A Painted Garden

art journal

the art journal blog of an expressionistic artist who paints the way nature makes her feel.

  • The Key to Painting Beautiful Flowers

    Let me say that the tips in this post are for any artist. I am an abstract flower artist so of course my frame of reference is painting flowers. In this post, I’ll go into the painting lessons I have… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

    Inspiring Art Projects from Marc Chagall

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading