Kaaren Poole

finished sea creatures art journal spread I’m amazed at how out of my box this art journal spread turned out to be. But then, it began...

Last week I took a “stay-cation” and spent most of my art time working in my latest art journal. It was so relaxing and fun. And beyond...

This week I decided to take a break from my usual routine and spend as much time as I can working on my current art journal. I realized...

a portrait of the cat as king Hope for Compassion I’m so pleased with my finished art journal spread, “When Cat is King.” On its surface,...

my tinted drawing of Cat as King Inspiration The inspiration for this, my latest art journal spread, comes from a mish-mash of sources....

A Calming Technique Suzanne Allard’s video classes got me started with simple florals and I’ve done a handful of pieces with them. But...

An Artist's Greatest Challenge As an artist, I can think of no greater challenge than creating art to memorialize a pet. I imagine many...

How I started on Redbubble A few months ago, I discovered Redbubble (a company producing print-on-demand products) thanks to a video...

Inspired by an on-line, self-paced class from Laly Mille, I’ve been working on this art journal spread. In Laly’s class, we were to...

The Mice have a Tea Party After many more hours, I finally finished my “Mice Have a Tea Party” piece. As I continue to work with colored...

After I finished “Mice in the Meadow,” I found that the little creatures were still on my mind and I wanted to draw them again. This time...

Another detour this week – down a little path that has nothing to do with the goals I’ve set for myself for this quarter. Oh, well. The...

fox fairy with foxgloves colored pencil drawing Creating this sweet fox fairy felt like a long slog (about ten hours), but it was worth...

first stage of a ginger cat watercolor I’ve been doing a lot of drawing lately, and have finished five different drawings of catS. I’m...

my garden's gift of a spring bouquet of sweet peas, daffodils, yarrow, and rose A few days ago I noticed the first sweet pea blossom of...

art journal spread of fanciful tropical birds inspired by Otomi embroidery This art journal spread came into being last Sunday. It was a...

I’m always amazed at the intensity of color many colored pencil artists achieve. I’ve never been able to do that, and I’m not sure why. A...

Here are my finished three bunnies, but it took a while to get here! When I don’t have energy for anything else, it seems that I can find...

After interrupting myself with a few other projects, I got back to my fox, sparrow, and flowers this week, and it’s finished! Those...

After a little side trail about chinoiserie, I returned to my latest art journal spread with my original intention—a profusion of frames....