A few days ago was my 1 year work anniversary. I work at a bookstore in Portland and I love it. Before running my jewelry business full-time, I had a few retail jobs. My longest and favorite job was at Borders Books. I’m still friends with a lot of people I worked with then. And […]
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I always start off Inktober with such high hopes. But life always gets in the way. This year, I only completed 22/31 drawings. Here are my top 5. I used my Copic markers on toned paper for this drawing. I had this idea of drawing from quotes. This one was, “If I had a flower […]
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I needed a small break from my tarot deck and Copics and ended up with this Witchy Woman. This witch drawing started off as a little sketch I did so I could play with my Tombow Fudenosuke calligraphy pen. A post shared by Rose Hillen (@rosehillenart) on Jul 28, 2018 at 12:58am PDT The pen […]
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Be fearless. About a year ago, I said good-bye to my jewelry business. There were customers who were hurtful, people who didn’t understand the meaning of “handmade,” and combined with my difficult pregnancy, it was too much. After giving birth to my second child and almost losing my life, I decided to live my life […]
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