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  • Flowers-Let Your Spirit Guide You!

    How do you paint flowers? Millions of people all over the world search for ideas for painting flowers. I search too. Today I added a little water to my palette and painted. The brush that I was second-guessing was gliding on the page. Yellow Ochre was my hero! I added a few layers. Let them…

  • Roses-Lessons Artists Learn

    My love of painting began with watercolor. No wait, it was acrylic paint! I’ve always liked the way the paint feels on my fingers. I like making a mess with paint. I’ve been working with acrylic paint so much that I had to step away from comfort and paint with watercolor. I’ll finish the last…

  • Roses-Paint With What You Have

    Look at my paper plate palette. It reminds me of Eric Carle’s collage! The Eric Carle Collage-inspired colors are one reason why you should use what you have. You will make beautiful art. Let me explain. For this entry, I obviously didn’t paint in my journal. The paint is old and separating from the pigment.…

  • Roses-Watercolor

    For this journal entry I wanted to use watercolor. I haven’t used my watercolors in a long time. I will do more with watercolor when I use the watercolor mixed media journal paper. Let’s go over this design. I used a small round brush to sketch the flower shapes. Then I used a flat brush…

  • Pink Roses-Flower Arrangement

    For this arrangement, I simply wanted to get something on the page. Pink is my color these days. I know I reviewed and love the Liquitex Heavy Body Paint set but I’m enjoying these Basics paints. Here’s my process: That’s it! I just focused on the shapes and layered on the color. I like adding…

  • Roses- Tees!

    Ok, I have one rose tee design and the other two are colorful flowers. I have always wanted to design t-shirts. In my last painting session, I was enjoying the process. I am enjoying the process. I’m painting and allowing the ideas to flow. And that brings me to my t-shirt designs. I watched a…