Vintage Journals and Junk Journals

I’m not one for surprises. Maybe you remember me saying that at Christmas time when I recounted how, as a … More

Art Therapy: Find Your Happy Place

Art therapy isn’t always about catharsis. It’s not always about healing what hurts. Sometimes the best art therapy comes from … More

I am quite a determined recycler. You probably guessed that, I’m sure. I want to help make our world better, … More

Throughout much of my adult life, I’ve had a recurring dream. I see myself at an airport, and I’m trying … More

After I began learning to draw, I quickly discovered that there was much more to art than simple graphite and … More

Today I’m celebrating a bit of artistic weirdness. I had a lot of fun making this whimsical, non-sensical, colorful doodle — … More

The only time I’ve ever been good at cutting and pasting has been on the computer. Yep. I can cut and paste … More

One morning recently, I came into the studio and set to work on another “circle” creation. Circles, you may recall, … More

It will come as no surprise, I’m sure, that I didn’t exactly follow the directions for today’s drawing lesson. More … More

Today’s drawing exercise was all about cross-hatching, although to look at the first drawing I did — which is really only … More

My title probably sounds like pure clickbait… you know, one of those headlines that dares the reader to click, that arouses … More

Maybe you can look at today’s drawing exercise and guess which famous artist inspired this… or maybe not. You … More

Remember how it was back in high school when you’d come to class and the teacher would “pop” a quiz … More

Color theory — especially color-mixing — can make an artist crazy. At least it’s making this artist crazy, so I now … More

I’m always quick to point out that I’m not a watercolor artist. I do, however, enjoy playing with the medium. … More

Our grandson Carsen recently had a “half-day” at school, so we picked him up after his lunch while his parents … More

During our recent Fine Arts Association meeting, you may recall, we played with watercolor on Yupo paper. I enjoyed our … More

After yesterday’s guess-what-it-is drawing, I took a deep breath and tried again. Before I go on, I’m just going to … More

Anyone here other than me who’s old enough to remember the 1963 film of a rock star going off to … More

At our last Fine Arts Association meeting, we played with watercolors and Yupo paper. I’ve mentioned Yupo paper before. It’s … More