On Christmas Day, my husband and I drove to St. Joseph, Missouri to spend a little time with my sister. … More
Category: Learning to Paint
Not Quite What I Intended
First…where have I been? Life has been crazy busy over the last few weeks with trips to visit my sister, … More
Appreciating Where I’ve Been
As part of my art-organizing and general house-cleaning, I’m still going through old paintings I’ve made in the last two … More
Starting Points
I’m approaching my paintings now in an experimental vein…and it’s proving to be interesting.
It’s Actually a Camel
Now, to you, this painting might look like a peaceful winter scene, but it’s not. It’s actually a camel.
Look! Up in the Sky!
I’d love to hear from oil painters who can give me a bit of advice. How do you create those very fine lines in your paintings? What size brushes do you use? What tricks, tips, or techniques can you share to help me improve?
Painting a Fantasy
In many ways, my Garden Fantasy is my impression of impressionist art. I can see leaves and flowers, and I can imagine many things when I see this painting. I can feel different things, too.
Learning to Draw – With Paint
“…some artists like to do detailed drawings to use as reference before they paint, but many don’t. Some artists do drawings directly onto their canvas before they start to paint, but many don’t.”
Tools of the Trade
There are lots of artists who don’t like using brushes, or who may use brushes but also reach for many different tools of the artistic trade.
Five Things
What five things do I consider essential for creating art?
Just Another Autumn Painting
I have to admit, I didn’t have a strong, specific intention for this painting. It was simply another autumn painting, another opportunity to work with a palette of warm colors, another chance to practice painting a familiar wooded scene.
Rockin’ It This Mornin’
I’m excited now to paint more rocks… big rocks, little rocks…
How Many Times Can One Canvas Be Painted?
This painting isn’t one I take too seriously, and I have to smile each time I look at it. This particular canvas, you see, has had quite an interesting history.
Practice Makes…Progress
As I’ve been working my way through lots of ups and downs with my oil painting, I’ve been going back and fixing up a few paintings.
Way Out of My Comfort Zone
It’s taken me two years to get brave enough to try this first “people painting.”
Right Brain, Left Brain
The philosopher Pythagorus used “cosmos” to describe the universe, seeing within it a purposeful order.
Getting Carried Away Again
Sometimes maybe we deliberately need to make bad art.
Going Deeper
This woodland scene — still unfinished — represents the feelings I had as I painted, feelings that I’m following a path that’s leading me deeper into impressionism, leading me toward a deeper understanding of what art is to me, giving me a deeper awareness of my own creative spirit.
Fire in the Forest
For me, impressionist painting means following what I feel, going wherever the painting takes me.
Bits and Pieces
Why not appreciate the good things in our art? Why not see the potential…and not make such a fuss about the awful parts?
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