A Painted Garden

creative life

  • One of my first sketches

    Painted on an old journal page with a Crayola Educational Watercolor set. I sketched with a pencil. These were the days of my 5-minute sketches. The time isn’t the point The point is to utilize what time you do have… Continue reading

  • Pink Flower Pattern Texture

    Even now I’m looking at the image and asking how did this marvelous color scheme happen! The blending of yellow over pink makes orange. And blending with a napkin! I think I’ve found the answer to adding more color to… Continue reading

  • Who needs watercolor…

    when you have markers! I’ve tried this technique on my there’s no right way to paint a flower project. I forgot how beautiful the results can be. The beauty of art is there are no rules. There’s no right or… Continue reading

  • World Needs Love Flower

    Wow! I love the color and the stamp texture. I need to find more objects to stamp with. There’s this artist on Instagram. She stamps with all kinds of objects. I love love my candle lid. It’s rusting because I… Continue reading

  • Let’s Just Paint and Be Happy

    A third-grade class doing spinning art? I should have taken photos. There was blending and foregoing the brush to finger paint. Everyone started with primary colors. The colors they mixed were purple, teal, avocado green… I hadn’t planned on teaching… Continue reading

  • Make a mess

    That’s all. Roll up your sleeves. Get out the paint. Mix some tones and paint. A few of my favorites Continue reading