This is a heart I did with water soluble oil pastels on black gesso.
Several years ago I saw a documentary on Andy Goldsworthy. His art is some of the most amazing I have ever seen. He goes into nature and creates.. well, it’s hard to describe. They are sometimes scuptures but not always. He uses the materials in nature to create his art.
I am going to search netflix [...]
This is how my hands look a lot of the time. Right now as I’m typing I have gesso on three of my fingernails. I am so messy! Do you get paint all over yourself when you do art? All my stay at home clothes have paint all over them, too. And sometimes I have [...]
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
With 24 hour a day global news I am constantly hearing about someone in need that [...]
This is a strange shape because I cropped out the black bar that’s on my window. This is a really pretty star hangy-down thing I got for 75% off at an after Christmas sale. It kept twirling around to a different angle than I wanted. If I could have gotten the shot straight on you [...]
I’ve seen a couple of challenges online to take a picture a day for a year. I take a lot of pictures, but I don’t really take the time to notice things in my day to day life, nor do I take the time to frame the photos. I’d like to take this challenge to [...]
After sharing a picture of my painted shoes, I got a lot of requests to have a class on it. So I’m offering a four week class on the details of how to paint shoes. The class will begin March 19th. It’s really going to be fun! I’m offering this class in a new format. [...]
I made these painted shoes this week. I undercoated with gesso then painted with acrylic paint. I wore them to the car tag agency the other day and got all sorts of questions. Love it! They were a conversation starter in a large city where strangers don’t normally talk to me.
Then I switched over to [...]
I have worked at home for many years. When I worked for Artella, even though I was at home alone, I was working with other people but now I work alone. It’s hard to keep going when there’s not immediate feedback or chit-chat.
I appreciate those of you that leave comments here so much! It helps [...]
I’m all about the really bright, funky colors recently. This is one I’m currently working on.
The picture isn’t very clear because I moved when I snapped it, but you can get the idea. I’m also working on two other projects that I hope to finish up and get pictures of tomorrow.
I found some websites of [...]
