Winter Series

I will be showing artwork in galleries and artwalks in the area soon, so I am painting away! This is for a series of winter cards that will be sold at gallery Viotlethour this Friday night in Fullerton. Enjoy!

Happy Fall!

I hope everyone is enjoying their time of marigold leaves and cooling winds! Here is a sketch that I created today with ink and colored pencils!

Halloween Sketch Day

It was Halloween Sketch Day at Marilyn's last weekend and we sure had fun sketching the little rascals in their costumes!

Adam's Birthday Card

It was my friend Adam's Birthday this weekend and I wanted to make him a specialized b-day card so I saw that his recent facebook photo was of him and his baby on his birthday so I did a cat version of them.. Enjoy!

Website Brainstorm Sketches

I must get heathersoodak.com running! I am designing it and doing some rough sketches for each page this one is for the bio page, and I was just thinking about who I am in these. Since my printer/scanner broke this copy is not as good quality but I will probably redo some of these anyway. More to come!

Postcards of Laguna Mural Submission

My entry for the "Postcards of Laguna" Mural Competition. The sketch is 10x14". I found out about this last minute, and LOVE murals, so decided to scrounge and go for it! So I ran down to Laguna in the midst of my crazy schedule, took a bunch of reference pictures- running from one side of town to another, fighting the sun going down I was so proud that I got what I needed. I did a collage type deal, combining my experiences from my art school days in Laguna Beach. It's not my favorite sketch in the world but I am proud I did it in such a short amount of time. I won't find out for a month or two, but I'll keep you posted! Thanks for looking!

Sketchbook Excerpts: 1st week of school

These sketches help describe last week a bit:

It was the first week of teaching art and it was hectic!
I worked all day until I went to sleep and I couldn't sleep
very well because my mind was full of work.


So I worked really hard until I crashed.



Then I got sick and watched a lot of burn notice.

Now I am reminded to take it a bit easier. I was glad for the 3-day weekend. Hope this next week goes a bit better.