Mary Did You Know?
This is a repeat of a coloring page offered a year or so ago. It is one of my Christmasy favorites, so I thought I would share it again! If you would like to color while YOU ponder the … Continued
PLAY themed workshops
Last Saturday I had a couple of fun workshops in the theme of PLAY. In the first, Paint Like a Child, we had fun going through the developmental stages of children’s art, putting them into practice as we created a … Continued
Paint Like a Child
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” Pablo Picasso My focus for the month of November has been looking at the qualities of children’s art and in what areas I could … Continued
Play Themed Workshops Coming Up!
I am pretty excited about the lineup of workshops coming up at Tessera Fine Arts Gallery! Next week there will be three different workshops, all with the theme of PLAY! On Thursday will be the “Paint Like a Child” workshop … Continued
Choose Joy
Sometimes happy accidents happen in art. “Choose Joy” was one such accident. I had been working on six or so faces on wood panels at once. The other five had already gotten their preliminary coat and I was ready to … Continued
The Big Top
“Big Top” has been sitting in my studio partially finished for awhile. I like the idea of the circus theme, but had gotten to a point where I didn’t like the direction it was going. So I painted over the … Continued
Art as free as a child’s
Once in awhile I have a little paint party with my 4 and 5 year old granddaughters. I am always distracted from my own paint project by watching them. Their imaginations and enthusiasm just run free without all the constraints … Continued
It’s Time to Have Some Fun!
Sometimes, some just plain old silliness pops into my pages. This is another of my magazine turned art journal pages, and the original lovely and respectable lady in the ad became a whimsical pink haired and long necked fun loving … Continued