It’s Week Four of August’s In The Good Old Summer Time Theme. Our inspiration this week is Summer Fun Think of all the fun things to do in the summer… Badminton, Tennis, Beach Volleyball, Horseback Riding, Bird Watching, Swimming, Baseball, Barbecue, Fishing, Watching Fireflies, Watching Butterflies, Climbing trees, Gardening, Croquet, Fairs… there are so many.Living in […]
Friday words for thought: Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it. This week’s Featured Artist is Nicole Cadet Artist, Nicole Cadet How did you decide you wanted to be a fantasy artist, after not enjoying art classes at college? In Australia, the bachelor of Fine Arts does not […]
Sorry this is so late today. I wish I could say I got caught in one of those lazy days of summer today, but I can’t. I got busy in a flurry of activity and appointments and the kind of day where the faster you seem to go, the slower you actual move, if you […]
Happy, Happy Friday to everyone! We’ve finally had some rain and cooler weather here. It’s wonderful! I’m loving every minute of it. I’m also loving this week’s interview. This week’s Featured Artist is Monika Ptok-Byard Artist Monika Ptok-Byard Did you always want to be an artist? If you weren’t an artist, what would you be? […]
I have a book filled with doodles and sketches, some I share with you and some are inspiration for me to keep sketching to improve… definitely not share worthy. I have done a few “art journal” pages, but nothing close to some of the fantastic art journals I’ve seen on some artists’ blogs and sites. […]
Hi everyone! It’s Week Two of our August Theme, “In The Good Old Summertime”. Our inspiration this week is The Fruits of Summer Mmmm. Yummy, juicy, delicious raspberries, blueberries, watermelons, peaches, plums.. oh I want a fruit salad now. Fruit salad on top of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, that sounds good. As […]
This week’s scheduled featured artist, sends her apologies. Unfortunately she has had some internet problems and wasn’t able to be interviewed for today. We’ll have the pleasure of looking forward to seeing her artwork and getting to know her another day. Instead, I’ll feature one of my new pieces of art. It’s so new that […]
Even though today is still July, tomorrow will be August 1st, so I’m launching into August with a new theme. August’s theme is In The Good Old Summertime. We’re lucky to have five weeks in August, so we’ll have five weeks to make summery art cards and tags. I decided it would be a good […]
It’s Friday already! This week has flown by for me, in a flurry of activity, that hasn’t left much time for art. I do, however, always have time for the Friday Art Feature. This week’s Featured Artist is Constanza Ehrenhaus aka Faerywitch Art What medium(s) do you use to create your art? I draw everything […]
It’s Christmas in July! This week’s inspiration for your art card or tag are the colors red and green, the traditional Christmas colors. Think red holly berries, green pine needles, red mittens, green ornaments, red cardinals, green wreaths, red sleighs…. I made a red and green gift tag in two versions. Please feel free to […]
It’s time for a little girl talk. Did you ever make a telephone out of paper cups or tin cans and string, when you were little and then see if you could really talk through them? I did. They really work! Of course, unlike in my new Crudoodle, the string has to be kept tight […]
It’s the last week of Twinkle Twinkle’s Summer of Color 2, Ice Cream Inspirations. I’ve had so much fun with each week’s flavor and this week’s was no different. This week our inspiration was Watermelon Ice. Watermelon Ice Using the fabulous colors in the ice cream, this is the art that I came up with […]