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PaperSparrow
www.papersparrow.typepad.com/papersparrow
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Art and Cello by Andrea.
#2838 in All , #43 in Art

Weve Moved!

Its been a little quiet around here, and thats because weve moved online to another space. You can now find more frequent updates at www.papersparrowblog.com Look forward to seeing you over there soo...

1 day ago 1 person likes this

Auctions

Ive been trying out a new site, TopHatter to list some Paper Sparrow goodies in an auction setting. Theres a little auctioneer and hes even got a gavel. 10 Paper Sparrow Greeting Cards of your choice...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

The Typewriter

Another poster inspired by a piece of music. This time its Leroy Andersons The Typewriter Heres the great Jerry Lewis embodying this piece of music starting at around 0:35 seconds.

07 may 12

The Four Seasons

Inspired by Antonio Vivaldis Four Seasons.

03 may 12

Folk Inspired Paintings

I painted a new set of folk inspired pieces the other day. Here are three of the set. The Dala Horse The Chalet The Windmill

01 may 12 1 person likes this

Carnival of the Animals

Another nursery poster that I hope to get printed before a few summer shows Ive got coming up. Its hard to pick a favorite movement in this piece, but the glass harmonica sounds really ethereal in th...

23 apr 12

Rhapsody in Blue

I started a new project of music posters, mostly classical, but therell be some others thrown in there on occassion. Rhapsody in Blue I wanted it to look like the layers of New York with the subway u...

16 apr 12

T-shirt TIme

Just put up a new tee for scoring on Threadless. This one might be my favorite yet. Please head over and vote. In other news, I decided to make the arrows tee available in my society6 shop with some ...

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

Wigwam Waltz

Another painting of two foxes, this time playing in a teepee. Buy the Original painting here.

09 apr 12 1 person likes this

The Flying Foxes

Two crazy foxes in a hot air balloon, They like to go shopping on a Sunday afternoon, So up, up, up in the balloon they fly, Quickly up to the bright blue sky. They hop over traffic, fields and trees...

06 apr 12

Peter and the Wolf

If you grew up a music nerd like me, then you had tons of music/education cassettes. I had a few favorites, Peter and the Wolf being one of them. I designed this poster with that cassette in mind. If...

05 apr 12 1 person likes this

Spring Picnic

I've been enjoying the lovely mild weather and the spring-time blooms to have lots of iced tea and picnics. I painted these two enjoying the lovely spring weather in a field. Painting - now ava...

05 apr 12

Its Poster Time.

Two new posters I designed for the shop. I love being able to offer a few prints in larger sizes and I'm finding it a fun challenge to design things for a larger size. I've added another ...

29 mar 12

New Things

I just finished a small shop update with some new things I've been working on. I can't believe how fast the year is flying by. I wanted to get in some new items before the Bust show in mi...

29 mar 12 1 person likes this

Threadless Tee Submission - Toxophilus

Submitted another tee to Threadless for scoring. I based it on my arrows pattern. Take aim! Whether you're a cupid or a lover of the longbow - you'll love this arrow tee. Hope you had a ...

26 mar 12

Woodland Frames - Updated Patterns

I wanted to update my Woodland Frame pattern and came up with a few new animals for the mix. Like the first version, I made this into a pattern at Spoonflower. I can't believe how quickly 2012...

21 mar 12 2 people like this

Musician in the Rain

Inspired by Doisneau's famous photograph of the same name, I painted these musicians on a rainy day in London. It's raining, it's chilly, the streets are gray Despite the lousy weather...

20 mar 12

Pictures at an Exhibition - Animal Woodland Frames

Another take on my Woodland frames, this time featuring more animals and fun wallpaper. The mini hedgehog was fun to draw, he's got on a bright coat for the spring weather.

17 mar 12 2 people like this

Illustrators I Adore: M Sasek

A classic goodie, M Sasek wrote those amazing This is (fill in the blank books) that I adore thumbing through every time I see them. (source) The London one is my fav, probably because it makes me a...

16 mar 12 3 people like this

Cats in Photobooths Take 2

I posted a few mini paintings of cats in photobooths a few weeks back, but decided to go with a digital illustration for this print. It features 30 different cats in outfits and hats on a "yea...

15 mar 12

Wonderful Narwhals

I wanted to re-vamp the narwhal pattern I've had up on Spoonflower for over a year. It's been one of my most popular patterns, but since I've learned some new technqiues for making pa...

07 mar 12 1 person likes this

New (to me) Music and Giveaway Winner

I had lofty intentions of bringing my musical and artistic lives together in more harmony this year. I'm working on it slowly and hope to devote more time to arranging and recording projects th...

06 mar 12

Updated

I couldn't believe my eyes when it started getting dark this evening and I realized I'd worked through the whole weekend. I'm having so much fun concentrating on my shop this year, tha...

05 mar 12

FOUR Year Annivesary and GIVEAWAY

Today is the first day of Paper Sparrow's FOUR day 4th Anniversary sale. Happy 4th Birthday Paper Sparrow! Four years ago, I opened my second etsy shop Paper Sparrow in my apartment in Chicago...

02 mar 12

Two Foxes at Ascot

I'll be back tomorrow with the 4th anniversary sale details and coupon - but I wanted to share a few new paintings I've worked on in the past few weeks. These two are spending a day at the ...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

Illustrators I Adore: Aliki Brandenberg

I discovered Aliki the other day when I stumbled across this first memorable illustration. I was fascinated and had to know more. (source) And once I found this fox illustration, I was sold. (source...

29 feb 12 2 people like this

Feathers and Arrows - Pattern Collection

I also designed this next set as squares so I can make either pillow covers or scarves. I'm really interested to see how the colors will translate at spoonflower. I received my sample of Animal...

28 feb 12 3 people like this

Animal Alphabet Book and a Unicorn Shirt

I just received my copy of The Amazing Animal Alphabet Book and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I had it printed up by blurb.com and loved how it turned out. The blurb publishing tool...

27 feb 12 2 people like this

Cats in a Photobooth: Set One

I've started a mini series of Cats in a photobooth inspired by so many wonderful vintage photobooth photos. I painted this in black, silver and white on kraft paper. I love painting on kraft pa...

24 feb 12 2 people like this

Cute Animal of the day: Sloth

Thanks so much for your lovely words on the cards and the 4-year anniversary coming up, it's an exciting time for Paper Sparrow and I've been using all my creative energy painting up a stor...

23 feb 12

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