The assignment I worked on this week in the perspective course was to draw with attention to line, tone and detail.  As is my nature, I share what I feel I am successful at as well as perceived failures and...

Every year, like clockwork, I end up battling beetles.  They are the literal scourge of my weeping pussy willow and cherry trees as well as my beautiful roses.  I tend to blame the former occupants of our home...

This week’s Journal 52 prompts were reflective of ‘That Thing You Love’ or That Thing You Hate’. Since I have a natural bent toward the negative and work very hard to ensure positivity...

I’m not one for having impossible dreams.  I am often intensely practical, though I do have a soft spot for idealist qualities.  Since I’m not a big dreamer, the prompt from Journal 52 to express...

Today will be the inaugural post in a series on creating mud art.  I have somehow epically failed and can’t find a single picture of any of the previous artworks I have done in this form.  Blurg. In...

I’m taking an awesome online art inspiration course called, ‘Love Art Happy Life’, coordinated by Marieke Blokland of Bloknote Academy.  The goal of the course is to bolster creativity and...

So I’m trying something new with this one.  My honey has had a beef with beef lately and since I typically use burger in my chili, I had to think a little differently.  I have used ground turkey a time...

I will soon be the proud owner of a set of Wobble Bottom Glasses! I’ll start at the beginning in that I can often do something that others can’t:  buy my own Christmas presents and still be...