She writes:
“Nice uplighting on the grand dame buildings.”

Lilla found Mike’s illustrated book, Sea Animals/Jungle Animals in a Madrid bookstore.

Lilla will be speaking on Trend and Influences in Surface Design at the Instituto Europeo di Design.

She sent us this picture of the Instituto.

Lilla is in Spain this week and will be sending in pictures of interesting sights from her travels.

Here is the view from her hotel balcony and a snapshot of a manhole cover.

Wedneday: Map of Marco’s family trip to Cuba.

Sarajo writes us:

“Hi all,
These are photos of the sketchbooks I used when creating the artwork for Noonie. Noonies’s Masterpiece, written by Lisa Railsback, was originally going to contain about 50 drawings in black and white or possibly one color. The book is written in the first person, and the idea was I would channel my “inner” Noonie, a fourth grader, as though I were Noonie drawing in my sketchbook. Eventually the scope of the project changed when it was decided the entire book would be in full color with drawings on nearly every one of the 200+ pages!

Because of the way this project evolved, first in black and white and then color, I wanted to keep the sketchbook feel and be able to use all the drawings that had been completed by the time full color was approved. My working process involved scanning lots of drawings and collage elements into photoshop where I created the final artwork. I’ve included a few screen shots of what these files look like—lots of layers! Layering enabled me to try different approaches to the artwork, and send all of these versions to the book designer, Amelia Anderson, at Chronicle Books for feedback. Noonie was a very special project to work on and I am so happy to have had this opportunity!

(I received my sample books in the mail today—so I included a few pix of those!)

Cheers,
sarajo”

Noonie’s Masterpiece is available for purchase here.

Wedneday: Map of Marco’s family trip to Cuba.

No kidding. Check it out here. Here’s Hsinping’s art available for your every own window shades!

Monday: The Making of Sarajo’s new book, Noonie’s Masterpiece.

Susy does the most amazing people and textures and style.

Friday: Create window shades with Lilla Rogers Studio artists’ art!

See more of Lisa’s work here.

Wednesday: New work by Susy Pilgrim Waters for Family Circle

Jillian writes:

“Hi Lilla, I spotted my artworks in Paperchase on Friday. They’re bringing more products in over the next few weeks/months. The Pea valentine card is the main window display! Very excited. I can’t wait to see what they do with the A-Z animals and Travel Girls! x”

Monday: Lovely new paintings by Lisa DeJohn

See more of Marco’s work here.

Friday: