Easter week. The week leading up to the remembrance that is the most special one for every Christian. Easter Sunday – the day we remember not the death, but the resurrection of a living Christ. Since I started making art a few years ago, each Easter I make a special piece to celebrate. While I… Continue Reading
Recently I’ve been using the beautiful papers from Hahnemühle FineArt! They have such wonderful papers and I have been experimenting and putting the papers through their paces. Having a wonderful time! And now I have something new to focus on for a bit – Hahnemühle has announced their Calendar Painting Competition for 2019! The theme this year is… Continue Reading
I just have to post this steamship somewhere – in all its glorious steampunkiness! A couple friends and I were working hard on a tangle book about steampunk that we never quite finished. I thought I’d pull a few of my pieces of art out and share them today! My steamship in the first photo… Continue Reading
You may remember this piece of art from a few weeks back. Seriously fun to do! Let me introduce you to a product from Hahnemühle that makes it easy to reinvent this piece down the road! Recently I have been doing some product reviews for Hahnemühle Fine Arts! They generously sent me product to try… Continue Reading
I love mixed media and all the awesome things one can do with the process! Recently I have become an Artist Ambassador for Leda Art Supply! Part of what I will be doing is reviewing and using their product. Pushing it to the limits and seeing just what it can take. Above, you see one of the awesome… Continue Reading
I thought about showing a progression of photos in the making of this little piggy. Hence the “Anatomy” part of my blog title. But. We are in the midst of a massive snow storm and the photos turned out so dark. There is currently no sun. My little piggy looked awful. This was a scanner photo, which is why… Continue Reading
Oh, wow! I am so stoked that I was able to make this sweet little bunny with Mindy Lacefield‘s Etsy tutorial called Draw and Paint a Bird and Bunny! What’s that? That looks like a bird? Why, yes, it is a bird. It just wasn’t my favorite Although, the longer I look at her, the more I like… Continue Reading
Grab a cup of coffee or hot tea and pull up a chair! I am going to take you on a tour of an awesome little project called a Vignette Book. (Yes, I did totally make that name up!) The awesome people (read that as Carol <3 ) at Hahnemühle Fine Art Papers sent me a whole bunch… Continue Reading
I love working with gelli plates! You never know how it is going to turn out, but it is almost always wonderful! Awhile back, I was at an art class and we were using gelli plates – I was working with an art journal and some stencils. On the right hand side, I did the above… Continue Reading