Yesterday I posted about lines — an essential element of art. When we’re drawing with ink, we use lines in…
Basic Ink Techniques – Lines
Even as Inktober draws closer day by day, I’m still unsure about exactly what I’ll be doing. One thing, however,…
Desktop Essentials
My approach to working and playing in my art studio seems a bit schizophrenic at times. I definitely want to…
Gray Skies
“Gray skies… nothing but gray skies… “ This drawing marks a bit of a first for me. While I’ve painted…
Shamanic Dream
I’m not quite sure what to call this alcohol ink piece. A drawing? A painting? A doodle? I suppose I…
I’ve Been Waiting So Long!
“So long… I’ve been looking too hard, I’ve been waiting too longSometimes I don’t know what I will find, I…
It’s That Time of Year
I describe myself in many ways. I’m an artist, a musician, a writer. I’m a wife. I’m a mother, grand-mother,…
The A, B, C, and D of Drawing
I love landscape painting in oil. I also love drawing. So, putting these two loves together, you might logically suppose…
More Fun with Ink
I am loving my new alcohol inks, and most likely I’ll be buying more in the near future! The set…
Gettin’ Sketchy
I’ve written many times in this blog about Matt Fussell, the Virtual Instructor whose tutorials and classes helped me become…
The Ink Adventure
With Inktober rapidly approaching, and with my Cheeky Monkey Mind begging to do something with alcohol inks, I figured it…
Just What I Needed
I love blogging. I don’t love the new WordPress “block editor”, but never mind that. I suppose, in time, I’ll…
The Look of Love
As both an artist and a musician, it’s not surprising that music often comes to mind while I’m playing in…
Knives Out!
Maybe you’ve seen that movie — Knives Out — with Jamie Lee Curtis. We saw it last fall and enjoyed…
Branching Out
My experience with mixed media in the past has been limited to line and wash applications, such as the Turkish…
Practice Makes…Progress
We all know that perfection does not exist in art. It especially doesn’t exist anywhere in my art, to be sure.…
Loving You
“Loving you is easy because you’re beautiful…” Unless you’re old like I am, you probably don’t know this song. It’s…
What Is Gansai?
Until very recently, I had never heard of gansai, now I not only know the word, I have a lovely 12-color set…
More on Art Journals
I haven’t been posting my art journal pages, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing them. To be…
What Have I Done?
I have to laugh at myself often. I do so many silly things. I’m fortunate to have a kind, loving,…
