

. . . moving on
So, I finally decided to sign and frame my "elephant" obsession and move on the something new, Started on two small (5x7) drawings of...


Not-so-Neato Sgraffito!
So I led a mini-workshop/tutorial yesterday on using a sgraffito technique (scratching through the top layer of color) with colored...


Slowly but surely . . .
I started a new drawing before we traveled to Columbia for Don's doctors' appointments earlier this month. Usually I rush through a...


Starting the New Year with a NEW plaything!
While still here in KC I took advantage of a special coupon for in-store purchases only, and with my Christmas gift card in my pocket,...


Saying goodbye to the OLD, in with the NEW (maybe)
This is the last day o f 2018 and I woke up thinking "perhaps I could add some Inktense pencil on top of the tree study I've been playing...


My new favorite pencil!
For several years I've avoided using watercolor pencils. I figured I don't do watercolor well, why should watercolor pencils be any...


Playing with watercolor pencils!
A set of 36 Derwent watercolor pencils was part of what I purchased with my birthday gift card from Tina, and this week I decided it was...


And the journey begins (the artful journey, of course!)
Earlier this year I discovered a fascinating book, "Creating Art at the Speed of Life," by Pam Carriker, and it inspired me to not only...


This required art BEFORE and AFTER breakfast!
April is "panel change" time at the TRAG Gallery and lately I have either tried to put up only new work that I haven't shown before or...


It's high time to start "journaling" again. . .
Wow! Nearly a year has rolled around and it's time for the Table Rock Art Guild Student Art Show again. We matted all the amazing art...