Values Appreciated
Clouds: Number 2 of 4. Well, I’m not convinced this is really about clouds, but, I learned a lot with this piece. I think I was…
Intuition Alone Is Not Enough
Yesterday, I had a minor letdown when I learned that a live pastel class, which I was eager to attend, had been cancelled. So, I turned…
Beginner’s Mind
How does one attain a state of beginner’s mind, when not actually a beginner? Is it possible when you have fifty years of playing with everything…
Any Mark…
…is better than No Mark. These few words guided me today as I hesitated for hours before making any marks on this underpainting. It took me…
Water Weilding
After two classes in watercolor techniques, with teacher and artist Susan Cowan, here is a recent project start: underpainting done with a pouring technique which will…
Meet Emma
Dogs may be a theme for the month, so please welcome Emma! She’s a watercolor on Yupo, which is a plastic substrate, often used with inks,…
Jack the Dog
It’s been a few days since I’ve been in my studio, but on Saturday attended an all-day workshop learning the basics of encaustic and encaustic collage.…
A Bit of Wabi Sabi
It finally arrived, yes, it’s 2018, after what I would consider to have been a whirlwind year. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it dawned with bright sunshine…
Masking or Revealing One’s Self?
Today, as the end of 2017 is nearly upon us, I was cleaning up some things to make room for new projects. And in the process,…
unVeiling
Today, the sun was shining and I was able to get outdoors and into the garden to do some much needed clean-up. I took away the…