On April 1st, I splashed some paint on one of my journal pages. I’d seen an exercise on a blog somewhere, (for the life of me, I can’t remember where, I’ve visited so many blogs lately), where you splatter paint on a page and let it dry, then go back later and see what you […]
I love fantasy art and my digital work is full of fairies and elves, so I guess a fairy was bound to make her appearance in my doodle/sketch book sooner or later. She wasn’t a serious sketch. She was a “just to doodle”, doodle, just for me, while I was watching television. I started with […]
Get swept away in your imagination. Let it bloom. I’m working on being more comfortable with my painting. What looks like a mistake doesn’t have to be, or it can be painted over. When I work digitally, I always have the security of the undo or delete a layer. I have to get comfortable working […]
A new girl I painted over the weekend. I cut her out when I finished painting her. I painted a background page and added her to it, along with some scraps, sentiments and washi tape. I painted over it more than once. I struggle with mixed media backgrounds so this was a great exercise for […]
I’ve started Tamara Laporte aka Tam Willowing’s free course, ‘Art, Heart and Healing’ over at It’s exactly what I need, especially after the doubts and fears that went through me before I started working on the inspiration block I shared with you last week. The first lesson wasn’t easy. Tam makes you face the negative […]
Happy Monday everyone! This week’s stamp is a house, but not any old house. This house is a home. This week’s Free Crudoodle Digital Stamp is a Home on The Hill. To save Home on The Hill to your computer, please click on the images above, then, right click on the picture, and save to your […]
Thank you so much for your patience this week, while I was installing programs and setting my computer up. Good things come to those who wait. I have one of my Dreamer Girls for you this week. It’s still a bit wintery here…there’s still some of that white stuff on the ground! I’m itching to […]
Here I go. I’m plunging into the 29 Faces Art Challenge. The Challenge? To create 29 faces in the month of February.Seeing as I discovered this challenge Friday, that puts me a little behind. Since then I’ve been working away and I’m happy to share my first four faces with you.Face 1This is called Believe […]
Happy February everyone! I know everyone is thinking about hearts and flowers with Valentine’s Day approaching. Today’s Free Crudoodle Digital Stamp is a heart for those of you who have a bit of country or folk in your heart, or who like quilting and sewing and the simple things in life. Patchwork Heart To save […]
No artist interview today. My apologies to those of you who look forward to meeting these talented artists. The Artist Feature will return next Friday with an artist who is definitely one to look forward to meeting. I hope you’ll drop in. I can’t leave you with no art, so I’m sharing what I have […]
Week Five Journal Detail This week’s art journaling class with Jenny and Aaron of Every Day is a Holiday had me excited. It wasn’t just looking at Jenny and Aaron’s gorgeous pages or drooling over the desserts featured on them, this week was all about using black and white, leaving lots of white space and […]
The answer is Yes! Yes, I am still doing the art journaling classes with Jenny and Aaron of Everyday is a Holiday… very slowly. Week Three took me longer than I thought it would. It developed very slowly. There were days that I stared at the pages, did nothing and put the journal away. […]