Artist Mindset
An expressive abstract flower artist shares the thoughts behind her paintings, and the lessons she learns when she teaches art to children.
-
Blue Doodles and Doubt
No, I can’t paint. I am not an artist. Art is like a song with all its expression. We all have a song, but we place labels on ourselves or better identified as social norms. We all have skills. We… Continue reading
-
10 Rules Poster for A Painted Garden
If you have been following and reading my blog, then you know that my crazy business idea is A Painted Garden. I want to build a community of artists who come to A Painted Garden for encouragement. We come together… Continue reading
-
What can you teach me about being an artist?
What can I teach you about art? What colleges have I attended? This is the WordPress prompt. I’m borrowing it because I’ve just read Austin Kleon’s words, teach what you know. In this post I’m going to teach what I… Continue reading
-
How to Bloom in Art: Learn from Your Past Efforts
Do you trash your original work and then look at the digital copy years later thinking what happened to this piece. I like it! That is what I am writing about today. First let me revisit words I wrote three… Continue reading
-
Paint More and Let go of Perfection
My biggest challenge is letting go of the noise and surrendering to the idea and the tools. Today I had a limited amount of supplies. I had yellow and white acrylic paint and my Neocolors. Teal was a nice surprise… Continue reading
-
Art Lessons For Life
Art Lessons for Life is a book project that I started. I will be sharing details of this project, a new project list and lessons that art has taught me. I have had amazing art experiences that I will never… Continue reading
A Painted Garden 