A Painted Garden

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  • Oh, the Joy of Paper Collage Flowers!

    One day I was in an art class, and I painted some paper. All I had was copy paper and my notebook paper. There was liquid watercolor and gouache. I also painted on newspaper, copy paper, and watercolor paper. It was every artist’s dream. We grown-ups complicate everything. Make marks. There is only make. These…

  • Back to School Art Supplies?

    Back to School season is a fabulous to pick up inexpensive art supplies that you can explore. Stores like Target and Dollar Tree stock their isles with great items that you can add to your toolbox. These items are not the best quality and yet they are because you can do a lot of exploring…

  • Explore a New Color Like Purple

    Purple is not a color I paint with. I don’t have purple clothes. That’s exactly why I decided to mix purple and explore the color. I have been thinking about purple. This is the first design I painted like a few years ago. I love the colors. What should I call them, warm purple pinks.…

  • Brighter Days Mosaic Flower

    Each shape is a tiny tile. Yes, a blue tile is colorful on its own, but pair with other pieces and somehow it comes together to form something beautiful. I painted a flower. Look at the Mosaics in Park Güell. The shapes are either big, small, long, wide and organically shaped. The colors bring out…

  • Who Are You Blue Finger-Painted Flower?

    The dots and the blue create a glow alluding to your inner self. I am an artist. I like to work on finger painting. It’s the feel of the paint and making a mess that is wonderful! So, watering down acrylic paint can achieve smoother strokes.

  • Poem About the Joys of Making Art

    Getting better at mixing pinks Yellows and browns sun-kissed Adding water to acrylic Losing track of time Sennelier worth every dime Falling in love like looking at the stars above Having a ball A little doubt but no longer afraid to fall.