Good Things Come in Small Packages

I had a fun day on Tuesday. Although our Monday night art club meeting was cancelled due to storms moving … More

The Things We Do For Love

On Sunday morning I read an inspirational article that suggested we “speak only words of love” throughout the day. I … More

What is the process of drawing? Seriously, I want you to stop and think about it for a minute or two. … More

One of the areas I’m working on this fall is watercolor. Of course, I’m not using traditional transparent “Western” watercolors, … More

It’s always fun to time-hop a bit and look back at other times and places in our lives. For me, this … More

I love this time of year! Yes, “technically” it is still summer. Autumn doesn’t begin until Wednesday, September 22 this … More

One of the most important things for me right now is keeping my art time simple. In the past, I’ve … More

Over and over, I hear the same thing. When it comes to drawing, anything is fair game. Even the simplest … More

I laugh whenever I read that creative children often have “imaginary friends.” I certainly did, and I’m sure you did … More

With the Labor Day holiday approaching for US workers, I thought it might be interesting to explore art as an … More

A couple days ago I was crying out for help with perspective drawing, and today… well, another day, another cry. … More

Now that I’ve moved past that dreadful exercise on drawing an interior scene, I’m happily sketching various objects around the … More

I’ve been told that until my accuracy in drawing improves, I really don’t need to worry about learning to shade. … More

It’s been a very busy week here at our house. With summer vacation drawing to a close, Grandpa and Grandma … More

My first gesture drawings — done in May 2016 — were a lot of fun. They were also (in my … More

On my list of things I don’t like to draw, interior scenes rank right up there near the top, along … More

I know yesterday’s post was a bit of a downer, but let’s put that aside for now. True, I struggle … More

Every year about this time my niece, Cara, begins asking that question. “Is it too early?” She’s referring to the … More

I have very mixed feelings about plein air painting. I love the idea of it. It sounds so … well, artsy. … More

Only recently I learned that a sketchbook is meant to be a very personal thing. A sketchbook isn’t really intended … More