Been a bit stressed lately. Ever felt that way?   I promised more than I was able to do- I wanted to be superwoman, but I’m not.  I am a regular human. I have to see this through so I have to find a way to get through it.  It is almost over but almost [...]

Taking a class at the Makerie with Flora Bowley was amazing- especially since I am trying to reducing my “tightness” when arting.  She had so many ideas for how to overcome that.  Thought it was perfect that her new book, Brave Intuitive Painting,  came out just as I finished the class.  You bet I bought [...]

Remember the canvas I found was getting too precious last week?  You can see the post here. After I stepped away I began to see buildings in it, so that’s the direction I went.  I wanted to stay with the purples and I didn’t have a lot of purple colors.  I started mixing the ones [...]

What a day! I am finally making progress on the piece I have been working on!  Here’s a peek at it. It is almost finished and I am loving the process again.  Strange, I don’t like the stuck parts but I love it when it starts to come together!  If someone looked into my windows [...]

As I looked at this painting at various stages I realized I thought it was precious.  That is a wonderful thing when talking about time with my kids, date night with the hubby, or a girls night out my  friends.  Those types of things are precious.  My painting is not nor should it be!   [...]

Sunny Weather +  Paint= Messy Hands On a beautiful spring day my daughter and I went out to the picnic table and started finger painting.  Time stood still as we painted together.  A joyous day. A magnificent day. The best day!  Hope you’ve found time to paint and create this week.  Have a moment?  Stop [...]

  Whenever I paint I try to have another paper or canvas or something to wipe the excess and leftover paint from my main project.  I really liked the wispy circles and soft colors.  I recently heard an artist talk about not following in love with a background because so much gets covered up.  This [...]

I could write a book about what I learned in Jesse Reno’s class not only from  the techniques he taught but from the stories he told and the example he set.  I so wish I had a tape recorder capturing all of his tales.  Oh, I just showed my age by saying tape recorder. Jesse [...]

This week I was fortunate to have a dear friend, who has moved so very far away, stop by for a visit.  We were painting and laughing and playing and laughing when she stumbled into the happiest accident- these painty circles.  The minute we saw the first one, were were hooked.  I had been painting [...]