GOOD GOOD LINKS FOR THE WEEKEND

Hello Friday, it's about time. Have a good one everyone!

Wes Anderson from Above via Siobhan Gallagher

Ok Go and Sesame Street join forces to teach you about primary and secondary colours.

Holy moly these cookies look deadly.

The best beanbag chair possibly ever.

How to open a beer using a sheet of paper.

An awesome colourful pair of socks.

A dreamy place to visit.

These Harry Potter Valentines are brilliant.

I also loved Alyssa's Valentines for Paper Bicycle.

A team shirt I can totally rock (via Where the Lovely Things Are)

And I forgot to mention last week that I was over at Ten Paces and Draw sharing an illustration for When I Grow Up week. You can see my illustration based off Natalie Andrewson's sketch right here. (And want to see what I wanted to be when I grew up? Nat's awesome illustration based off my sketch is right here)


photo from my instagram

EVERY PIECE

Was scrolling through the Uppercase blog this morning and ran across this sweet video. I am thoroughly graceless when it comes to anything three-dimensional or crafty, so paper arts really blow my mind.

ABIGAIL BROWN

Abigail Brown, aside from being an illustrator of many cute things, creates these fantastic bird figurines. The texture of all of the feathers and her colours create such a beautiful menagerie. Here are a few of my favourites. You can see more of her amazing work right here. (Now, if only there was a wood duck!)

PING SZOO

I love the gorgeous brush marks in the illustration work of Ping Szoo. Her gorgeous mark making and fantastic gestures (that fox? Looove it) really help to bring the wonderful characters in her illustrations to life. You can check out more of her work on her blog right here.

website // blog // twitter // dribbble

DENISE HOLMES—14 DAYS OF LOVE

Denise has been working on a little illustration series over on her blog for the past fourteen days. Fourteen Days of Love kicked off at the beginning of February and she challenged herself to create one sketch a day of people or animals with hearts. Even the Valentine's Scrooge in me loves it. I like to call Denise the master of the simply adorable—her characters are just so darn cute. You can check out the entire series right here.

website // blog // twitter // etsy // flickr

BITS OF MY WEEKEND

Had a fun weekend with friends. Melthouse, movies, and Apples to Apples with these kids. We had a mondo movie marathon that included Burn After Reading, Back to the Future, Beginners, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and a couple episodes of Freaks and Geeks. After the unusually warm winter we've been having, the frigid weather we had on Friday and Saturday was a bit of a shock. Had to go out on Saturday and was walking around with three layers of clothing on! How was your weekend?

ANNA BRON

My pal Anna consistently blows my mind with her beautiful work. I love the wonderfully weird ensemble of characters featured in this recent illustration of hers.

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