Its been pretty quiet around here… I’ve been posting mainly via Instagram– I just find it much more intuitive to create posts, and I don’t feel the need to write a whole long thing for each image. But I’ll try to come back here once in a while and do some longer-form posts.
Anywho, here’s another Illustration Friday drawing! The Log Lady’s log. Also Day #2 of my 100 Days of Sketches project, which I am also posting on Instagram.
Hmm, am I sensing a theme, Illustration Friday?
Instead of pearls, salted caramel truffles!
I’ve been absent for a long, long time. There are several reasons, one of which is a book.
I’m currently working on my very first picture book (!), written by Kimball Crossley and published by Two Little Birds Books. Here’s a blurb from their website:
Elizabeth is a girl who likes things just so. When she spends the day with Dad, sometimes things are a little bit different. She and her little sister, Lulu, take us through a day with Dad; and while everything may not be to Elizabeth’s taste, it’s about being with the person who loves you more than anything in the world. Learning to accept each other’s differences is all
part of being in a family! Whimsical illustrations by Kate Gamb bring Elizabeth’s story to life in a way that is sure to delight.
Its due to be published late this fall, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to see it published. I still have a lot of work to do, but here’s a little preview of what’s to come.
If you follow me on Facebook you’ve seen these already, but if you haven’t, here are a few of the pieces I will be exhibiting at Spatium Invisius: The Invisible Spaces next Friday at Hot Pop. The work will be up from January 16- February 21. If you’re in the Milwaukee area, please come out!
A little lighting study for a painting I’m working on just happened to mesh perfectly with this week’s Illustration Friday. The painting is for next month’s Spatium Invisius show at Milwaukee Gallery, Hot Pop. I’ll post more as the month goes on (though I’ll probably update my Facebook page more often.)
Here’s a preview of some new things that will be going up in my Etsy shop soon. Brand new jewelry and a selection of hand painted Moleskine sketchbooks.
(You also may have noticed that I’m playing around with the themes- this is Step One of my blog facelift. There will be a little more to come.)
Hello, All! In the interest of clearing out old things to make way for shiny new ones, I’m having a little sale at my Etsy shop. Its 30% off of selected cards and prints. Just click on the ‘Sale’ section.
Dropout:
Well, that was fast. Unfortunately, I couldn’t keep up with posting every day for the Milwaukee Art Marathon, though I have been drawing or painting every day. Meh, oh well. In the interest of posting here a bit more frequently though, here are some of the sketches I’ve done over the past few days.
Late last week I also finished my work for a collaboration with the food blog Reel Cuisine. My post is not up yet (I’ll let you know when it is- should be in two weeks) the site is still worth checking out in the mean time. Here’s a preview of one of the spot illustrations I did:
New Start:
If anyone reading this frequents my blog (hi Mom) I should also note that I’ll be changing some things up in the next few weeks. I’ve been thinking of ways to keep this site going despite my waxing and waning enthusiasm for posting content. I like the idea of having an art blog, but I don’t like the idea of having a half-assed art blog, which is sort of what this is. It means a lot that so many people have followed me over the years, so I feel like I kind of owe it to myself/everyone to take another shot at making this blog Legit (plus I love to over-think things.) Upcoming changes:
– Blog name & URL. I came up with the name back when I was mainly working in coffee, and thought KateTea (get it? Kate Tea? Instead of Katie? Because I served Tea? *crickets*) was terribly clever. But now its 0% relevant, and has been a consistent source of annoyance.
– Editorial calendar. To combat my ‘ughh, what should I write about now??’ blues, I’ll be (or, trying to. Always trying.) posting regularly scheduled content that I’ve decided upon ahead of time…not the second I sit down at the computer once I remember I have to post something. This will still include Illustration Friday, works in progress and new items. I’d also like to start posting simple DIY projects kind of like the pendant project I posted last year.
– A new template. The setup will definitely be changing. Expect bigger, more lovely pictures and a crisper layout.
I’ll continue to post here, but expect the new stuff to roll out around August 20th. Thanks for sticking around 🙂
Katie Gamb 