Watercolor Textures are building blocks for many of my Mixed Media and Digital Art pieces. I’ve shared in the past a little bit about color textures when I shared my cherry blossom collage art. I have mentioned them numerous times. … Read More
Spring is about to begin in Texas and with it, new works. There is a faint hint of spring around here if you look hard enough. I spotted a bed of tulips coming up in the entrance of a gated … Read More
The Cherry Blossom Watercolor Collection started with a ruined painting. But by working through the creative process, the art work is happily up in my shop and on Etsy this week. I recently wrote a blog about creating original art. … Read More
There are some basic skills that are helpful to master if you want to paint watercolors. I plan to do a series of blogs where you can explore one by one the skills needed to improve your painting. If you … Read More
I love all the colors… and when creating mixed media art, Prismacolor pencils in particular, not only give me a wide array of colors to chose from, but also they can be used in my art to make it more … Read More
The Value of Literature My Encounter with the Book A close friend of mine introduced me to this book at a critical point in my life, where I too was encountering a piece of artwork that would change the course … Read More
Steps to Relieve Creative Block First, I admit that I am not on my game. I lower my expectations, and maybe I won’t tackle that 18 x 24 painting, or the detail inside the flower that I want to get … Read More
There is an autumn leaves watercolor project that I do every year. I teach it too. Art Project One: Colorful Autumn Leaves
There’s a story behind one of my favorite questions, “Can I paint your photo?” It was an extremely bad day at work, one of those days with a lot of pressure and not enough time, when I got a text … Read More
Remember, I told you, I love to tell stories. Here is another story. It’s about how I came up with Digital Watercolor Quilts. My Christmas Card Tradition All of my Christmas cards are handmade. This tradition started the first year … Read More