Sharon Belknap Design

03/16/2022

I’m grateful for the people who’s job, and purpose, is to artfully capture, through word and pictures, those of us expressing through our gifts and calling to serve.

Thank you for your expertise and wisdom, Shawn Styles and Jon (videographer) at News 8.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/wide-sandy-beach-perfect-canvas-for-a-san-diego-artist/509-efeb4c91-3f19-4ab8-b5ed-1df71d96d88f

"I'm inspired by the low tide and the expansive space, and a simple tool," said Sharon Belknap whose tool is a rake and each creation begins with a circle.

02/20/2020

Thank you to Paul Möbius at DPI Direct for your skill, your team and magic turnaround times (+file reductions 😂) to bring EpikWork’s boatload of materials to life!
Pinch me, I got to illustrate, on my iPad Pro, what feels like a bazillion “people” of diverse culture and age, to show how a Global Marketing Campaign comes to life. Plus all the icons/pieces to support the gamification designed by the awesome Epikwork team!

11/21/2019

When a company that has a deep sense of values, vibrant culture & longevity asks you to translate all of into drawings, the process becomes a part of who you are! Thank you H. G. Fenton Company for being the solid example of conscious business in our community!

09/29/2019

It’s a “working” weekend over here! Pretty amazing, I’ve been commissioned by H. G. Fenton Co. to “illustrate” their company Culture. This sketch will get inked next then will be printed and installed on a 20 ft display for their annual CEO’s meeting.

Grateful for my friends at DPI Direct who are always on my team for stellar fabrication!

08/04/2019

Why I’m so enchanted by creativity!!
When I was asked to provide my “Awaken Creativity” workshop at the event for Califia Farms, I needed vases for 30 Sunflowers. Low and behold I’d been saving Califia almond milk bottles to create an outdoor bowling alley for my granddaughter!! My intention was to embellish the bottles with tissue paper. When I saw my collection of bottles I laughed out loud! My Flower vases!! Oh Life, you love creating these synchronicities!

To celebrate the magic, I incorporated the tissue paper into this piece of art that’s being gifted to . When Greg, the founder of Califia, heard my story about the bottles he said, “this kind of synchronicity is not to be ignored!” I so agree!

08/01/2019

Yesterday, I had the honor of sharing my evidence based* insights and the steps for enhancing Mindfulness & Creativity in the Workplace at H. G. Fenton Co.

12 fully engaged women, tapped into their expanded source of solutions (*free-writing responses to a previously noted challenge) following the 45-minute guided process. With their artwork framed and fresh solutions noted, they have visual reminders to prompt what’s possible if we a pause and attend to the mind, heart & body in the midst of a challenge.

I love being given this opportunity!

06/30/2019

When we’re courageous enough to connect with our creativity and play a bigger role in sharing through all our skills and talents, others who are just as courageous find us! I’m grateful to have been found by Chef Kathryn Rogers when she was searching for an artist to create imagery to align with her chakra chocolate truffles.

Pictured here:
My sketches (created on the iPad Pro with Procreate) on the packaging, that I designed too, for Kathryn Rogers’ new product, MayaMoon Chakra aligned chocolate truffles!

This is Kathryn in the photo. She surprised me and hand delivered my truffles so we could celebrate all we co-created together!!

Product Photo credit: Chris Rov Costa

06/15/2019

How to support your designer in creating a wonderful logo:
Provide just a bit of an idea using art found on google.
Photo 1. My client's vision.
Photo 2. With photos provided by my client, I created these illustrations and then sourced a perfect font.
Visual Contribution expedites accuracy and efficiency!

05/19/2019

I’ve been preparing all week for an amazing contract! Two days of LIVE sketch notes using my iPad Pro! Provation Medical has hired me to create 20 drawings featuring the outstanding features of cloud-based Provation MD. My art will unfold real-time as i draw and will be projected onto an 80” monitor in their booth during the Digestive Disease Week Conference at the SD Convention Center. Starting tomorrow morning! Amazing! Excited!

Here’s a time-lapse replay of how one sketch was created. 😃

04/11/2019

From my 25” sketch to a 25’ banner! Visual Content Creation and Print Management. Plus on-sight install with a 3 woman awesome team!

04/11/2019

My Graphic Illustration enlarged to 25 x 10 ft Banner for the Kinexus IT Summit held at Petco Park today! This assignment, from Accenture, was a thrill to complete in just over a week, from inked sketch to large format printing. Proud to be on the Accenture team! Thank you DPI Direct Printing for hitting this deadline for us!

11/08/2018

This Soul Totem was created for Eden Sage. Each element is symbolic to her. For several sessions, she and I sat together and I sketched “live,” blending and mingling the elements into this composition. There’s nothing else quite like the synergy that’s born in those moments. Last night she shared how she’d applied her Soul Totem to the New label for her long-time successful product, Pit Potion.
What elements and animals would begin to inhabit your Soul Totem?

10/04/2018

Thank you Tia Quinn for your Vision at Boost Collaborative and your for sharing your “pure excitement” when adding ART to your documents!

Sketches created on iPad Pro using the App: Procreate. Fun!

08/09/2018

I lived out one of my passions last week. By creating “live” sketches during a Reptile Talk, kids ages 6-14 got to watch sketches come to life in a lighthearted and spontaneous way. As the groups entered the room, 4 total, I’d do a quick head count and had a sketch to give to each child by the end of their session. About 30 sketches over 2.5 hours.

My connection with Charlotte (she asked for the Blue Tongued Skink) was magical...our creative minds connected as she shared the writing and pictures she was going to go home and create. I Live for these moments!

Plus, my Pythons kept getting better and better looking and I was able to share with the kids, “Don’t give up if the first one comes out dorky, look closer and draw it again! NEW is tricky!”

07/26/2018

I’d shared the inked sketch of this earlier and wanted to share the finished piece. Thank you all for your support during it’s creation!

The piece measures 22” x 30” and was created on Arches cold press paper. I used a Pilot waterproof pen and watercolor. I’m excited to switch over to a Lamy pen on my next piece.

She’s was just picked up by the interior designer, ready to be framed and placed in the lobby of newly built Parrish Vineyard’s Tasting Room in Paso Robles, CA. (upper left corner). The art came together during 3 full days with inspiration from dark chocolate and decaf lattes! So different than having a sketchbook to return to; feels strange that it’s not here to look at. I suppose it calls for a trip to the Vineyard!!

07/24/2018

So many things that I love mingling in this piece... nature, structures, lettering, composition, visual storytelling of the land. This is the largest composite of sketches I’ve ever done. Lots of firsts...compass and a barn owl! Golden Eagle next. Breath Sharon, breath.

Off the floor and on the easel.

07/03/2018

Yoga friends! An inspiring podcast with my good friend Tony Baker sharing the behind-the-scenes story of how we collaborated in the creation of my new artwork for the Yamas & Niyamas poster.

Just under 10 minutes.
Take a short break and enjoy my friends!

https://yogitones.com/2018/07/03/sharon-belknap/

Photo of poster and link to my website to purchase in comments below!

Sharon Belknap the amazing artist who created the Yamas & Niyamas poster has a chat with me about the entire process, from start to finish.

06/10/2018

These Table markers for Oh Juice will be hand painter on repurposed wood blocks. But first, I’m playing on my iPad Pro so I can share my ideas with my client. Super fun!