Carl Larsson was a Swedish illustrator during the Arts and Crafts movements. His incredible paintings provide tastes of rich family life out in nature and in the home. The traditional Swedish color palette paired with renderings of Larsson's cultural and familial traditions are magical. He…
I am beginning a little sketchbook series where I will be sharing a handful of my favorite illustrators. The order in which I post about them is not correlated with any ranking system. I'd rather not choose one favorite because they are all too good. But in case you, my reader, do not know these ill…
My question for you is, have you ever heard of a commonplace book? I just learned about it this past year and fell in love with the idea. The tradition of the commonplace book dates back as far as the 2nd century A.D. and its name originates from the latin term “locus communis,” which means a genera…

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