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Sketchbook Revival 2023

It’s that time of year again! Spring is right around the corner and with spring comes Sketchbook Revival, a free … More

Ali Manning, creativity, Marisa Anne Cummings, Sketchbook Revival 2023

You Light Up My Life

First… just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m feeling much better after my “melt-down” last week. My … More

Candle-making, Crafts

What Happened?

It’s Saturday morning. My husband is off on an errand, all the cats are playing outside, and so, for a … More

Creative expression, Noise, Retirement

“To Talk of Many Things…”

The time has come the Walrus said To talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of … More

Dutch, Ida Anderson Lang, Mother Earth, Nature, Non-Profit Organizations, The Divine Feminine

May You Live In Interesting Times

Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year — the Year of the Rabbit, to be precise. I’ve given … More

Chinese New Year, Creative Projects, Origami

How Do I Feel?

Yesterday was a somewhat frustrating day… and yet a good day, nevertheless. I planned to sit down and write a … More

Artist Network, Craftsy, Creative Bug, Emotions, Sketchbook Revival

What This Goddess Taught Me

Today I’m sharing my “Rainbow Goddess”, the third of the goddesses I created while following along with Lily Sol’s “Daily … More

Goddess Energy, Lily Sol, Oil Pastel, Rainbow Goddess

Inside the Art Studio

Yes, I’m still in the midst of a mess here in my art studio, and most likely I always will … More

Art Studio, Famous Artists' Studios

Celebrating Mother Earth Through Goddess Energy

I’m going to be honest here about femininity and things like “goddess energy”. It’s never really been who I am. … More

Collage, Creative Bug, Daily practice, Earth Goddess, Lily Sol

I’m Giving Up

As of today, I am giving up! Nope, not giving up on art, just giving up on ever having an … More

Art Studio, Flower Child, Organization

Study Light, Study Right

I was a good student when I was in school. I loved learning. I still do. I enjoyed reading assignments … More

Daily practice, Joy Ting, Still Life Studies

It Ain’t Me, Babe

If you’re old like me, you’ll remember this Bob Dylan classic. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is said to be one … More

Art Media, Art supplies, Bob Dylan, Collage

Try It, You’ll Like It

Try It. You’ll like it.  Those were popular words in advertising a few decades back. One of my favorite “try … More

colors, Faith Evan-Sills, Gathering Inspirations, Intuitive Abstracts, Patterns

Daily Practice

We all know that daily drawing will help us improve our skills. Or daily painting, or pouring, or whatever form … More

Creative Bug, Daily practice, Drawing challenges, Inktober, Joy Ting, Lily Sol

Broadening My Horizons

I’m having fun in my art studio these days. After deciding one day to simply pretend I had some natural artistic … More

Cray-Pas Expressionists, Daler Rowney, Mungyo Gallery Pastels, Pentel Oil Pastels, Sakura, Sennelier

Collage Takes Courage

I love collage art — seeing it, that is, not doing it. I’ve simply never been good at making collages. … More

Collage Art, Elisabeth Sherwood, Eva Mout, Karen Stamper, Mou Saha, Tiffany Sharpe

“I’m Starting to Like the Weird Stuff”

I’ve laughingly written many times about my husband’s attitude toward abstract art. He doesn’t like it. He doesn’t “get” it. … More

Abstract Art, creativity, Weird art

“…If You Could Not Fail”

There’s a sub-title for this post. It’s this: How Changing My Attitude Changed My Art. There’s a connection between our thoughts … More

Art Funk, attitude, Confidence

Let’s Mix It Up Today

As a very messy oil painter, I’m always looking for tips that might help me keep my palette better-organized and … More

Mixing Oil Paint, Palette Knives

Sometimes Art Happens

We all know about happy accidents when it comes to art. We’re drawing or painting and something happens, something we didn’t … More

Accidental art, Art Fairies, Studio

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