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the roadside scholar showcases cool design, evocative art and handmade crafts, along with the stories of the nifty people out there who create them. with a writing style imbued with humor and a sense of purpose, the scholar seeks to chronicle lovely thing

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• tabitha bianca brown: miniview

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 13:38 in acrylic, art, artists, chalk, collage, cool, drawing, earthy, funky, graphite, illustration, loose

  Are you in a groovy, cool vintage-feeling mood right now? I am. I feel like curling my feet up under me in a Barcelona chair, grabbing a cold one and putting some old Chaka Khan tunes on my headphones...

• the art of veronika nagy

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 14:35 in art, artists, charming, drawing, dreamy, emotional, etching, etsy, illustration, layered, paintings, precise

  i don’t think i have mentioned this before, but i have been diligently building a fabulous etsy bunny collection. now that you know, looky here what just came in the mail from talented californi...

• hannah waldron illustrations

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 12:47 in delicate, drawing, flotsam & jetsam, limited edition, print, screenprint

  it is clear from her illustrations that uk artist hannah waldron has a great sense of style and color. hannah enjoys creating delicate, nonexistent worlds and places in her limited edition screenprint...

• andrea joseph drawings

  Posted on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 13:09 in art, artists, detailed, drawing, illustration, ink, pen, pencil

  beautiful pen, pencil and ink work from uk artist andrea joseph. see what’s on her mind right now at her blog. detailed, drawing, ink, pen, pencilshare this story...

• pascal campion illustrations

  Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 13:45 in art, artists, chunky, colorful, drawing, fun, illustration

  i like the colors and themes in this chunky line work from san francisco artist pascal campion. find these pieces at thumbtack press, say hi to pascal on his blog, and see his full portfolio here...

• hide and seek illustrations

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 13:00 in art, artists, digital, drawing, etsy, illustration, Paper, pencil, surreal

  kelly spotted these lovely illustrations on etsy and i love the childhood fairy tale motifs and this spooky/enchanting feeling they give off. they created by uk artist hidden eloise, aka hidenseek. th...

• one dollar sketches (yes, one dollar)

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 09:06 in affordable, art, artists, digital, drawing, etsy, fun, illustration, mini, soft

  you know, i am a big advocate of affordable art, and i’ve been saying lately that if i were to open a gallery or shop it would be filled with a majority of things from $2 on up, if anyone actual...

• cathy connolley illustrations

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 16:11 in artists, detailed, drawing, etsy, handmade, illustration, original, pen and ink, pretty

  check out these lovely prints and beautiful original pen and ink pieces by uk artist cathy connolley. a self-taught artist, she uses the pointillism technique to create many of the items in her nature...

• annie patterson illustrations

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 11:59 in artists, delicate, drawing, dreamy, illustration, original, pretty

  reader theresa pointed me to award-winning alaska artist annie patterson’s illustrations, and i am so happy that she did. annie is a published children’s book illustrator and has a delicat...

• polly becker illustration and assemblages

  Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 15:21 in artists, assemblage, drawing, fun, illustration, mixed media, pieces, precise, vintage, woodcut

  look here at these wonderful assemblages and woodcut style detailed pen and ink drawings from boston-based artist polly becker. i love this great vintage feel and carefully selected ephemera so precis...

• irena sophia art prints

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 10:23 in drawing, etsy, illustration, portrait, pretty, quiet, soft

  i need neutral today. i need to see simple fleshy color palettes and soft lines, serene scenes and quiet, so i am connecting so nicely with the work of new york artist irena sophia at this exact momen...

• asg letterpress art - new pieces

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 12:31 in affordable, drawing, illustration, letterpress, limited edition, print

  amy rowan’s asg letterpress series is continuing along, chock full of humorous, affordable and colorful artwork. check out the most recent pieces that have been made available to us: the decisi...

• natasha newton paintings and illustration

  Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 15:32 in acrylic, bird, clean, drawing, etsy, illustration, Nature, original, paintings, quiet

  i like the clean lines in these pretty little ink drawings and acrylic paintings from uk artist natasha newton. there is a lot of depth, texture and good positive energy swirling around here now that ...

• laura ferrara graphite drawings: miniview

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 08:31 in abstract, animal, contemplative, drawing, etsy, illustration, layered, miniview, miniviews, original, print, quiet

  too much noise isn’t good for the soul. sometimes i try to go to my zen place when i am driving by myself, because it’s practically the only time i am by myself. it doesn’t always wo...

• illustrations by koyori

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 08:30 in delicate, drawing, illustration, japan, painting, pretty, soft

  there is a talented and mysterious person in japan named koyori, who makes beautiful illustrations. i love the beautiful delicate style and strokes and the perspective in the scenes. and i can’t...

