I love nothing more than being in my studio, and here are five things that make the time I spend in my studio even more pleasant! 1. Pandora Listening to music I love always puts me in a great...
Artists can use color to evoke a mood or a feeling in their paintings. The atmosphere of an icy winter afternoon is represented by a combination of colors from the cooler half of the color wheel. A...
I was recently in the gift shop of a local art museum, and I purchased a roll of beautiful paper printed with gold-metallic inks. I was not sure how I would use it, but it was lovely, and I wanted...
Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. ~ Emily Bronte A clear fall day sets a perfect backdrop to enhance the warm colors of autumn’s leaves. Highlighted by the depth of...
I believe that artists are born. They are creative individuals with a keen sense of observation, and an intense desire to share what they observe with the world around them and with generations yet to...
Gold leaf is one of the most beautiful decorative embellishments for art and architecture. Artisans have been applying gold leaf (gilding) to add brilliance to their paintings and decorative arts for...
In addition to paints, mediums, brushes, canvas, pencils and markers, I have my studio “must-haves” that make a day of painting smoother. I recently wrote of
A short while after my career as an artist unfolded, I realized I had become a still-life painter. To celebrate “finding myself,” I took a wonderful workshop from Janet Fish, one of my absolute...
For over a year, I have had a standing date to go for a five-mile walk one day a week with my good friend. We go to a wetlands park not far from where we drop our children at school in the...
