Okay, so where was I with the story? Geez, I can’t believe it has been several months and I left everybody hanging! It’s like binge-watching your favorite Netflix series and then having to wait FOR.EVER for the next season to come out! I can’t believe I am actually comparing my meager blog to Netflix, but you know what I mean. …
Summer Deal!
I am incredibly honored to have been an art instructor with Dirty Footprints Studio. Connie Solera is a talented, generous soul who has a gift for gathering creatives together to create a site full of diverse teaching styles for any level artist. For 3 days only, you have an opportunity to receive a generous discount on selected workshops! Click HERE for …
Packing, Prepping, Painting
[continued from previous post on May 10, 2017] I was panicky for a month after I signed up to go to Mexico on my {non refundable} trip but the holidays came quickly and I didn’t have time to over think it. In fact, having something exciting to look forward to made the holidays a little less painful as I wished …
Two Bob’s and an Impulsive Decision
[continued from previous post on May 4, 2017] The sight of a paintbrush and palette excite my brain and arouse my senses. The messier and juicier it is, the more stimulated I am. I seemed to have lost this desire to create so as I drove to North Carolina, I was hoping that somehow I would find my {he}art again. …
The Journey South – Part Two
{Continued from Previous Post} In the summer of 2015, I decided to attend Art of The Carolinas in the Fall of that same year. Art of The Carolinas is an expo hosted by Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was so excited to go spend a few days to take some classes from Artists that I admired, and to …
Clean Slate
It all started with this short video . . . Though it is an ad for a community college, the message was clear and spoke LOUDLY to me . . . I could fill that board up by myself with the regrets I have . . . BUT . . . I have wiped the slate clean and will live …
Plan.Journal.Play Workshop!
If you are familiar with The Documented Life Project™ you may remember the original Moleskine Planner that we used for scheduling, creating, note taking, lists and mark making! I still use this method today and make a new planner each year to document my life in a creative way! Every week I get requests to make this same book for …
WANDERLUST 2017 – A New Teaching Adventure!
I’m so happy to announce that I will be a guest instructor for Everything Art’s Wanderlust 2017 Online Art Experience! Not sure what Wanderlust is? Here’s a lovely video to explain! Introducing Wanderlust 2017 from Everything Art on Vimeo. Wanderlust is whole year long journey – an online event offering you videos from 24 guest teachers and 2 resident teachers …
COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!
It’s either FEAST or FAMINE these days for me here when it comes to my art! After taking a long sabbatical and dipping a toe back in the water, in the space of just three days, I have two MAJOR projects that have launched. The first one, my new book The Art of Crayon has just been released! And as if …
The Art of Crayons Has Hit the Bookstands!
It’s finally time to announce the launch of my book: The Art of Crayon! It has been a long time in the making, but I couldn’t be happier to share that The Art of Crayon is now available in bookstores and online in several countries. The Art of Crayon expands on the latest crayon craze by showing you how artists have taken …
