Sketching Practice
I’ve been busy mucking about in my altered book sketchbook drawing faces. In all the figures and faces I’ve done, I realize that much of it, I am just making up. Sometimes I get it right and sometimes, not so … Read More
Spiraling Back Out
I love that Flora uses the terms “spiraling in” and spiraling out”, referring to moving in to the canvas and getting lost in the details of the process and then moving back away to get a bigger and much different … Read More
Never Stop Learning
Gifted with a perpetually curious mind, I am always enamored with learning something new. And given that I have bemoaned my inability to loosen up when it comes to painting, I was thrilled to find that one of my favorite … Read More
BEGIN -> BEING
A New Year brings new thoughts, reflections, ideas, and focus. I use the word “focus” lightly, as I’m not one to get focused easily. For me, the things I do are completely organic. Like they have a life of their … Read More
YouCube – A Community Building Art Project
I recently participated in an event organized by Victoria artist Cathy Key called YouCube. Artists from ages 5 to 67 joined together for community, creativity and inspiration. My kind of event. 108 artists in total took on the challenge to … Read More
Loose…and Simple
I long to be able to paint loose. I consider myself to be an extremely tight painter….and perhaps a sign of still being in the very infancy stages of painting skill development. Maybe it’s because I only know what I … Read More
A One-Of-A-Kind Deserves It’s Own Home
You might remember earlier posts showing this piece: It was a piece that began at a session at Artfest over a year ago. Once home with it’s beginnings, I continued to allow it to evolve until it was a completed … Read More
Works in Progress
I worked on these two backgrounds yesterday. I’ve added some line work to give me a start on what’s next. It seems the theme of the pair will be peace, but I have no other plan than that. I’ll just … Read More
“Highly Prized”…(Part 3)
…a Sketchbook Challenge, Art Journal Treasure Box Step-by-Step Tutorial! – Part 3 – The Finale (If you haven’t already, go here to see Part 1 and Part 2) Step 6 Adding text and images. I wanted to add a quote … Read More
“Highly Prized…” (Part 2)
…a Sketchbook Challenge, Art Journal Treasure Box Step-by-Step Tutorial! – Part 2 (Part 1 is here) Welcome Back! Step 4 Now on to painting a background. I decided that I wanted to paint a rainbow gradation of color over the … Read More