomever wanted one. I ended up doing 30 portraits (about 36-38 faces) in a span of 3 hours! I was confident I’d be able to do it but I had no idea how well it would be received. It was wonderful getting to know the people sitting across from me, learning their names and a little bit about themselves while I studied their face(s).
Read MoreHow fortunate that this bizarre time of self isolation would coincide with National Lettering Writing Month! For the past few years, I’ve been participating in a letterwriting campaign called #write_on. Each day in April, you write a letter. It’s that simple. Make the envelopes as fancy or as simple as you’d like. I prefer to go all-out.
Read MorePainting a mural… where to start? I work on a pretty small scale - both digitally and traditionally - and my painting experience has been limited to a canvas. Nonetheless, it was an itch I needed to scratch. I saw two options: I could tell clients I was offering this service, make up a pricing structure, have a client sign a contract, and hope for the best… or I could practice and make sure this was a service I could confidently offer.
Read MoreBoy, do they know how to have fun at Geekway to the West! This was my second time attending this convention - and I count myself very, very lucky that it is held in my hometown. People travel from across the country to attend Geekway and I drive for about ten minutes. I’m luckier than the two people who won Wingspan from the Play and Win! That’s a joke. Nobody is luckier than those two people - but more on that later.
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