Lots and lots of sales going on in my online shops right now.
Here are some of my faves…
My new Transformations Collection on Society6.
(I especially like the framed prints in 18x24.)
Art Licensing for Make Art That Sells Home Decor 2022, Mercury Glass
Art Licensing, Wood Product Ideas for #MATS Home Decor 2022
For this week’s assignment for #makeartthatsells Home Decor,
I used the linework and brushed ink drawings from my “mini” assignment and tried to create carved and inlaid textures in wood.
The little wooden dog figurine is my favorite. (:
Salutations and Hand-Drawn Lettering for Ceramic Collection, #makeartthatsells
Hand-lettering for this week’s class in Make Art That Sells.
I went with a series of antique typewriter-styles of lettering, focusing on “politeness” with varying salutations and RSVPs.
Have a favorite?
Linework Florals on Linen, Collection for MATS Home Decor 2022
My submission for #MakeArtThatSells, fabric week.
I worked on this on my flight from NYC to San Francisco using the drawings that I’d created for my “mini” exercises, and placing them on linen products. My favorite was the tea towel, mostly because I loved the yellow zig-zag stitch. (:
Make Art That Sells, Home Decor 2022, The Beginning
Week One of the Make Art That Sells Home Decor class!
This was an attempt at creating metal products with a focus on birds. I created a cockatoo with a gem for an eye as a brass lamp base + a laced lampshade (OR maybe a frosted glass lampshade). I also have a painted blue metal bird wall hanging. The bird sculpture can also be on TOP of the ring as a towel holder.
What do you think of these ideas?
Chickadee tattoo design for a wonderful new client
New tattoo design for a client, completed and on the flesh!
I created this “Three Chickadees” line drawing as one, continuous line. #itsallconnected.
Line drawing of three chickadees for a forearm tattoo.
Final tattoo on my client’s arm! (I did not do the tattoo, FYI. Just the design.)
Sugar Skull With Butterflies linework now in my t-shirt shops
Line drawing in blue and black (multi-color also available)
Ode to the American Doily
I have a new Americana-style collection, based on my love of doilies and antique lace.
It’s currently available as paper goods in my Zazzle shop, but I think it would be great for ceramic and glassware as well. Please reach out to me or my licensing agent, Liz Wain, if you’d like to discuss licensing the collection. Thank you!
New Silhouette Patterns
(Re-)embracing my love of navy blue and ivory, I’ve uploaded a few new designs to my Spoonflower shop.
I have a few more silo-style patterns to upload, so please keep an eye on my shop in the new few weeks.
Bull Sketch now available at Kirkland's!
I am so pleased to have my Bull Sketch at Kirkland’s!
It’s a large framed print on canvas, and it looks great. (:
More Character Play with MATS
Another character illustrated for MATS Bootcamp 2022
April’s assignment focused on drawing children. We were provided a fun story snippet of a young girl named Florencia who had a sidekick and a time machine!
I sketched a variety of kids’ bodies and studied their proportions, and I eventually came up with this young whippersnapper with a penguin sidekick.
My illustration for MATS Bootcamp 2022, April
Another year of Make Art That Sells Bootcamp!
I’ve been participating in the MakeArtThatSells.com Bootcamp since 2015, and the assignments never disappoint.
Instead of having an entirely new focus each month as in previous years, this year’s Bootcamp has an overarching theme of “Character Play.” We’ll be creating a character each month, both for book illustration and for toys and games.
I’ll update more in a few, but I promised myself I’d get this posted tonight. My submission for the illustration part of this month’s character, a happy little donut named Coco Moloko….
My illustration for this month’s Make Art That Sells Bootcamp. An assemblage of freehand ink drawing with a few pops of color.
Home Decor Plus course with MakeArtThatSells.com
Another course completed for MakeArtThatSells.com with Lilla Rogers and Margo Tantau: Home Decor Plus!
