I tried out some new settings on the Brushes app to make this drawing of a ginkgo leaf and another leaf, which I’m not sure of the name. But the ginkgo leaves seem to hold on the longest to their trees in my neighborhood. When the ginkgo leaves start to disappear I know it’s coming […]
View post →I’m thinking of the upcoming holidays and enjoying glasses of champagne a lovely party with friends, so I chose the artwork created for Henri’s Reserve. Happy People Happy Holidays! Margaret Hurst
View post →I was experimenting with patterned  fantasy landscapes some time ago. I was thinking about vineyard landscapes and chess board landscapes and tree trunk landscapes and… Margaret Hurst
View post →I was at my friends’ house this weekend and had the pleasure of seeing a mama and her baby in action. It reminded me of this drawing I had done awhile ago… Mama teaching baby elephant how to pick a branch from a tree! Margaret Hurst
View post →I’m not sure what happened here, but I got a little carried away and put this one flower watercolor drawing into a few filters… Margaret Hurst
View post →I thought it would be nice to put one of the black and white illustrations drawn for Henri’s Reserve. Â I tasted some of their champagnes and they were absolutely sublime! Margaret Hurst
View post →This is a color illustration I was asked to create for Henri’s Reserve. Once again, another fun project to work on. I was invited to Henri’s champagne tasting this past Wednesday evening. The champagnes are exquisite! Margaret Hurst
View post →When Ronnie and I took a class out to the West Coast this past July we were down by Fisherman’s Wharf for the Fourth of July. There was a band/orchestra that played and performed only Michael Jackson music. This lady and her dog were dancing to the music all day long. This drawing has two […]
View post →Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nature’s Government, one of the illustrations for Journal of Empire Studies. Another really fun illustration to think about, work on and execute! Margaret Hurst
View post →A lovely day at the China Pavilion at Epcot in Orlando. So many characters…so many drawings…so many lines…so many marks…so little time… Margaret Hurst
View post →Join Indra and take a cosmic journey on the elephant of your choice and see where it takes you… Margaret Hurst
View post →Another in the series from the Journal of Empire Studies blog. All about Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile, the sun, the all seeing eye, and our modern radar. Margaret Hurst
View post →A watercolor of some flowers and lilies and water… Margaret Hurst
View post →So, this is another of the articles on the Journal of Empire Studies. This one is entitled, “James Joyce and the Consumption of Empire” by Lynn Bongiovanni. Â What a great piece of writing on the Irish author, James Joyce! Another fun and challenging illustration! Margaret Hurst
View post →This is another in the series of illustrations created for the Journal of Empire Studies. Â This article is about women writers and literature. Margaret Hurst
View post →One more of the illustrations created for the Journal of Empire Studies blog. This was a fun, colorful experience in illustration! Also, a little sad because of the subject matter.  The article for the blog is a review of the book, Kingdom Under Glass.  Kingdom Under Glass, by Jay Kirk, is about the famous explorer and […]
View post →This is one of many illustrations I created recently for a new online journal, www.empirestudies.org, a great site featuring various intellectual writers’ dissertations, thesis and reviews on global issues and topics in the Cycle of Empire, East and West. Â Professor Tom Durwood, of the Valley Forge Military College, is the editor of the site. What […]
View post →Today is a simple line drawing in the far corner of the Rose Garden; one tiny snail gliding through the rose bushes, alone… Margaret Hurst
View post →Head to head, toe to toe! Â The stand off turned into a head butting. Â So, our ladies are at it! Â Or are they??? Â What are they fighting about? Â What’s different about our two ladies? Margaret Hurst
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