Kaaren Poole

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to encounter trouble once I ventured outside my color comfort zone. Purple, red, and orange: what...

With this drawing, I was trying to accomplish a full value range with pencil, and I think I succeeded. There are areas that are the...

I was enjoying drawing with Ida Anderson Lang’s 2025 New Year’s Drawing Retreat so much that I just kept on drawing after the retreat was...

I incorporated a few new things in my latest art journal spread, "Hares and Moon." It’s graphite pencil and collage, where the collage...

I’m giving myself a treat these nine days! I’ve joined Ida Anderson Lang’s 2025 New Year’s Drawing Retreat and am really enjoying it, as...

For years—even decades—I’ve been dreaming of making a mouse house for a Christmas decoration and I’ve finally done it. Almost! I was on...

Last week I posted the first part of a very short story (which I call a “vignette”) along with its illustration. Here’s the second and...

Some months ago I felt burned out on writing and illustrating books. The writing would take at least three months, but often much more....

I finished another of my projects which had been languishing partly finished. It’s a triptych with my patron saint, St. Melangell. It's...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, of course I’m reflecting on all the things I have to be thankful for, and close to the top of...