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...

This poor barn owl and her friend have been waiting soooo long for me to finish their portrait. I think the last time I worked on this...

I’m excited to be finished with a longer term project I’ve been working on and to now be able to get back to several pieces that I’d...

Sadly, here in the United States, our election has become a time of heightened stress for so many people. It makes me sad, especially...

Strawberry Shortcake is now finished! I must admit that this spread makes little, if any, sense, but it’s just what came to me, and...

I’m still working on a project that has a pretty tight deadline, so I haven’t been able to create anything new to share with you this...

Deep in my memory is the suggestion of an amazing image—a pale deer. I think maybe it was from Ivanhoe , but don’t quote me on that....

Illustration from my book A Milkweed Christmas – Sweetbrier Sett WARNING! MISH-MASHY CONTENT! Last Thursday I called in sick to my...

I’m continuing to work on my art journal spread of the deer. Clearly, she’s not a normal deer, but I’m unsure of exactly what she is....

It was so good to work on a new art journal post this weekend, and this time, I reverted to my usual process where I begin with a...

The very beginnings of this art journal spread sat on my worktable for several weeks before I got back to it. I wanted to finish it, but...