The Power of Color

Over the last few months I’ve played with color — a lot. Usually my palette is based on landscape colors. … More

I Am Not Drawing a Mermaid!

Recently I created an “Earth Goddess“, following along with instructor Lily Sol in a Creative Bug “Daily Practice” class called … More

Just so you know, I have now successfully completed my “15-Day Floral Challenge“. You’ve previously seen my first nine oil … More

Today’s post is short and to the point. I’m intrigued by avant-garde art, especially art created by artists such as … More

I guessed correctly on this one, but I had no idea what gongbi or baimiao were, so I had to do a … More

I’m going to be honest here about femininity and things like “goddess energy”. It’s never really been who I am. … More

Now that he’s retired, my husband enjoys having an afternoon nap each day. Usually I join him, although I don’t … More

As of today, I am giving up! Nope, not giving up on art, just giving up on ever having an … More

In learning art, we hear over and over again about how important it is that we LOOK at what we’re … More

I had no idea on this “art quiz” question, but once I began researching the answer I found it quite … More

These vases are admittedly wonky — but, actually, the vases in my reference photo were wonky-looking, so I was quite … More

I was a good student when I was in school. I loved learning. I still do. I enjoyed reading assignments … More

Oops! Some of you have already seen this post. After writing it, I accidentally published it on Friday instead of scheduling … More

Yesterday morning my husband and I visited our local library, scene of the current “Tiny Art” exhibition sponsored by the … More

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

If you’re old like me, you’ll remember this Bob Dylan classic. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is said to be one … More

Remember that sad-looking overgrown dahlia I drew last month? Oh, it was depressing. That oil pastel painting was — in … More

Try It. You’ll like it. Those were popular words in advertising a few decades back. One of my favorite “try … More

We all know that daily drawing will help us improve our skills. Or daily painting, or pouring, or whatever form … More

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I love art and art history. I wish I had majored in art history instead of…