It should not have taken me more than a month to give my new QOR High Chroma watercolors a test drive. My forty-seventh birthday was mid last month and I was spoiled with cool art supplies (hey, what are you gonna give the rabid artist in your life?). I’ve been so lazy busy lately that it’s taken me this…
watercolor
Dreaming Of The Smell Of Ripe Tomatoes
Gosh I wish it were warmer. This week I’ve painted up ripe tomatoes and I miss that smell. It’s such a unique scent when you put your nose right up to where the stem meets ripe flesh. There’s nothing better in the hot summer months. I have plans to can my own salsa and tomato…
How To Be A Better Artist
Some of you may remember last year that I took a course hosted by my good friend Tracey Fletcher King. It changed my art in so many ways I have trouble even verbalizing the improvements. I actually feel like a more accomplished artist with solid skills under my belt and I know I’m a better…
Little fish, big pond.
Wow, this is a little daunting. I keep getting a visual of me in an endlessly large room, speaking to the emptiness, wondering if anyone is there. I can almost hear the silence whisper. Then I think… “silly woman, just talk to yourself, then! You do that all the time anyways, lol.” I wonder how…