Globe & Mail

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of creating an illustration to accompany an essay by Leslie Beckman in the Globe & Mail. It was an amazing piece of writing discussing the power of opening the doorway to conversation with a simple "hello", and the incredible stories that others have to share.

A little something different for me, playing around with composition and cropping without falling back on type.

Back from The Big Apple

So the conference has come and gone; so has my week of amazing food, hot sun, and late nights.
This is one of the pieces I made while attending Katherine Streeter's collage workshop. The other two can be seen on my website.

For Tim.

obligatory summer update

Here's a page out of the collaborative sketchbook I have been working on; this one is all me.

I have recently signed up for the 2012 Sketchbook Project under the subject "I Remember You" - stay tuned for progress shots! I'm so excited to be a part of this.

In two weeks I'll be in the big apple for 3x3's Nuts & Bolts Conference. I am beyond excited.. 2 days of illustration saturation, and then finishing off the week with good food and tired feet in one of the craziest cities in the world.

ALSO! My book is now available for purchase through Blurb - it's a 160-page collection of my sketchbook pages from 2008-2010, and was featured at my grad show back in April.




Until next time...

How Kayla got her groove back.

I have been drawing like mad for the past few days. After starting a collaborative sketchbook with a friend and scouring the art mags at Indigo, I've somehow regained my inspiration. In addition to starting pages like there's no tomorrow, I am also anxiously awaiting $100 worth of art & design books from Chapters - a little 5x bonus airmiles was a very enticing factor.

Rethink & The Grid

Last night I took part in a huge art project for The Grid. A group of us were brought together by Rethink to create some street art using sidewalk chalk to draw attention to the re-branding of Toronto's Eye Weekly which has now changed over to The Grid; and also to create some buzz and friendly battles on Twitter.