I haven’t painted a ‘regular’ painting in quite a while. I mean, I’ve been painting dogs and craft stuff, but there are a lot of blank walls in my house and I decided I need to paint something just for me. Usually I post all of the step-by-step photos after I’ve finished a painting and […]
Poodle Puppy Illustration
Since I’ve been doing dog illustrations recently I’ve had no shortage of requests from friends and followers. Which I love, because there are times that I simply don’t feel like painting. What?!? Me, not paint? True story. It’s rare, but it does happen when I just don’t feel like creating anything. This poor pup got […]
Burlap Love Banner
It took me a while to jump on the “banner bandwagon”. I kept seeing banners all over Blogland. Parties, holidays, whatever-days. I just didn’t get it. Which, by the way, isn’t that unusual for me. I am not much of a trend-follower. And completely forget about me being a trendsetter of any sort. If you’re […]
How To Organize Your ENTIRE House
Have you ever spent a day sorting through a pile of clutter, picking through what you want and what you don’t, and then neatly putting it back? Feels good doesn’t it? And then, maybe a week or so goes by and you can’t remember what you put where? You just saw it. You know you […]
Arch Patterns
As I make my way through my pile of old paint patterns I’ve drawn and used over the years, I figure I might as well start the posts at the beginning – with “A”. For Arches. I’m pretty sure there has to be some mathematical or logical way to draw arches. If there is, I […]
SHARE THE LOVE–Free Valentine’s Day Printables!
Hello and welcome to Share The Love, a fabulous 16 blogger event where each of us has created free printable Valentines just for you! Today is January 14 which means there’s only one month until Valentine’s Day. Time to get busy! If you’re visiting from Caitlin’s blog, welcome! So happy you’re here! When Jamie first […]
Dog Patterns–Pug and Lab Puppy
Like nearly everyone else at this time of year, I’ve been trying to organize around the house. (Notice I said “trying”.) Sooner or later we all have to face that shoebox . . . the one with scraps of paper that have a bunch of numbers on them that seem to matter to accountants. And […]
Pug Illustration–step by step
Today I’m letting the cat, er, dog outta the bag – I’m creating a line of all occasion doggie greeting cards. There are a few avenues artists can take for success, I’ve heard. (It’s nice that I’m finally listening after nearly 20 years.) Of course there are art galleries. ahem. Yeah, well, that’s not ‘me’ […]