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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

It’s been another fun morning in the studio. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not being too serious about art over … More

Creative Bug, Having fun with art, Joy Ting, Mixing Media

Enjoying the Morning

I haven’t been overly ambitious lately where art is concerned. For the moment I’m content to do a little daily … More

Blind Contour Drawing, Watercolor

Something New to Play With

From the time I first heard of them, I’ve been curious about oil sticks.  Recently, I decided to get a small … More

Dick Blick, Oil Sticks, Shiva

Go Bold!

My daughter, Liz, you may recall, is quite an accomplished collage artist. I’ve previously shared the iguana she drew and … More

Bold Colors, Collage, Elisabeth Sherwood

Rhapsody in Blue

Over the Memorial Day holiday, we had friends come to visit. One request they had was a tour of my … More

Camaieu painting, George Gershwin, Houston Symphony, Rhapsody in Blue

Color Play Is So Much Fun!

A lot has changed for me since I began learning to draw seven years ago, and I mean this in … More

Color Play, Creative Bug, Joy Ting

For Pete’s Sake… Just Do It!

Almost two years ago — June 30, 2020, to be exact — I wrote and published a post with the … More

15 Day Floral Challenge, Art Hub for Kids, Oil Pastels, Roses

The Story of the Hearty Hydrangea

I love hydrangeas. I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that the color of the blooms depends upon the soil. … More

15 Day Floral Challenge, American Scientist, Hydrangea, Soil pH

What is Frangipani?

When I came across “fresh frangipani” as a prompt for the 15-day floral challenge I recently did, I was stuck.  … More

15 Day Floral Challenge, Frangipani, Plumeria

Welcome June!

I’m a bit behind on posting this since I’ve been so wrapped up in other projects I’ve wanted to share. … More

Colors and Patterns, Faith Evans-Sills, Sketchbook Revival

Thick and Thin

It’s a new month and I’m doing a new “Daily Practice” class at Creative Bug. A quick note here — … More

Blue Squid, Creative Bug, Joy Ting, Practice exercises, watercolor techniques

African Daisies

Do you know what a gazania is? I didn’t. So when it came up as a prompt for the Floral … More

African Daisy, Floral Challenge, Gazania, Oil Pastel

The Ranunculus — Revisited

My year began with ranunculus. Perhaps you remember how confused and disoriented I felt at the start of 2022 as … More

Floral Challenges, Ranunculus

Zestful Zinnias

Just so you know, I have now successfully completed my “15-Day Floral Challenge“. You’ve previously seen my first nine oil … More

15 Day Floral Challenge, Clay-Shaping Tools, Oil Pastels, Zinnias

15-Day Floral Drawing Challenge

I’ve certainly drawn — and painted — more flowers this year than I’ve ever done before. While I’m not especially … More

15 Day Floral Challenge, Floral Studies, Joy Ting, Simple Daily Drawing

More Wonky Vases

These vases are admittedly wonky — but, actually, the vases in my reference photo were wonky-looking, so I was quite … More

Challenges, Metallic textures, organic shapes

Wonky Vases – My Still Life Painting

Yesterday I shared my initial studies done in preparation for a still life painting with oil pastels. At the end of … More

Challenges, Oil Pastels, Still Life

Painting Pears

Oops! Some of you have already seen this post. After writing it, I accidentally published it on Friday instead of scheduling … More

Anna Mason, Desserts, Watercolor

The Zorn Palette

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

Anders Zorn, Limited palettes, Zorn Palette

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

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