Maybe I Can Use That For Something

Recently we bought a new vacuum cleaner. I ordered it from Amazon, and it arrived two days later, carefully shipped…

Point of Departure

Every journey — even imaginary or creative ones — have both a destination and a starting point. It’s human nature,…

I’ll admit to feeling a little silly scanning this image into my computer. It is, as the title says, a…

I’ve been fortunate in having received little criticism of my art. That is, of course, because I’ve had little exposure as…

Every Wednesday evening — 5:30 PM CST — I check in with Matt Fussell and Ashley Bane Hurst, the two…

One of the most helpful bits of info I’ve read regarding art came from Anyone Can Learn Watercolor Journaling by Jolyn Parker. …

Learning new things in art is always fun, and today I came across the term achromatic color scheme. Now, for…

After my discouragement yesterday, it was hard to come back to the studio today. I knew that awful acrylic pouring…

By all rights, I should be in a very happy mood. Our Kansas Chiefs football team is on its way…

I’ve had fun lately with colors and acyrlic pouring. You’ve seen a monochromatic pouring I completed recently, and you’ve looked…

I’m having fun this morning. It’s Saturday as I write this, and Saturday is definitely play time in the studio.…

I’m having a quiet day today. I’ve puttered around a bit, outlined my day-to-day schedule for the upcoming 100-Day Project,…

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve seen an image very similar to this one. It was…

I tend to take quotes with a bit of skepticism, especially online quotes. Sometimes they are correctly attributed; at other…

My command of the French language is tenuous at best — there’s a reason behind it, but I won’t go…

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I’d be sharing more information about painting mediums, or, I suppose media might be the…

Consistency is an interesting word with two very distinct meanings, both of which can be applicable to art. Conformity in…

Way back in time — 1961, to be precise — Debbie Reynolds starred in a film, “The Second Time Around”,…

As I’ve journeyed along over the past few years, learning art, blogging about my experiences, and discovering new media and…

It’s not uncommon to feel a bit of a creative let-down following all the excitement of the holidays. For the…