Grid Patterns and More

Here’s a quick look at the many different Zen-Doodles I’ve created over the last couple of weeks. A fellow artist … More

More Tangles

I’m certainly having fun with my tangles. I stop short of calling them “Zentangles” simply because I may or may not … More

Life is crazy these days. Between a pandemic and politics, we’re living in a world of confusion and uncertainty. Emotions … More

Today I’m sharing another quick landscape drawing, along with a few thoughts about one of the most basic principles in … More

One thing that’s definitely fun about learning mixed media techniques is that it’s an opportunity to learn about and play … More

Sometimes art is fun. I certainly enjoyed putting this art journal page together and making it my own. The idea … More

Since doing my first Halloween silhouette drawing back in 2018, it’s become a fun part of my Halloween planning and … More

Most of the time I’m an advocate for pushing ourselves a bit in art. From the start, I believed it … More

I am sitting here listening to Still Waters by David and Steve Gordon. I find their music very soothing, very … More

Earlier this month I shared a “Fletcher Doodle” — a crazy mish-mash of lines and circles going this way and … More

I’ve been looking forward to Inktober 2020 ever since I completed my last Inktober 2019 drawing. For weeks now I’ve … More

When I first began teaching myself to draw — back in 2015 — I had absolutely no confidence in my … More

I love seascapes. I’m not great at painting them, and I’ve never really tried drawing crashing waves with graphite or … More

Today’s pen-and-ink exercises are all about control — of which I have little! We’ve looked at contour lines, parallel lines, … More

Today’s ink exercises are all about parallel lines, which, according to artist and author Claudia Nice should be drawn as … More

Yesterday I posted about lines — an essential element of art. When we’re drawing with ink, we use lines in … More

Even as Inktober draws closer day by day, I’m still unsure about exactly what I’ll be doing. One thing, however, … More

I’m not quite sure what to call this alcohol ink piece. A drawing? A painting? A doodle? I suppose I … More

“So long… I’ve been looking too hard, I’ve been waiting too longSometimes I don’t know what I will find, I … More

I am loving my new alcohol inks, and most likely I’ll be buying more in the near future! The set … More