Penelope Illustration • Penelope Dullaghan

One last reminder that today is the LAST day for your Black and Orange submissions. Get them to me by tonight! Cause tomorrow the judging starts! p.s. Happy Halloween, friends! :D

This image was originally created for Discipleship Journal. The story was about a woman who gives control of her days to God. Letting go of her to-do list. And now, for the Illustration Friday topic: Wind. Here’s a closeup: * * * * * * * And by the way, tomorrow is the LAST DAY [...]

We now have over 180 entries in the The Black and Orange Halloween Contest! If you haven’t sent one, you have less than a week to go… All submissions are due Tuesday, October 31st!

paint on wood. approx 21″x29″ I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was asked to donate a painting to the Tonic Ball in Indianapolis (where all proceeds go to feed the hungry through Second Helpings). Remember I couldn’t figure out what to do with the green background I painted? Well, I finally figured it [...]

I don’t know if it was a sugar high or if I was half-blinded by the bright flourescents or if it was just me finally getting out of the studio and doing something just for fun that pushed me into falling in love. And a push it was. A hard push right between the shoulder [...]

It’s been quiet here on the blogfront, huh. I’ve been so busy working lately that I haven’t been online much (save for uploading new images to the Black and Orange contest). I am planning on going on a little road trip with my brother starting the middle of next week, so I’ve been cramming all [...]

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walking along the river, seeing a white crane just like a japanese painting windows open in october candy corn a brand new sketchbook this book (I can’t put it down!) this magazine (fantasizing about our next house…whenever that happens.) a flip-flopped relationship… and acknowledging growth (so happy for you K) peel n eat shrimp The [...]

1. The office chair I use now is absolutely horrid. HORRID. Does anyone have a comfortable chair they love and would recommend? 2. I cooked seafood for dinner a few days ago and my kitchen STILL has that disgusting fish smell. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of it? I’ve tried candles [...]

A while back I mentioned that I keep image journals… “mini side paintings” I think I called them. I have put together a collection of one of the books for you to see. They are nothing special… lots of times just splotches of color on a page. But I like them anyway. They keep me [...]

We now have 75 entries in the The Black and Orange Halloween Contest! They all look great! Keep ‘em coming. :)

Halloween Contest, Riggs Creatathon, Dial in Style.

The 3rd Penelope Illustration Newsletter is up. Click here to read it. And click here to sign up to receive the next newsletter announcement in your inbox. Hope you like it! -p

For this week’s Illustration Friday topic: Trouble. This was originally created for a story about a drug addict who was imprisoned by his habit and eventually went to jail.

I’m glad I wrote that yesterday about feeling blesssed, because it was completely and utterly flattened when we discovered last night that Colin’s motorcycle was stolen from the apartment complex parking lot. And to make it worse, we only had liability on it, so we are just out our motorcycle. Gone. I can’t believe people [...]

This weekend we stayed at Tom’s and Alison’s house, like we do most weekends now. And it was wonderful. Feels good to have more space for Vince to run around and it feels good to not worry about bothering the people who live in the apartments above and below us. But mainly what feels good [...]

That was a lot of feedback! Thank you! Looks like “My Own Best Friend”, “Sweeping” and “Hurricane Walk” were the big winners. Maybe I can think up something for “Harlem Flower” and “Be Mindful” to coincide… We’ll see. And just because I thought this was such a cute picture, here’s my dog Vince. He’ll kill [...]

Well, it’s officially fall. And I promised new prints this fall, so I’d better get on it. Will you help me choose which two or three to print? I have all the candidates below… please leave a comment with your top three faves and I’ll tally them up for new prints! Thanks friends! Cast your [...]

Hi all! Just a quick note because I need to get a lot of work done today… We already have some really great submissions in the gallery of The Black and Orange Halloween Contest! So lovely! btw: you don’t need to be a pro to play… submit just to have fun if you’d like. :) [...]