The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

I finished my book! The last two illustrations were completed this morning! Below is an overview of everything I drew in December but you can also see it all in a little bigger format here. In total I have 115 poems and 50 illustrations. After editing, I imagine there will…

Here is yesterday’s illustration. I’m pretty happy with it, was a tricky one, but I took it a step at a time and finished in about 2 hours. It’s really been a struggle to do these last few drawings. My new deadline for finishing my book is December 18th. I…

So I finished Inktober! Finally. Here is my last drawing and then an overview of everything I did starting the last week of September. I managed to do 37 drawings in total, but two of those I didn’t end up sharing because they were complete duds (but I did put…

For Inktober day 30 I did a rose to illustrate a poem that is a play on a medieval Christmas hymn that I love, Maria Walks Amid The Thorn. I pulled lines from the hymn and weaved them into the poem. A white rose blooming in the darkness seems meaningful…

I don’t really like this one very much but it’s not so bad I can’t share it as an Inktober entry. It just isn’t good enough for my book. I only have two drawings to go. I’ve already got one for tomorrow. Working on getting both the remaining drawings done…

So I am several days ahead for Inktober. I only have two drawings left to reach the coveted 31, so tomorrow I am going to get up extra early and finish both those drawings so I can just take a break from art for the remaining days of the month…

For Inktober day 26 I did an illustration for a poem that included daisies in the imagery. I had never drawn a daisy before but it wasn’t too difficult. I wanted a black background because the poem is about death and unfinished business. Not the type of poem that merits…

I’m pretty happy with this Inktober drawing. It was tricky and took quite a bit of time to figure out, but I was successful in the end. I removed a lot of the small lettering off the can to make the drawing a little more simple. How much would you…