A Painted Garden

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  • The best solution ever for making beautiful art!

    As you paint and work on a project you will hear a voice that says good idea but work on the color scheme. Pull out the color swatches book you made. Paint with the colors you like. How about painting… Continue reading

  • How Not to Teach Art

    The project was Starry Night by Van Gogh. My artists are third and fourth-graders. I showed them Starry Night. Then we watched a video. We watched and paused as we painted along. That is where I went absolutely wrong. The… Continue reading

  • Faith Ringgold

    Let me start this post with a quote by Faith Ringgold. You can’t sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it. Yesterday I learned about Faith… Continue reading

  • Always Paint For the Thrill of It

    Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. Well I suppose this question comes at a good time. I have written books. I have spent months creating and writing a book. Different Is Beautiful was inspired by a… Continue reading

  • Artist Quote-James Pierce

    Art deteriorates when it is done for the audience. James Pierce Yes, that’s what happened today. At least I have a reminder of what not to do. In these paintings, I was painting for me. I thought of nature. Thinking… Continue reading

  • Art is all I want to do

    I had a teacher in elementary school who made me feel like I was weird for always asking why. I now realize that my asking why is proof that I’m an artist. I am who I am. I enjoy painting every day.… Continue reading