From My Word Bowl 8 – A Work in Progress Hi everyone. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. Sorry for being a day late with my word bowl words.. I had a few technical problems that had to be solved before I could post, but all is good now. I love this week’s […]
The colors for Week 1 of Summer of Color are Aqua and Yellow with a smudge, splash or pop of pink. This turned out to be an explosion of yellow, (which really doesn’t show in the photos – it’s so much more vibrant in reality) and which was totally unplanned. I started with the aqua […]
Recently I picked up Julie Nutting’s book, Collage Couture. I love the book and I love her collage girls. This inspiration block was my first attempt at it. This block also marked the first time that I actually loved the background that I created with torn papers and paint. While I like the girl […]
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 […]
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 […]