Another Show Coming Up!

I’m excited. Little by little, our art world is coming to life again. For the last two-and-a-half years, there have…

“…If You Could Not Fail”

There’s a sub-title for this post. It’s this: How Changing My Attitude Changed My Art. There’s a connection between our thoughts…

In several previous posts I’ve mentioned Creative Bug, one of those arts and crafts websites featuring classes from different teachers.…

Monday was an interesting day. Shortly after lunch, my husband and I went to our nearby library where we met…

As a very messy oil painter, I’m always looking for tips that might help me keep my palette better-organized and…

Even though I love Japanese art, I wasn’t familiar with the term kakemono. According to Wikipedia, the word means hanging thing, and it…

More on Asian art today… and no, I didn’t know the answer to this question. Do you? What are Japanese…

We all know about happy accidents when it comes to art. We’re drawing or painting and something happens, something we didn’t…

Many times I’ve said that creativity is “making a mess” — but that’s only part of it. The rest of…

I always look forward to Earth Day. This year, however, as much as I want to get out and celebrate…

A little over a year ago — March 2021 — I shared a sketch I’d made while following a demonstration…

As I looked through the workshop schedule for Sketchbook Revival 2022, I think I rolled my eyes a bit when…

Did you get it right? I took a wild guess when I did this quiz, and I guessed wrong! Probably…

I love landscape painting from all cultures, but I didn’t have a clue when it came to answering this quiz…

As I browsed through the various workshops offered during this year’s “Sketchbook Revival”, one in particular caught my attention. It…

Sketchbook Revival 2022 has been a fun experience. It officially ended on April 4 with videos scheduled to be available…

I enjoy doing a bit of “personal art therapy” — using visual art as a means of understanding myself, a…

We’ve all figuratively met “Whistler’s Mother” — from a painting titled Arrangment in Gray and Black #1. But how many of…

“Are you ever going to finish that painting?” That’s what my husband has been asking about “Rocky Falls”. I call…

An earlier “art quiz” question and answer — Question 44 — focused on icons. The “Novgorod” school of art produced…