A Painted Garden

colorful art

  • Let’s Do This: May the spirit of belief be with you always.

    I woke up this morning with a message of hope and love. Light was born in darkness. I think of the moon and the stars. Sometimes I wander and gaze up at the dark sky. I see the moon and… Continue reading

    Let’s Do This: May the spirit of belief be with you always.

  • 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

    Art Lessons For Life

  • Process is king

    I have been working on this flower painting for days. It was too orange. Then it was too red. I wanted pink. I wanted to stamp the center with the bottom of a dime-sized circle brush handle. I don’t have… 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

  • Flow with Gouache

    Gouache combines everything I love about watercolor and acrylic paint! Gouache is my new love! If you want to learn more about Gouache, watercolor, and acrylic qualities, then you’ll enjoy this post! Gouache is like watercolor. You can dilute gouache… Continue reading

    Flow with Gouache

  • Colorful Flower Doodles

    I was watching a novela. Yes, I like to watch Spanish soap operas. Someone uttered these words. Right before the sun rises it will be the darkest time. It’s true! I’ve always known that in the darkest skies, the stars… Continue reading