It’s a Wrap

I’ve taken all 33 of my Inktober drawings and put them together in a little video. Yes, I have 33 … More

Child’s Play

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

You’ve probably heard that old expression: Fool me once…Shame on you! Fool me twice…Shame on me! Accordingly, I’m to blame … More

Today’s Inktober drawing — from the prompt words battle, graceful, swollen, ornament, tree — is definitely the messiest drawing I’ve … More

Today’s drawing was a disappointment. Again, it was one of those fairly simple drawing projects, and I didn’t anticipate too many … More

I remember the first time I heard that art is an illusion. Maybe other artists have a natural awareness of … More

Recently my art time has been devoted to drawing. I consider drawing a foundational skill for all other art. I’m … More

Today our season changes from summer to autumn. It’s my favorite time of the year. It’s also the time of … More

I am creative, but I’m not crafty. There’s a world of difference between the two. I think it comes down … More

When I began learning to draw in June 2015, I was anything but an artist. At that point, I didn’t … More

I am having fun today playing around with ink. There’s no purpose to what I’m doing, no rhyme or reason … More

In yesterday’s post I mentioned a workshop I attended earlier in the week. It was sponsored by one of the … More

I was thrilled when my new Chinese Brush Art kit arrived yesterday. It is so beautiful! In fact, it’s so … More

What I love most about creativity is how one thing always leads to another, so there’s never an end to … More

Along with berry-hunting on the hiking trails, my husband and I also did a bit of birding over the Labor Day … More

If you’ve followed along on my art journey for a while, you know already how much I love September. For … More

I’ve been in a sunflower state of mind lately. Maybe it began when my husband and I saw a few sunflowers and … More

It feels good to write this today. For once, I’m not dealing with disappointment in my art. My little creative monkey … More

I’ve been reading more from Awakening Your Creative Soul by Sandra Duran Wilson. She mentions that somewhat disjointed, crazy part of … More

Yesterday I wrote about sticks and stones, and I’m not yet finished with Mother Nature and her contributions to the … More