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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today I’m sharing my “Rainbow Goddess”, the third of the goddesses I created while following along with Lily Sol’s “Daily … More

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

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

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

If you’re old like me, you’ll remember this Bob Dylan classic. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is said to be one … More

Try It. You’ll like it. Those were popular words in advertising a few decades back. One of my favorite “try … More

We all know about happy accidents when it comes to art. We’re drawing or painting and something happens, something we didn’t … More

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

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