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  • Changing Your Mind About Your Art

    Do you ever change your mind about your painting? First, you like it, maybe you love it. Then you want to throw it away. Maybe you feel like the world doesn’t see your art, will they ever? Then you get kind feedback. The biggest change that I have experienced in my art is in the…

  • Inspiring Art Projects from Marc Chagall

    The freer the soul, the more abstract the painting becomes. These words are of Marc Chagall. Yes, what beautiful words. I had the honor of teaching a 4th-grade class about Marc Chagall. The presentation slides were colorful paintings filled with shapes and interesting texture lines. We came across a slide of the Eiffel Tower on…

  • Painting Mexican Textiles Outside

    What a morning! Today was a fabulous morning. I loosely referenced a Mexican textile pattern pillow. Painting patterns is an easy way to explore a new medium and practice your regular painting skills. In this post, I’ll share the idea behind my pattern and the lessons I’ve learned. Let the painting begin! Organize My Watercolor…

  • Mixing Pink and Pink Roses

    Have you read my 13 tips for acrylic painting post? I am glad I wrote these tips. The tips are helping me get into carefree moments of bliss. In today’s post, I will share how you can mix lovely shades of pink and peach. I’ll share how I paint flowers. We all have a style…

  • My Flower Doodles

    This morning I took five minutes to draw the bouquet on the left. The flowers on the right were probably drawn during the same amount of time. Drawing like this takes me to the school days of drawing in my notebook. Nobody told me to draw. I drew because…there is no reason why. I draw.…

  • Art Journal Vs. Paint Projects

    Do you have an art journal? Or do you always paint on canvas or paper? I usually get out my Canson Paper and I paint. Lately, I have been doodling in a notebook. I sketch in my color journal. I have discovered that painting in a journal feels playful and free. Lately, my journal work…