A Painted Garden

Creative Exploration

  • Bright Orange & Pink Roses In a Blue Vase

    Sounds dreamy and colorful! It is. I was going back and forth with layers of acrylic paint and Neocolors. I kept layering the leaves, but the brush was too thick. I tried teal and turquoise. Maybe the yellow was too… Continue reading

  • Blue Sunflower With Pink flowers?

    I like the sound of that! I painted this on the cover of my journal. It is a Canson Rough Mixed Media Journal. I’ve never painted on rough paper. I enjoy that I can choose a new paper and paint.… Continue reading

  • How to Find Your Art Style

    I was listening to a Q&A art licensing podcast. One question caught my attention. What do you do when you worry that your art will never be good enough. You have endless ideas but can’t transfer the ideas to canvas.… Continue reading

  • What motivates me?

    Blooming beauties dancing with the trees. Dancing with the breeze Painting with the color blue Having nothing particular to do A slice of vanilla strawberry and almond cake Summer break Gazing up at the moon and stars Symphony of streetlights… Continue reading

  • Pink and peach bouquet of let’s do this!

    Hesitation was there at first, but I chose to pick up the paintbrush and did soft strokes. I started painting this flower bouquet yesterday. Today I had to mix up the same colors only slightly darker What do you know,… Continue reading

  • More of me. More of this palette!

    This is now a print. I am going to stick this sketch in my brand-new sketchbook. The sketch will be a reminder to continue creating my art. These are the roses I want to paint. This was a simple sketch… Continue reading