Embracing Imperfections

Despite all the ups and downs along the way in recent weeks, I’m definitely enjoying my art journey. Not long … More

Looking to the Light

World Watercolor Month is well underway, and hopefully before it’s all over I’ll have a nice collection of paintings to … More

Today – July 14 – I should be hitting the “quarter pole” — meaning I should have only another quarter … More

All right, so it’s not a complete bird. I won’t argue with you over that point. It is, however, at … More

Just do it! Those words were popularized as Nike’s slogan for a long time. It’s a positive, uplifting, encouraging statement. … More

Just when I think I’m getting the hang of watercolors… just when I’m starting to feel a bit more at … More

Virtual travel is so pleasant! In real life, I’m not much of a traveler at all. I much prefer staying … More

I’m very pleased with how this painting — part of my 100-day creative adventure — came out. It is based … More

I learned an interesting fact today about horse-racing. Those markers you see along the track don’t tell how far the … More

Before I recount my tale of woe and share the steps I took from hopeful start to disastrous finish of … More

I had high hopes for this painting. I suppose that was my first big mistake. My second mistake, I think, … More

Our midwestern weather is finally warming up. As I write this — on May Day — it’s close to eighty … More

I am about to set off on a creative adventure. It’s one I vaguely recall reading about before, but not … More

When I read about Carla Gannis and her “selfie project” — Artist magazine, March 2019 — I was fascinated by the idea … More

Remember Inktober? I certainly enjoyed playing around with inks and pens — dip pens excluded, thank you very much — … More

There’s always a touch of sadness when something ends, even when we’ve been looking forward to that ending. So it … More

Today’s drawing surprised me. I didn’t think I could draw this old oak tree with its friendly-looking squirrel. Well, actually, … More

Remember the trees we drew when we were children? You know… where we first drew two straight lines going up … More

I’ve enjoyed Inktober, but I’ll be perfectly honest here. I’ll be glad when it’s over. Although Cheeky Monkey Mind and … More

When Cheeky Monkey Mind and I did our “silly searches” last month and put together our Inktober list, I was … More