Annie Parsons

What’s in my Art Library (and how I found it)

Happy Spring! I’m so glad to have longer days filled with more sunshine.All the Vitamin D (plus the absence of my annual winter blues) is giving me a lot more energy to create. Something else that I always find inspiring is my collection of art-related books. Looking at other artists’ work on Pinterest and InstagramContinue reading “What’s in my Art Library (and how I found it)”

Things I’ve Made as a Children’s Library Staffer

You’ll already know this if you saw my Meet the Artist drawing that I posted on Instagram last week, but in addition to my art shenanigans, I work as a children’s library staffer (fun fact: there’s some debate over the qualifications one needs to earn the title “librarian”). It’s absolutely the perfect “day job” forContinue reading “Things I’ve Made as a Children’s Library Staffer”

Frost Light!

Hey, it’s my first blog post of 2023! Looking back on my 2022 art projects, the shining star of the year was definitely illustrating my first book cover! Frost Light by my dear friend Danielle Bullen released on December 15th, culminating almost a full year of research, collaboration, and drawing. Working on this book taughtContinue reading “Frost Light!”

Foodtober 2022 (the sequel)!

Happy Official Christmas season! I had a wonderful Thanksgiving break eating delicious food, watching old episodes of David Suchet’s Poirot, and playing Pokémon Scarlet. Before the calendar changes to December, I wanted to bid a final farewell to Foodtober 2022 with a quick retrospective of some things I loved and learned last month. During thisContinue reading “Foodtober 2022 (the sequel)!”

Foodtober 2022!

Happy Fall! Even though the season has only just officially changed , I’ve been ready for cooler, cozier weather since August. In a few days we’ll start one of my favorite Fall traditions- Foodtober! Foodtober is an October art challenge that I started back in 2019 with a really simple premise: drawing food illustrations everyContinue reading “Foodtober 2022!”

Red Winged Blackbirds

This week I’ve entered my first Spoonflower design challenge in over a year! Earlier this year, my family installed a bird feeder in our backyard. We’ve had a great time watching the birds that visit and identifying the various species. When Spoonflower announced the Birding theme for this week’s challenge, I knew I wanted toContinue reading “Red Winged Blackbirds”

My Bullet Journal made me better at hand lettering

Here’s a confession: hand lettering used to terrify me. For a long time, the internal editor that I’ve pretty much learned to silence when I’m drawing ran wild when I made anything with words on it. All of my lettering work looked shaky, forced, and wrong, especially when I compared it to the smooth, pristineContinue reading “My Bullet Journal made me better at hand lettering”