Make Some Waves

I love seascapes. I’m not great at painting them, and I’ve never really tried drawing crashing waves with graphite or … More

Pen Control

Today’s pen-and-ink exercises are all about control — of which I have little! We’ve looked at contour lines, parallel lines, … More

Children in pre-school or early elementary grades are apt to sing a clever little song these days, all about sitting … More

Today’s ink exercises are all about parallel lines, which, according to artist and author Claudia Nice should be drawn as … More

Yesterday I posted about lines — an essential element of art. When we’re drawing with ink, we use lines in … More

Even as Inktober draws closer day by day, I’m still unsure about exactly what I’ll be doing. One thing, however, … More

My approach to working and playing in my art studio seems a bit schizophrenic at times. I definitely want to … More

“Gray skies… nothing but gray skies… “ This drawing marks a bit of a first for me. While I’ve painted … More

I’m not quite sure what to call this alcohol ink piece. A drawing? A painting? A doodle? I suppose I … More

“So long… I’ve been looking too hard, I’ve been waiting too longSometimes I don’t know what I will find, I … More

I describe myself in many ways. I’m an artist, a musician, a writer. I’m a wife. I’m a mother, grand-mother, … More

I love landscape painting in oil. I also love drawing. So, putting these two loves together, you might logically suppose … More

I am loving my new alcohol inks, and most likely I’ll be buying more in the near future! The set … More

I’ve written many times in this blog about Matt Fussell, the Virtual Instructor whose tutorials and classes helped me become … More

With Inktober rapidly approaching, and with my Cheeky Monkey Mind begging to do something with alcohol inks, I figured it … More

I love blogging. I don’t love the new WordPress “block editor”, but never mind that. I suppose, in time, I’ll … More

As both an artist and a musician, it’s not surprising that music often comes to mind while I’m playing in … More

Maybe you’ve seen that movie — Knives Out — with Jamie Lee Curtis. We saw it last fall and enjoyed … More

My experience with mixed media in the past has been limited to line and wash applications, such as the Turkish … More

We all know that perfection does not exist in art. It especially doesn’t exist anywhere in my art, to be sure. … More