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Category: Watercolor

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

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

Looking at Lights and Shadows

My “drawing assignment” for today found me a bit flummoxed. Oh, what an awesome word that is! I don’t hear … More

Barrington Barber, graphite drawing, Landscape, Lights, Shadows

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

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

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

Art Quiz: The Answer is China

I guessed correctly on this one, but I had no idea what gongbi or baimiao were, so I had to do a … More

Asian Art, Baimiao, Chinese art, Gongbi

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

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

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

Making Messy Art

Many times I’ve said that creativity is “making a mess” — but that’s only part of it. The rest of … More

Bad art, Barrington Barber, Creative process, Karen Abend, Making messes, Sketchbook Revival 2022, Tamara LaPorte

More Academic Drawing

A little over a year ago — March 2021 — I shared a sketch I’d made while following a demonstration … More

Academic Drawing, Ashley Bane Hurst, Authenticity, Basic Shapes, Comparative Measurement, Confidence, loose watercolor, Sighting, Sketchbook Revival 2022, Suhita Shirodkar

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