A Painted Garden

painting flowers

  • Art is Fun

    I’ll answer today’s prompt with a poem. I paint flowers with the colors of the sun Go for a run Stroll with the butterflies and the breeze Sip tea with ease Dance Gaze at the moon with abundance, not chance Continue reading

  • Painting with a cup of tea

    It was a rainy day and it felt good to paint flowers with various tones of blue. I said the focus of this post should be why. Off the top of my head here goes. Why do I paint? What… Continue reading

  • Paint to declutter your mind

    Or is it clear your mind so you can paint? Sometimes my mind is full of clutter. Then there are times when I paint like this. I post these expressive flowers a lot. In fact, this flower arrangement is featured… Continue reading

  • Corita Kent Rules

    Here is a list of some of Corita’s words that speak to me. What a difference these ideas make. I should write them in my art journal. 1 Find a trusting place and trust it for a while 2 Consider… Continue reading

    Corita Kent Rules

  • Art Quote

    I will answer today’s prompt with a beautiful quote from one of my favorite artists. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. Georgia… Continue reading

  • How do you mix Apricot crush?

    I blogged about this here and here. Here are the swatches and the notes for making apricot crush. In this post, I’ll go over how to mix apricot crush. The top two rows are variations of red using the same yellow.… Continue reading