Birthday Arty Party
Once in awhile I have the privilege of helping celebrate someone’s birthday with an arty party. Yesterday was my lucky day and I had this fun group of artists, all cousins, come play with me! They opted for the open … Continued
Coming Up at Red Barn Studio
I am so excited to be Artist in Residence at Lester Raymer’s Red Barn Studio and Museum in Lindsborg, Kansas next week. While there, I will be working on some new art as well as teaching a couple of workshops. … Continued
Mixed Media on the Cheap
Art supplies can be pretty pricey, but there are lots of great alternatives out there that make things a little easier on the pocket book. Knowing when it is worth it to use the high dollar supplies, and when a … Continued
Fishy Business
Lately I have been enjoying creating fish and have done several now. It started with my almost cartoon like fish that I made available as a digital download. These are great to use in an art journal, as unique gift … Continued
Happy Earth Day!
I can’t think of a better day to celebrate Earth Day than by playing around with some Citra Solv and National Geographic magazines! I just had a workshop on it at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita last weekend, and … Continued
Leather Painting Workshop
Another of the workshops that I did in Illinois was a leather painting workshop. Everyone did three projects, a leather key fob, a pouch, and a cuff. For the key fob and the cuff, we painted first, then … Continued
Mixed Media on the Cheap
One of the workshops I held this last weekend in Jerseyville, Illinois was Mixed Media on the Cheap. To try out some cheap alternatives to expensive art supplies we made some darling fish on our pine boards using some fun … Continued
Image Transfer with Citra Solv
I am excited to include an additional aspect of using Citra Solv concentrated cleaner to my upcoming Citra Solv workshops…. image transfer. We will be transferring an image to be framed with a Citra Solv altered magazine page covered wood … Continued
Fish on the Cheap
I feel rather passionate about art being accessible to everyone, and sometimes that means figuring out cheaper alternatives to expensive art supplies, or using what you already have around the house. I made this fish on a 8 x 18 … Continued
Dollar Store Art Supplies
This is the haul of mixed media art supplies I brought home from the dollar store yesterday! Can you figure out what everything will be used for? fly swatter cotton swabs paint brushes (at least you should get this one!) … Continued