self care
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Keeping that Idea Alive
The shape of these flowers was created with my fingers, and then a flat brush was used for the stroke texture. Sometimes you have to go with the idea. Sometimes it works and other times it leads to what does!… Continue reading
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Make it a Colorful Life
Everything’s Rosy? No, not always. Painting helps, right? Continue reading
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Paint a Tree with Heart Shaped Leaves
This is a project I had the honor, yes honor, of working on. The walls were bare. The tree was bare. No colors. No spring. Then I did what I always hoped my art could do. I had an idea,… Continue reading
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Some Projects Work
and some don’t. Yet in every project there’s new color, a new way to use an old tool. In every project there is practice and YOU. Keep making art. I had a simple idea with ornaments and created these flowers.… Continue reading
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Poem About the Joys of Making Art
Getting better at mixing pinks Yellows and browns sun-kissed Adding water to acrylic Losing track of time Sennelier worth every dime Falling in love like looking at the stars above Having a ball A little doubt but no longer afraid… Continue reading
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Making Art is Good for You
In this post, I want to share my latest flower painting and talk about how art doesn’t have to be good for it to be good for you. We get so focused on thinking our art is bad that we… Continue reading
A Painted Garden 