I’m Just a Bird in the Sky

Una Paloma Blanca means a white dove, and maybe you’ve seen doves gliding through the sky. Most likely you’ve heard George … More

The Art of Medicine

Weird as it is, I love anatomy. I haven’t done any figure drawing recently since I’ve been focused so much … More

Here is another of my abstract acrylics created in response to a prompt in a recent issue of Artist magazine. … More

Today I’m sharing the last of four questions posed by George Allen Durkee in his book, Expressive Oil Painting. “What … More

All right, so the question of the day is really a bit more personal. It’s not so much about what’s … More

Yesterday I wrote about Expressive Oil Painting and four questions proposed by the author, George Allen Durkee. Today I want to … More

One of my recent used book finds is an oil painting book by George Allen Durkee. Who is George Allen … More

I love September. I always have, and I’m sure I always will. Really, what’s not to love? Although it’s still … More

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about art and music. This was the theme of a … More

Over the next few weeks I’ll be learning about — and practicing — lots of different brush strokes for oil … More

Recently my husband and I spent a little time at North Lake — a beautiful fishing lake north of the … More

William Shakespeare said it, and we’ve all heard it. In fact, we’ve all probably said it a time or two … More

I’ll admit, I really didn’t believe I could ever learn to draw. I truly have no artistic talent whatsoever, and … More

I wrote about brushes once before — when I was first doing watercolor painting. That was a little over two … More

“It’s not a competition.” I read those words as I browsed books at Amazon, and with a sigh of relief … More

Over the summer I’ve been doing a few abstract paintings in acrylics. Since I don’t ordinarily do abstract art and … More

Recently I wrote about the process of critiquing our own art, and I used a painting I’d recently finished as … More

Nope, I’m not drawing dogs — although our stuffed puppies do make excellent subjects. From time to time I will … More

Recently I received my official announcement for the upcoming HFAA Art Show. A few days earlier, I had actually helped … More

Having studied art now for several years, I’ve learned that two specific things tend to give us problems: Knowing when … More