Two Girls Two Girls is the result of this week’s Life Book 2016 lesson with Jane Davenport and Tamara Laporte. It really spoke to me because I am so comfortable with the mix or ‘jam’ as they called it of their two styles. We were asked to use limited supplies of our choice. I chose pencil, […]
From My Word Bowl – 5 This week’s words inspired me to create two aceos. Two aceos because of “the two”. The words spirit and humble reminded me of the style and techniques taught in one of Life Book 2016’s lessons by Shiloh Sophia . I wasn’t in a painterly sort of mood, so […]
1 Render Makes 3 Pieces of Art Do you ever re-use your art to create more art? I do. I do it both with digital art and with paint and paper. Today I’d like to share with you 3 pieces of art that I made with the same 3D Poser render (my morph of V4). […]
From My Word Bowl – Week 4 This week, the words from my word bowl worked very well together and I was instantly inspired to paint a thoughtful, gentle face. Instead of reaching for a blank canvas or piece of paper, I instead looked through my “terrible” art pile. This is a pile of […]
Fun with Florals I’ve been having lots of fun with Tamara Laporte’s and Wyanne Thompson’s latest lessons in Life Book 2016. I didn’t have all of the materials that they used, so I used what I had and did my own interpretations of the lessons. Lots of splatters, splotches and squiggly […]
A photo of my morning sketch. I love working with ink and watercolor.
Sometimes my word bowl fails me and gives me such random unrelated words, that I cheat and put them back and keep drawing from it until I get something I like. That happened today. The first words I picked, “there she was” sounded promising, but then… “fetch the cows”. Seriously?! How did those words […]
Today is the day! I’m very happy to share my tips for using your 3D renders with 2D backgrounds with you today. And… At the bottom of the page, I also have a gift for you to use in your art and/or photography! This is not meant to be a tutorial. This is a sharing of a few […]
This week’s words pulled from my word bowl are: I decided to use them with a sketch I did this morning. I used watercolor, colored pencil and ink and the words. If the words from my word bowl inspire you to create something, please leave me a little […]
My goal in my art has always been more than creating a pretty face or flower. I’ve wanted to tell a story. This painting fulfilled that goal for me. This painting is a 9 x 12 mixed media piece, and was done using techniques learned in this week’s Life Book 2016 lesson, with […]
I know that I am not the only artist who looks for inspiration. On my table is a bowl filled with words and phrases cut from magazines and print-outs of poems, quotes and stories that I’ve found while browsing around the web. When I’m looking for inspiration, I pull a few words from the […]
I’m sharing an older piece of art with you today, Prayer to St. Michael. With everything that has been happening in this country lately, I think it is obvious why I chose this piece today. St. Michael is the patron saint of police and EMTs and if ever they needed this prayer it’s now. […]