Category: Nancydraws

• I love Pinterest!

  I began using Pinterest last year as an experiment to showcase my artwork and my illustrated characters’ lives as well as images or subjects that inspire my creativity. I have recently found it useful as a way to collect images for research related to my illustration projects. I am taking part in an online Skillshare…

  Nancy C. Sampson

  May 27, 2014

  art, artistic process, create, creative process, Drawing, hand, ideas, illustration, illustration resource, inspiration, Nancydraws, sketch, Uncategorized

  class, drawing, DrWho, Pinterest, quote, reference, research, sketch, Skillshare

• Free Art! “Turban Lady” Edition

  In recent months I have been thinking about different ways of getting my art into other people’s hands as a fun way to get some attention for my artwork. Being a self-marketing machine gets pretty dull and repetitive, and for the amount of time I put in, it is often without much reward or acknowledgement from the public. What…

  Nancy C. Sampson

  May 7, 2014

  artistic process, city life, Fashion, Free, friends, fun, illustration, inspiration, Nancydraws, New York City, prints, shopping, spring, surprise, Uncategorized

  #shopping #art #illustration #promotion #secret #NYC #NewYork #5thAve #Manhattan #secret #free #departmentstore

• Holiday Spirits are Rising!

  My 20% off sale went well and now I have 3 Multi-Pack orders to work on. (Thanks Holly M., Stacy M., and Christina R.!) I’m printing out my customers’ cards right now, under the mistletoe… well, not quite, but I did decorate my place last night. (see above) I also finished up the latest addition…

  Nancy C. Sampson

  December 5, 2010

  christmas, decorations, gift tags, Nancydraws, The Nancydraws Shop

• Here Come the Holidays!

  Here’s what my drawing table looked like yesterday as I prepared and packaged my gift tags for sale at The Nancydraws Shop. I’ve posted sets of 3 of the gift tags, each inspired by one of the cards I also have posted: Adele and Henri at the Skating Rink:http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34853263 Vintage Ornaments:http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34855527 An Urban Christmas:http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=34854459 You…

  Nancy C. Sampson

  November 23, 2009

  cards, christmas, etsy.com, gift, gift tags, holiday, illustration, Nancydraws, shopping