How Does Moving Affect Your Art? In a recent newsletter, I described an impromptu art-making party in the temporary home of a friend who lost
Monotype Ghost Print Painted with Watercolor My love-affair with monotypes continues with this floral still life, painted on a very faint ghost print. Inspiring Monotype
What Inspires Your Art? I’ve always felt riveted by and drawn to the art, architecture and cultural styles of Morocco. Moroccan colors, details and design
What is a Monotype Print? Monotypes are a very painterly form of printmaking. There’s no carving into the plate, no materials glued to the plate,
Watercolor Painting for Beginners Watercolor painting for beginners is a challenging medium when you dive into it for the first time. Watercolor painting is famous
I LOVE listening to audiobooks in the studio while I work or travel. I have an account with Audible, and they posted this interactive U.S. map
Why Should You Exhibit Your Art? If you’re a beginning artist, it’s incredibly daunting to exhibit your art on a blog or on social media for
Encourage Your Creativity This petite watercolor study was painted while in flight over the ocean, using a reference photo of the sill in my room
Flexing Our Composition Muscles While experimenting with the camera on my phone, I snapped a flurry of photos around the house to exercise my composition
Color Collagraph Print of a Great Dane Colored pencils provide immediate, no fuss, easy-peasey art making on the fly. Even if you’re traveling, it doesn’t
Checking In How are you doing this week? We’re all hiking through the woods together towards the end of the year. This last stretch is
Mixed Media Art – Sur la Sorgue Sunday Market Loss puts a magnifying glass on the concept of time. A sweet, kind, joyfully positive friend
Surrounded by Shortcuts As a painter and printmaker, I enjoy things that require steps or process. I also like to garden and cook for those
Simplify Before Committing Back in the day, when I quizzed established artists about best practices towards making art full time, the sculptor Ron Pekar gave me
Painting the Figure in Watercolor Do you paint or draw figurative work? I’ve been doodling and drawing figures and faces since grade school. I can’t
