The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

So the past two days I did a drawing and a poem. Been working on my creative practice every morning at 6:15am sharp. The poem goes with the drawing. I’ve decided to pair my medical drawings with my poems. Eventually it will culminate in a second book, but that is…

So today I picked up my oil pastels and did a drawing for the first time in a long while. I no longer am trying to do so much in one day. As long as I get something creative in, be it writing or art, for around 30 to 45…

So I’ve been editing my book the past week and haven’t done any art. Going to change that today and work on an oil pastel. I sort of know the direction I want to go now, it’s just a matter of getting more competent with the medium so that I…

So I started doing drawings for my new series. I wanted to do some pen and watercolor studies before I dive into oil pastels. I’m feeling a bit nervous about trying a brand new medium. Not expecting much at first, it’s going to be a learning curve, but I think…

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…