Sandhill Plum Picking
Sometimes I get to take part in the sweetest stories! I feel so honored when my art gets to play a small part in making a wedding special, or in making a sweet memory when someone has passed on, or in … Continued
Musical Easels Mixed Media
Last Friday I held a Musical Easels class here on Victory Road. The weather was beautiful, so we had the class out on the screened in porch. In this workshop I introduce the basic techniques of mixed media… but with … Continued
Julie Ford Oliver
I was thrilled to be able to attend a day of the three day Julie Ford Oliver workshop held at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita last week. I only wish I had been able to do all three! She shared the … Continued
The Blue Musketeers
I have been enjoying having the bird photos that my friend Connie has shared with me from her own backyard bird watching as inspiration for my artwork lately. I don’t usually work from an image, so it has been kind of … Continued
Gratitude – from the art journal
Another page from my “says me” series. These are bits of advice that I give myself…recorded in my art journal just in case anyone else ever wants to hear it! I am so enjoying my Dylusions art journal this year! … Continued
Happy Birds
I finished up a new piece of art last week that I called “Happy Birds” because of the bright cheery colors in it. I started with a wood panel that was actually an unfinished cabinet door. I added scraps and … Continued
“Harlequin Tree”
Awhile back, I shared with you a technique using Citra Solv concentrated cleaner to alter National Geographic pages, but with a twist… first embossing a stencil design on the page, and then treating with Citra Solv. Sometimes the technique results … Continued
Don’t throw out that leftover dye!
This weekend we had great fun decorating Easter eggs with the grandkids. Ever on the lookout for art supplies, I decided to try using the leftover dye as watercolor paints on Sunday’s Scripture doodle. As always, I began with an ink drawing of … Continued
“We Need Women” by Kavita Ramdas
“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” Kavita Ramdas As the … Continued
Adeline – using Pebeo Prisme Fantasy
Yesterday, I shared my mixed media piece “Addie” inspired by Gustav Klimt’s 1907 work “A Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” . Again following Klimt’s lead, I have created another piece loosely fashioned after Klimt’s 1912 work “A Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer … Continued