A Painted Garden

creative thinking

  • Roses-Everything Bouquet

    The roses this year are beautiful! On Sunday I painted orange roses inspired by the lovelies I saw at UCLA. I’ll share my orange roses painting in an upcoming post. I’m not quite finished yet. Oh but let’s go over… Continue reading

  • Roses?

    Ok, so I never really appreciated the beauty of a rose. Roses. Typical. Right? I started noticing them last year. This year roses are huge and in such gorgeous colors. I want all this in my art, in my book?… Continue reading

  • May the force be with you!

    Have you ever been curious about nature? Yes I’m getting all Star Wars because I believe in the force. I wrote an arty book filled with colorful collage animals and mindful thoughts. Today the ebook is available for free. The… Continue reading

  • New Art Journal & Ruby the Copycat

    I finished a journal. Now it’s time to start a new art journal. My new journal is a smaller size. I have a limited space to work my magic on a limited space. Here are a few art journals that… Continue reading

  • All I want to do is paint

    What job would you do for free? What a question! I want to paint in the garden. I want to have breakfast and tea in the garden. I want to spend my days painting. I want time to just mix… Continue reading

  • Roses-sketching with Crayons

    For this session, I got out my crayons and swatched them. That made me smile and excited to draw! My set is missing a few blues, pinks, and greens but I didn’t care. I was smiling inside and ready to… Continue reading