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  • Creating Art: My Beginning Journey to Surface Pattern Design

    I am super excited to share my collection and most importantly what I have learned! I wanted to prove to myself that I could create a surface pattern design. There are many resources out there. If I can do it, you can too! We can do it! Here we go! Change your Mindset I can’t…

  • My Purple Paintings

    This is a recent painting. I love all the different purples and the fact that I painted with my fingers is cool too! Maybe I should turn this flower into a pattern? Here are my other purple paintings and color exploration. Purple is one of those colors that I want to explore more. I am…

  • Happenings In My Creative Space

    It has been days since I have painted. I thought about it today. In that sense I guess I am getting better. I am. It’s like that Johnny Cash song, “Everyone keeps on moving and that’s what tortures me.” Making great art means you have to take care of yourself every single day! These are…

  • If I were going to open a shop, what would I sell?

    In the words of Littel Mermaid’s Ariel, I would sell gadgets and gizmos of all sorts. Yes, a shop filled with odds and ends used to paint lovely textures. You would walk in to a big cabinet of curiosities and leave with items to help you paint. Makes me think of an artist who uses…

  • Creative Candle Lid Stamping Idea: A Word Poster

    I remember stamping with a candle lid. Fun times. So, I was looking through past posts, deleting most of them, before finding my make poster. I just gathered my supplies. Yes, I used the spray bottle watercolor idea from The Frugal Crafter. Then came the stamp shapes. Out of nowhere candle lid stamps began to…

  • Blue Moon Sunflowers

    I have been going through my art and running it by Austin Kleon’s So What Test. What an eye opener! Bloom Moon Sunflowers is a good name for these blue flowers. I don’t know what color of blue I used. I remember having some leftover paint and a new brush. Did I paint these with…