• dan mccarthy art

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 11:19 in cool, drawing, illustration, limited edition, night, painting, paintings, screenprint

  i love the dark blue hues in these very cool prints, drawings and paintings from multi-talented boston area artist dan mccarthy. dan creates work in many other colors besides blue of course, and e...

• michelle moode mixed media art

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 11:51 in abstract, curve, drawing, etsy, handmade, illustration, mixed media, original, print, soft, tea, thread

  my thoughts today are light, sprinkled and not particularly struggling to be organized (case in point: that last post was supposed to go live yesterday, but somehow i clicked private and it never went...

• alice evans illustrations

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 10:14 in book, drawing, handmade, illustration, original, Paper, sweet

  i enjoy all the illustration work i’ve seen from uk student and artist alice evans, but i think this handmade, one-off book called the book for bad days is extra sweet. see more from alice on ...

• michele maule mixed media: miniview

  Posted on Monday June 16th, 2008 at 14:02 in collage, drawing, encaustic, etsy, Flickr, illustration, layered, miniview, mixed media, playful, silkscreen, typewriter

  i think i have mentioned before that my father in law has this awesome collection of old typewriters? they’re all black, which is perfect and fine of course, but just a tad heavy to be filling m...

• gastón liberto art

  Posted on Friday June 6th, 2008 at 08:31 in Argentina, bloesem, drawing, dudua, Flickr, illustration, spain, surreal

  i stumbled across the wonderfully surreal work of argentina born, barcelona-based artist gastón liberto, after reading about the duduá shop at bloesem. gastón is inspired by circus and carnival ima...

• christopher ryan david digital prints

  Posted on Thursday June 5th, 2008 at 08:31 in digital, drawing, illustration, organic, pretty, soothing

  i have been saying for awhile now that i am going to tell you some select tidbits about myself since i’ve been tagged four times, but frankly i am not sure that i am interesting enough to write ...

• scott wade drawings

  Posted on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 at 14:54 in cool, drawing, dust, texas

  i am amused and slightly inspired to empty the contents of the old miele and start drawing stick figures, now that i’ve seen the marvelously detailed dust art of texas artist scott wade. scott l...

• julia pott illustrations

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 16:53 in colorful, drawing, graphic, illustration, London, original, whimsy

  loving these illustrations from london artist julia pott! purchase this whimsy and more at julia’s etsy shop and stop by her blog or website to say hello! via dear ada colorful, drawing, etsy...

• re jin lee art and ceramics

  Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 11:25 in black and white, ceramics, clay, cup, dawanda, dish, drawing, illustration, lines, minimal, modern, new york

  i saw this simple and handpainted porcelain and dish set on cribcandy the other day and decided to investigate. such beautiful minimal design! turns out, new york-based artist re jin lee, or rj, is no...

• flower themed product round up

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 08:31 in bag, ceramic, clay, contemporary, cool, drawing, flower, glass, home accessories, illustration, jewelry, metal

  flower power is on its way, but hasn’t arrived quite yet. here are a few selections to whet your whistle before the genuine articles arrive… sweet little ceramic dishes from leesa brinkle...

• handmade wood beacon bookmarks

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 08:31 in bookmark, cute, drawing, handmade, wood, words

  keep your place with these supercute $6 wooden bookmarks from the beacon bookmarks. jon and kristy try to use scrap wood whenever possible. i so need that yawn one right now. see the full collecti...

• fun zodiac art by the primped paperie

  Posted on Monday April 28th, 2008 at 08:31 in calgary, Canada, cute, drawing, horoscope, illustration, mintd, print

  i like the stylings of these whimsical zodiac prints from calgary’s amanda spicer that she makes for her primped paperie. and not just because my birthday is in less than a week either. amanda h...

• robert berguson illustrations

  Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 16:04 in abstract, drawing, illustration, loose, new orleans, pencil

  when i look at these scribbly color pencil graphic illustrations from louisiana artist robert berguson, i am taken away to an odd place where alien life forms are solving complex math problems. either...

• suzanne shade of the beholder: let’s chat!

  Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 12:16 in collecting, contemporary, curator, drawing, gallery, illustration, lets chat, mixed media, original photo, painting, paintings, suzanne shade

  i embrace living in the computer age, especially when it comes to collecting art. never before have we been able to see and enjoy the multitudes of choices available at our fingertips. the trick, howe...

• presto bingo prints

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 09:06 in animal, colorful, drawing, for kids, giclee, illustration, limited edition, Robot

  these vibrant limited edition giclee prints from baltimore artists (and husband and wife team) joyce hesselberth and dave plunkett were made specifically for their children’s line, presto bingo,...