I’ve taken many classes with Lilla over the years, and once again, her style of teaching makes what might seem impossible (creating an entire collection in just a couple of weeks!) into something doable. By breaking creative tasks into bits, Lilla helps me work through an assignment incrementally, piece by piece, before my mind can get ahead of itself and feel stymied. Her courses really keep things moving.
I drew various icons based on our prompt and trend board first…
Some of the icons I drew for the initial prompt. Copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
And I drew more icons and played around with color…
More drawings and color tests for makeartthatsells.com course, Home Decor Plus. Art copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
I layered these drawings on various product templates and ultimately submitted this page with a blue texture on white ceramic. I called this collection “Peacock Mashup”.
“Peacock Mashup” collection in textured blue by Kendra Shedenhelm for the makeartthatsells.com course, Home Decor Plus. Art copyright 2022 Kendra Shedenhelm
All of this art is available for further viewing on my agent’s website as well, at wains-world.com. Please reach out with any questions!
Thanks again to Lilla and Margo for another wonderful and helpful class!
Love, animated
I’ve been trying some simple animations for my illustrations the past few weeks, and I find it very rewarding!
I often imagine my illustrations moving around but whenever I try to learn animation software, I don’t seem to have the patience for it. So instead, I’ve been creating multi-image artworks and uploading them to a gif-maker (I like Gifmaker.me so far), which turns them into an animated gif that I can download
With Valentine’s Day and my 15-year wedding anniversary in mind, here are a couple of love-themed works. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Illustration of Elizabeth Catlett for Redrawing Black History
For this week’s assignment for Redrawing Black History with Tamisha Anthony and Lilla Rogers, we illustrated a portrait of the great artist Elizabeth Catlett.
Elizabeth was a friend of my late friend and mentor, Emma Amos, and I found myself a bit emotional when reading about Elizabeth, as it was clear why she and Emma would have admired each other. Elizabeth seemed to balance immense determination and tenacity with incredible warmth and caring. She would invite Emma and other artists to her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She really seemed to choose how she wanted to live.
I included Elizabeth's quote: “Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people” because I feel it says a lot about her as a person and an artist.
Floral Ink Yearly Calendar for 2022
I have a collection of ink drawings now available as a 2022 wall calendar, called “Floral Ink.”
It was beautifully art directed by Graphique de France, with ivory tone and gold foil. You can find it in stores around the country too (I found one here at Walmart, for example). My mom has one and the quality is so gorgeous, she’s been turning the art pages into wall art.
Please keep an eye out for it, and let me know what you think!
My ink drawing wall art calendar for 2022 (16-month)
Weekly Block Print Exchange (Weeks 1 and 2)
Weeks 1 and 2 off my weekly block print exchange with fellow artist and friend, Elizabeth Lorayne.
Read MoreNew "Winter Treescapes" painting now available in stores!
A sample of my licensed painting arrived, and I love it.
It started as a small sketch, and it’s wonderful to see it brought to life like this. A beautifully rich black and white print with a substantial matte black frame. High fives to the art director and manufacturing team!
Please keep an eye out for this one at your local TJ Maxx/HomeGoods/Marshalls, and let me know if you need any help finding them. Thank you, thank you!
Redrawing Black History with Tamisha & Lilla
An exceptional new course is being offered by Lilla Rogers at Make Art That Sells called Redrawing Black History.
She’s teamed up with artist Tamisha Anthony to focus on black female artists that may have not made it into our history books, but have had an enormous impact on art movements, civil rights, and the world.
Before the class began, Lilla and Tamisha offered warm-up prompts with two incredibly important musicians, Betty Davis and Marian Anderson. I had never heard of either of them! WTF?! Wild and disturbing. And why I’m so grateful for this course.
Below are a couple of the sketches. I’ll post more portraits soon of more women we’re learning about. Please feel free to comment and share!
An ink brush painting of a woman. Inspired by my research of musician, Betty Davis.
Ink sketch by Kendra Shedenhelm of historical opera singer, Marian Anderson.