I seem to always come back to this space on my birthday every year. As I grow another year older so does the old blog. This year I have redesigned and I am hoping to go in a slightly different direction, not quite starting over but definitely moving away from where I have been. As...
I have had this fear for a long time, …a fear of messing up or wasting good paper. Good watercolor paper is expensive. I have fallen into the trap of buying the cheaper paper far too many times. I can’t count the times I have used cheaper paper and had it begin to disintegrate when...
This year I am doing something I haven’t done in 15 years. I am educating only one child at home . My youngest daughter, the cats, and I are enjoying our quiet mornings together while the rambunctious boys are enjoying the local public high school. So far the school year has begun quite nicely....
In Part 5 of my journey back to art, I mentioned a few books and studies that influenced me to move back toward my art. They all have one message in common: Figure out what your God given talent is and use it! As I was drafting this post it occurred to me that to...
Last May, I purchased a special cup, for a dear friend of mine, as a birthday gift. I was a cool “project cup” I bought at Starbucks. The cup comes apart so that you can design the insert. This past New Year’s I made a resolution to finish one project a month. The first project...
Hiking Toward Home