Before I get started on this post, I want to thank all of you who have commented or emailed me privately sending your prayers and healing thoughts for my back injury. I really appreciate each and every one. I am seeing the light at the end of this tunnel I’ve been in for the last…
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How To: Watercolor and Free Motion Mandalas
I’ve been playing a bit more with mandalas, but this time on fabric. To begin this process I was inspired by the Painted Hearts article by Joanne Sharp in Cloth Paper Scissors. I thought I’d try the hearts and make Dave a card for Valentine’s Day. Joanne used watercolors on the fabric which I had…
Read MoreGesso & Liquid Watercolors
For the One Little Tag challenge this month I looked through my craft stash for products I’ve not used in a long time. These are the two I chose. I really love these liquid water colors. I bought a set of them back in 2012 and even wrote this post on my love for them.…
Read MoreOne Little Tag: January
Last month I started a year-long challenge. I wrote this post about creating art every day on one little tag. I wanted to focus on watercolor in January so I broke down and bought this Koi Water Colors Pocket Field Sketch Box. I have been wanting one of these for years, but hated to spend…
Read MoreA Year Challenge – One Little Tag
I’ve been wanting to take on a year-long challenge. I so enjoyed drawing the mandalas several months ago, that I wanted to focus on drawing every day. However, I was having trouble about what substrate to use. With the mandalas I have a couple months of loose pieces of cardstock. That’s okay, but I wanted…
Read MoreWinter Art Girl Getaway
I spent this past weekend at this chalet at Burdette Park in Evansville, Indiana with six other artsy friends. What fun! What better way to spend a cold, snowy weekend than with six other creative types with a fire in the fireplace, lots of good food, and art! Talking about food, oh my, did we…
Read MoreCurrent Creative Endeavors
Believe it or not, it’s not all marbling around here! I’ve been taking a couple of classes – a bit out of my comfort zone. One is an online class, Story Threads, with Cat Caracelo. This is my first collage for this class. The cat is my Sidd who came to me in the guided…
Read MoreBayard Park Sketch Crawl
On Tuesday I participated in a sketch crawl. Well, it’s not really a crawl or a walk or a stand – but maybe – Yes! a stroll. We spent an hour strolling around the Bayard Park area, near the East Branch Library which was sponsoring this class. This area is made up of beautiful old…
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