Louise's ARTiculations
The latest novel is inspiration for art. Novels offer potential ideas and inspiration for art. However, I have only once before written a post about a novel I was reading. (This post was first published on June 15, 2018.) The … Read More
Hearts and Art on Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday and Art don’t go together, or do they? Approximately 400 artists from around the world, joined Amanda Evanston on her Facebook page to participate in her watercolour heart painting session. … Read More
Pet Portrait Techniques to Loosen Up. Towards the end of last year, I started painting on flat oval ornaments and discovered that I preferred that substrate to the birch slices I have been using. The recent portraits are less detailed, … Read More
Vintage postcard offers a story from the past A vintage postcard found on Pinterest and some time spent painting this young girl made me think of a story she might have to tell. As I paint, I let my imagination … Read More
When the innocence of childhood is lost too soon… The Victorian children I painted and published earlier this week have much in common with children this century. I could not let this theme go without looking back to other portraits … Read More
Skates are an iconic Canadian symbol. Although I don’t have statistics to prove my argument, I am certain that if you are a Canadian, you probably have had skates on your feet at some point in your life. (first published … Read More
A bear, a pug, and a flower have this in common. Since this is January, a slow month for me, I am checking off some of the goals I set for myself in my journal at the beginning of the … Read More
Have you lost your creative spark? Have you been in a creative slump lately? The other day, an artist friend posted that she hadn’t painted anything in over a week. She felt miserable but didn’t have any ideas at all … Read More
Do you have the Monday morning blues? Just say to yourself…it could be worse! Monday mornings are always tough especially when there are still two more months of winter left. (First published in January, 2018 this post has 100 pins … Read More
Thousands of little dots add up to a complete portrait. (Mixed media: Pointillism with various Micron pens and collage (2017). Light wash with Gelato in the background on watercolour paper). Read about this portrait here. Revisiting dot art to create … Read More
