Year Of The Tiger Begins!
Each year I create a new illustration for the Lunar New Year. It is so fun to do the research into the meaning of the animal each year...
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Nicole
Nov 18, 20211 min
Illustrating an idea
A great illustration starts with a creative idea. For me, it is like packing a good snowball. You start with a small crumb of an idea and...
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Nicole
Oct 8, 20211 min
I love my job!
I have done many jobs in my life from from the age of 7 with my newspaper route to working in a factory during graveyard shift welding...
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Nicole
Mar 19, 20211 min
Beat the eraser habit!
It is easy to get caught up on erasing, redrawing, and erasing, over and over until the paper is muddy, messy and sometimes torn. You end...
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Nicole
Feb 12, 20211 min
The Year of the Bull
The year of the bull starts tomorrow and I think the bull will be a welcome change in 2021. It will be a year of hard work through...
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Nicole
Jan 13, 20211 min
Illustrations in the box!
This winter, my advisor suggested I offer holiday Illustrations on custom greeting cards. True to form, I went into the idea full force...
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Nicole
Dec 5, 20201 min
New YouTube Channel!
People have been asking me for years to do a YouTube channel, but I just didn't want to and felt I didn't have time. There is the...
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Nicole
Nov 25, 20201 min
The best holiday card ever!
Well, I'm not sure if it is the best ever, but that is what my husband thinks and suggested I write, lol. I have been working hard on my...
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Nicole
Nov 12, 20201 min
Get off your rear, explore & sketch!
I'm not sure about you, but I get sick of sitting in front of the various screens hunched over staring at the glow. Like me, are you...
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Nicole
Nov 12, 20201 min
Opportunity for Teens
Know a creative teen? The 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are open for submissions! Creative teens can submit work in 28 categories...
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Nicole
Sep 27, 20201 min
A Tiny Visitor
I found a tiny little visitor who was lost in the studio. A baby Shrew. Shrews are not rodents, but are actually related to hedgehogs!...
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Nicole
Sep 10, 20201 min
School without backpacks?
Before 2020, I never would have thought school could start without the need for a backpack, but here we are going to school on-line. No...
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Nicole
May 25, 20201 min
My favorite travel watercolor box by far!
I love to sketch and watercolor while traveling across the world or just in my own backyard and have tried many different watercolor...
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Nicole
May 15, 20201 min
Participate in Yard Art Day!
Between now and June 15th, create some art in your yard which can been seen from the road to participate in this grassroots national...
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Nicole
Apr 28, 20201 min
Draw Live Animals with Me!
The past couple of months have been a bit of a blur, trying to find my footing and adapting to the new world of COVID-19 craziness. With...
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Nicole
Dec 28, 20191 min
Illustration for Grandma!
I am contacted for many reasons in request of Illustrations. Most recently I was contacted to create an illustration to be used in...
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Nicole
Nov 20, 20191 min
Bunnies in the studio!
I try to draw from real life whenever possible and so when I was hired to illustrate for a book with the main character as a real bunny,...
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Nicole
Oct 3, 20191 min
Classes are underway in the studio!
It is so fun each fall meeting all the new students, reconnecting with students who take a break over the summer and getting back into...
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Nicole
Jul 16, 20191 min
Summer fun, a great time to connect with family and nature at Monahan Studio!
During the summer months we all look for fun activities to do with our family and to spend some time outside. One option is to bring...
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Nicole
May 1, 20191 min
Love the warmth and life spring brings!
#spring#tireswing#sunsets#Illustration
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