Happy Victoria Day!

A Victoria Day doodle for my fellow Canucks out there. I used a bit of lettuce from my salad and a Japanese maple leaf from our garden. Considering my ancestry, I figure the latter is even more appropriate than a regular maple leaf, eh? :-)

Maple Key Man

Did a doodle with a small maple key I found on the sidewalk during a walk.

I love creating found object doodles and post them on Instagram, "Found Object Art" gallery on Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr  and in my Found Object Art portfolio.

Also, I've just announced my 2015 "Look Again" Summer Challenge For Young Artists (12 and under):

I found a face in my tomato

More info about my Found Object doodles: http://DebbieOhi.com/LookAgain

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to you mothers out there! I got home from my WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? book tour yesterday afternoon. Totally exhausted but totally happy. More when I've had a chance to unpack and catch up. But meanwhile, here's a doodle with one of the raspberries I had for breakfast.

More info about my Found Object doodles.

Tulip Friends plus BOOK TOUR and BOOK LAUNCH news and where I'll be posting

Wow, I can't believe it's May already! I saw bunches of small tulips for sale at our local supermarket while doing grocery shopping and bought myself a bunch. I put the vase on the kitchen counter where I can see them while I'm cooking; they make me happy every time I see them.

I found out why they were on sale; some of the tulips are starting to wilt already! Instead of throwing them out, I decided to turn one of them into a doodle. :-)

Leaving Sunday on a WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? book tour, and I'm excited about visiting libraries, schools and bookstores along the way! Thanks so much to Simon & Schuster Children's for making this book tour possible. I'll be livetweeting with the hashtag #WhereAreMyBooks, including found object doodles I do along the way. 

Those of you in Toronto are welcome to help celebrate the launch of my first solo picture book at Another Story Bookshop on May 14th, 6-8 pm.