A Painted Garden

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  • Roses are red

    Ok, so I painted my roses pink. That’s the idea. I wasn’t a huge fan of red roses until I saw peach and pink roses. The way the petals curve like v shapes into one another. It makes me think of every element in this world and how everything just is. Let me believe that…

  • Words By Corita Kent

    Don’t Belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself Corita Kent Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. Corita Kent Have you read Learn By Heart: teachings to free the creative spirit? I didn’t know that target sold this book. I will have to buy it. I read it for free on…

  • Who needs watercolor…

    when you have markers! I’ve tried this technique on my there’s no right way to paint a flower project. I forgot how beautiful the results can be. The beauty of art is there are no rules. There’s no right or wrong. I wanted watercolors and paintbrushes. I was gathering supplies wishing I had an art…

  • World Needs Love Flower

    Wow! I love the color and the stamp texture. I need to find more objects to stamp with. There’s this artist on Instagram. She stamps with all kinds of objects. I love love my candle lid. It’s rusting because I wash it after use. Oh, stamping wth a doile pattern would be fun. This design…

  • There’s Room For Everyone!

    There’s enough love and breeze for everyone. This was a lunchtime sketch. I had five minutes and a sharpie pen. You know, it’s one of my favorites. I have blogged about it once or five times. I’ve tried to paint this design. It doesn’t have the same magic. Good art is like that. Here’s to…

  • Let’s Just Paint and Be Happy

    A third-grade class doing spinning art? I should have taken photos. There was blending and foregoing the brush to finger paint. Everyone started with primary colors. The colors they mixed were purple, teal, avocado green… I hadn’t planned on teaching art but it was a wonderful surprise. What I saw was a genuine focus. They…