“You Ain’t As Ugly As I Thought”

I’m part of the “baby boomer” generation. In the 1960s we were “coming of age”, discovering ourselves, and setting out…

Fat Bananas

I finished my “random art” project: a hand of bananas drawn with colored pencil with a watercolor background. As a…

I’m not much of a planner, especially where art is concerned. I’m more of an impromptu, spur-of-the moment sort of…

I came across the term alla prima in the March issue of Artist’s magazine. I couldn’t recall ever hearing it…

Maybe art is easy for the talented. It’s not easy for me. Of course, easy and difficult are relative terms.…

I’ve always wanted to be an artist. As a child, I loved coloring. I’m sure I probably tried doing a…

Today’s art project was a disaster. Luckily, I learned early on in my art explorations that making mistakes was an…

Today I’m sharing one of my recent colored pencil drawings. It’s far from perfect, yet I’m pleased with how it…