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Maybe I Can Use That For Something

Recently we bought a new vacuum cleaner. I ordered it from Amazon, and it arrived two days later, carefully shipped … More

Art from Trash, Junk, Recycled materials

Make It Mighty Ugly

By all rights, I should be in a very happy mood. Our Kansas Chiefs football team is on its way … More

Art Funk, creativity, Make It Mighty Ugly

Finding that Happy Medium

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I’d be sharing more information about painting mediums, or, I suppose media might be the … More

Artisan, Cold wax medium, Linseed Oil, Liquin, Oil painting mediums

Jumpstart Your Art

It’s not uncommon to feel a bit of a creative let-down following all the excitement of the holidays. For the … More

Creative process, Having fun with art, Jumpstart your Creativity

Order — With a Capital O

There’s something about a “first” that always catches our attention, I think. At some level, I believe we’re always looking … More

creativity, Denman Ross, New Year's Resolutions, Order, Studio organization, Theory of Pure Design

A Bright Sun Shiny Day

It’s January. It’s cold. But sometimes the sun still shines — brightly. Actually, the sun is closer to the earth … More

Acrylic paint, Acrylic pouring, Apple Barrel acrylics, Dylusions Acrylics, Puddle Pour, Sunshine

Lost Treasures

No, this post isn’t about some newly-discovered painting or recently unearthed archaeological discovery — which would be nice since my … More

Erasers, Frisket, Miscellaneous art supplies, White Charcoal Pencils

Woodless Pencils

Did you know that woodless pencils exist? For a long time I had no idea there was such a thing … More

EVNEED pencils, grades of graphite, graphite sticks, Powdered Graphite, woodenless pencils

Five Frustrations with Art

For the most part, my “journey of discovery” in art has been a good one. In five years I’ve gone … More

Art supplies, Frustrations

How Having a Studio Has Changed Me as an Artist

When I bought that first “how to draw” book back in 2015, I never once thought about being an artist … More

Art Studio, Confidence in art, Experimenting in art, Making art, Multiple projects

Showing Off the Studio

Yesterday was a fun day. Our “California Girl” — Liz Sherwood — was here in the midwest. She’s accompanying her … More

Bookmarks, Fun with Family, Liz Sherwood, Making messes

Sign Here, Please

If memory serves me right — which at my age is sometimes questionable — the first artwork I ever signed … More

Artist magazine, Jan van Eyck, Judith Leyden, Rembrandt, Signatures

Little Inspirations

Remember when I asked about where you “art”? That was back before we made our move from White Oak to … More

Inspirations

Wish List

Yesterday morning I was browsing a bit through the blog. Sometimes I enjoy doing that… just looking back to earlier … More

Art Gifts, Studio, Wish Lists

That Looks Nice!

Earlier this morning my husband and I enjoyed our first fire in the downstairs fireplace. It was warm and cozy, … More

Care of materials, Left-over paints, Palettes

Clean-Up Day in the Studio

Creativity means making a mess… and then cleaning it up. I don’t know when or where I first heard those … More

Art Studio, creativity, Making messes

Desktop Essentials

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

Art supplies, Efficiency, Organization

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, … More

back to school, Goal-setting

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 … More

Art Studio, Blogging, Organization, Tips and Beyond

How Do You Do It?

Sometimes I pose rhetorical questions. This is not one of them. I really want to know how you do it … More

Art Time Management

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