Some of you know how I got started painting, some of you don’t. In a nutshell, I sketched & painted as a kid, took one Art class in college and then quit painting for 20 years. My teacher didn’t like how my paintings looked real. It’s possible that I might’ve been a touch over-sensitive. Just. […]
Happy Birthday Mom!
I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about my fantastic mother who turned 85 yesterday. Yes, EIGHTY five. She looks amazing, doesn’t she? But there’s a lot more than her looks that make her amazing. Did you notice the headset she’s wearing in the pic above? There’s a good reason . . […]
Cowboy Projects to Paint
I just bet you’ve been waiting for me to show how to paint some cowboy projects, haven’t you? No? You mean, because we’re a week away from Easter & Spring is finally starting to appear that you don’t want to paint a western rope or antique poster? Well, in that case, just file this away […]
Paint A Bandana Print
Do you like to doodle? I love to. Doodling is one of those things that I used to do all of the time, before computers. Before computers and blogs, and Facebook, and Pinterest, and . . . you know. The last time I doodled it was for sheer therapy, when I painted this lampshade while […]
Pink Cupcake Paintings
Before I became obsessed start watching Downton Abbey, I was really on track, painting things for Valentine’s Day. Of course, now I’m totally derailed and sketching more costumes but I wanted to share these fun little cupcake paintings I did. After basecoating the canvases with a blush pink I sketched the cupcakes. I drew the […]
More Downton Abbey Costume Sketches
Little Reminder: Every Tuesday at 6 pm PST I’ll be painting live via Google+. This week I’m previewing the Birds On Branch. Hope you’ll drop by! (If you’re not on Google+, you can watch it here on the blog.) If you saw my post yesterday with the first Downton Abbey costume sketch then you saw […]
Downton Abbey Costume Sketches
If you are already a fan, no further explanation is necessary. If you’ve never watched, or even heard, of the PBS smash series, Downton Abbey well, I find explaining my own obsession hard to explain. And, yes, it is an ‘obsession.’ I haven’t been ‘obsessed’ with any pop culture since Davy Jones. And if “Davy […]
Completing a Series
I’m starting my 18th year of painting. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been painting my entire life and sometimes it feels like I just started. In a lot of areas, I’m still a beginner. For instance, I’ve never painted a series – a group or collection of paintings. I’ve known for some time this is […]