Gift Wrapping with Holly Golightly

Nov 30, 2015 | Illustration, Storytelling

In all truth, our precious Holly Golightly as we knew her from Breakfast at Tiffany’s wouldn’t care too much about wrapping paper. She’d be more concerned with what to wear to get money for the powder room. But I like to imagine that after Holly,... Read More

Mid-Century Modern Holiday Card by Melanie Biehle | 2015

Nov 9, 2015 | Graphic Design, Illustration

Creating cards and other stationery products has been a long time creative goal for me. I’m happy to announce that I’ve designed a Mid-Century Modern style holiday card and it’s launched and ready for purchase in my Minted shop! MOOD BOARD +... Read More

New Geometric Art Prints

Oct 22, 2015 | Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage, Painting

I’ve got two new geometric art prints available in my Minted shop. Both of these are part of the #30Daysof3 project that I’m doing right now. The first one is Geometric and Flow, a print reproduction of a painting that I created using gouache and pencil.... Read More

Art Exercise: #30Daysof3

Oct 14, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage, My Creative Journey, Painting

I’ve already written about Elle Luna, her amazing book The Crossroads of Should and Must, and #The100DayProject, her inspiring collaboration with The Great Discontent, so I won’t say too much about it today. Participating in the project... Read More

Jump First, Dive Later

Jul 23, 2015 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, My Creative Journey, Painting, Storytelling

While I was working on this painting, I started thinking about the differences between diving and jumping. To dive is intentional. Deliberate. Your arms meet and point to your target. You have a plan. You know where you want to land. Jumping is more... Read More

Wearing My Writer Hat and Wielding a Paintbrush

Jun 19, 2015 | Fine Art, Illustration, Writing

I swear, you guys…I’ve been working. I totally painted this and these for #The100DayProject. It might not look like it if you’ve been reading this blog, but my writer hat is on and my fingers have been getting a workout. Here’s proof. The... Read More

The Great Discontent + Elle Luna #The100DayProject

May 5, 2015 | Creative Process, Creative Projects, Illustration, My Creative Journey

Recently I started participating in #The100DayProject by Elle Luna and The Great Discontent. I learned about Elle from The Great Discontent Issue #1, which I backed on Kickstarter. She’s got a great story about how she found her “dream” apartment and... Read More

New Art Print: Rain Cloud

Apr 6, 2015 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage

I’ve got a new art print in my Society6 shop – Rain Cloud. Perfect for April showers to bring May flowers or for any Seattle rain loving home. This print is a reproduction of a mixed media collage using handpainted papers. First, I used gouache paint to create... Read More

New Art Print: Agave

Mar 26, 2015 | Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage

I am loving The Jealous Curator’s March Creative UNblock Challenge so much that I’ve created two more collages based on the technique she shared. This one, Agave, is available as a high-quality art print in my Society6 shop.  If you like it, be sure to check... Read More

Growth – Mixed Media Collage by Melanie Biehle

Mar 13, 2015 | Creative Projects, Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media Collage

Hi guys! I spent most of today creating this mixed media collage for the Collage Scrap Exchange contest from Brown Paper Bag Papirmass, just making the March 15th extended deadline. I feel like it’s been a long time since I started and completed an art piece in... Read More