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"Peace" Created for a special client with my Tombow Dual Brush markers and a Micron 02 for the stars, dots and flowers. I love combining illustration elements with my lettering. Try this for yourself-- just think of it as doodling around the letters. 😊

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As promised-- my calligra-video!💗So many of you requested a demonstration of how I do my drop shadows, so here it is! Tombow Dual Brush markers? Check! iPad balanced precariously on some books? Check! Dry, chapped winter-hands ready for their close up? Check! I create my shadows by first imagining a sun on the top-left corner of my paper, its light spilling across the page. I reason, if it hits a line, the shadow would fall on the opposite side. Do you see it? 😀I will continue to help you until you get it! Look for more videos soon! In the meanwhile, keep practicing! 😊

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Make time for creativity, you creative geniuses, you!

Created with Dr. Ph Martins watercolor and a waterbrush.

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I am loving learning about watercolors! Here is my latest...

This piece (and others like it) are available on my Redbubble. Please visit: www.redbubble.com/people/helenink

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Inhale sky, exhale stars...

Created with my Tombow Dual Brush Markers in rainbow order!

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“Children of winter never grow old.” Inspired by all this beautiful snow, I painted this scene with watercolors, then let it dry and added this quote in copperplate calligraphy. Happy Snow Days!

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#metoo

I created this for those of us who have been there, myself included.

#tell

#youarenotalone

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Calligraphy: a constant source of joy in my life. Created with Tombow Dual Brush markers.

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I used copperplate calligraphy over a watercolor I created to illuminate these beautiful words from "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

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Happy New Year, Calligrafriends! ❤️💗💛💚💙💜

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When I am not painting or lettering, I'm writing. This is an excerpt from my book, "High Drama: a novel"-- available on Amazon and Kindle. Many thanks to #theactorwhisperer for posting!

An excerpt from the novel "High Drama", by Helen Murdock-Prep © 2009 - -

“Blake, why are you saying the line that way? Did you forget how you said it at our last rehearsal?” I ask.     “Delaney told me I should say it like that.” He shoots wide-eyed look over to Delaney for confirmation and says, “She said that’s how Oliver says it in the movie.”     I, too, look over at Delaney, who, seeing the frown on my face says defensively, “Well, he does.”     I’m not sure what to address first, so I simply say to Blake,” There’s lots of ways to say it and it will be right if the actor’s intention is clear. The new choice doesn’t make it clear, so please go back to the way we worked on it last time.” I look over at Amber, “Because we thought that worked really well.” She nods back eagerly in agreement. I think she has a little crush on Blake.     “But I don’t feel anything,” Blake complains as he slaps his script against his leg.     I smile. “That’s okay, Blake. You don’t have to feel anything. It doesn’t matter what you feel; it only matters what the audience feels.”     “Huh?” says Blake.     But for the first time I see Delaney stop and fix a hard look at me. (That’s right, kid; I have the drug you want.)     “There’s a famous passage that the great actor, George C. Scott said… oh, where is it?” I say as I grab my purse and hurriedly search for it in my side pouch. I have Delaney’s fickle attention at last, and I know if I don’t hurry it will skitter away in an flash.     “Here!” I shout a little too jubilantly as I unfold the paper. “Listen: ‘The only measure of fine acting is what the character feels. He can feel nothing or suffer the agonies of the damned, but unless that is communicated to the guy who paid to see it, then he has failed. The question is, did the guy in the 10th row or the lady in the blue dress feel it? If they do, then you’ve been a success.’ “     I look up, straight into the open, receptive face of Delaney. She looks startling young and innocent, all traces of smug superiority erased. Our eyes lock, then she quickly looks away and in an instant the hard, closed look is back in place. That’s fine. Message received. I feel a victorious flip in my heart and turn to Blake.     “Do you see my point now, Blake?”     Blake, hearing the rest of the cast murmuring, “Wow.”, “Deep!” and “I so get it now”, reluctantly says, “Yeah.”     I know he doesn’t, but that’s okay. That little gem of acting advice was for Delaney. I can’t be direct with her. Her guard is too firmly in place. Instead I have to go down back alleys with the goods and slip them under her barricaded door.     We finish the scene and when Amber calls for a break, I catch Amber mooning after Blake and Delaney eying me warily.

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Just in time for the holidays! Available at my Redbubble shop: a calendar featuring 12 of my watercolor pieces. To check it out, please visit: www.redbubble.com/people/helenink

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Inspired by the stunning musical, Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check out more Broadway-related prints in my Etsy shop.

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I have way too many Playbills for my own good, so I’m selling a bunch! 

They’re inexpensive (ranging from $1 - $10 per Playbill, plus the cost of shipping) AND they’re in great condition AND I have a wide selection AND if you reblog this post I’ll give you 25% off your entire order (before shipping) !!! 

See the full list of options here, and feel free to message me with an questions! 

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Joyful! Joyfully created with the Tombow Dual Brush markers pictured here. I blended the letters together with my Pentel Aquash waterbrush. 💗💛💚💙💜

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Yes! 💗💕💗💕💗💕 Created with a pastel range of Tombow Dual Brush markers...

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You just have to... 💚💙💚💙💚 Created with my Pentel Aquash waterbrush dipped into a sea of blue and green watercolors. The doodles and squiggles around the letters were fashioned with a light blue Le Pen.