A Painted Garden

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  • 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…

  • Three Yellow Blooms and a Dance

    Why not? I am on a roll and painting the entire page. I’m using acrylic pens and adding details. Artwork takes time. I’m glad I have it. Sometimes the idea doesn’t work. I have to layer the paint to fix it or go a completely different direction. The yellow ochre background makes me want to…

  • Solo Pregunta!

    Just ask! Have you read this book? It is in Spanish and English. This book is a great summer and Sunday read. This book is why I love nature! Thise first few pages of fields filled with flowers. Every color, every shape and wonderful couriosity, it’s all… the way it should be. And that is…

  • A poem about minding your business

    Frost your cakes while you’re doing a dance Stamp with eye glasses Wait for no one to give you a chance Paint copy paper Cut and paste a field of blooms Giving love, there’s nothing greater Design with blue, orange and hot pink Pour your paint in the middle and turn the table What are…

  • Always blooming with you

    I sat under a tree. It was a hot day but the breeze and the color of the plants,flowers, and rocks had me focused on the moment. I took deep breathes. I felt energized and revived. Now that I have the layout down, it’s time to glue. Oh, and I need to use white ink…