I find so much happiness and satisfaction exploring color in various ways and know that is a common experience of many artists. My students are always having fun in class choosing, mixing, and finding that perfect combination of color when Read more…
I know I’m about a month late with this “Shark Week” inspired project, but since I saw the theme happening throughout my Instagram feed, especially within the homeschool community, I wanted to “swim” with it. After researching these amazing and Read more…
Sometimes I just want to do something that seems backwards, out of the norm. I had already experimented with the process of adding salt on top of wet watercolor, but I wondered what would happen if the salt was under the Read more…
So many things could be placed as the definitive symbol of summer. Depending on where you live, this could mean ocean waves, palm trees, barbeque grills, popsicles, pool floaties, or even Santa Claus! But I think the summer symbol we can Read more…
Whew! I don’t know about you, but it has been a very busy summer for me so far. Between family time, some small celebrations, and the first (and second!) set of out-of-town guests I’ve had in over a year, I Read more…
I have been enjoying experimenting with the vintage ruling pens I inherited from my father. Previously I used markers as the background to my artwork, which were different types of birds and insects, but for this new trial with watercolor paints Read more…
This project was another first for me. I’ve always loved the look of a white medium on dark paper and have used white pencils (like in the Foundations Course’s Contour 2 lesson), white pastels, white crayons, white paints, and white inks in Read more…
For me, experiments are what create ideas. I like to practice without a fully-formed plan and see what comes up. Often my most satisfying artistic endeavors come from trying to expand on a previous idea and seeing how things can Read more…
Cześć! That’s hello in Polish! My parents were both first generation children of European immigrants. My mother’s parents hailed from Germany, and that was the culture we spent most of our childhood immersed in. When I was young, my parents Read more…
Sometimes you are given a gift which enables you to try something new and exciting. My father was an automotive engineer, designing car and truck parts starting in the 1950s. This was a time before computers were widely used, so Read more…
