Louise's ARTiculations
Documenting my Life One Sketch at a Time, introduces Birgit Schulze, a German sketchbook artist, to all my friends and followers. As with so many of my Facebook friends, Birgit and I met online when we both joined Jane Lafazio’s … Read More
She found an old-fashioned velvet flower in the attic… and put it in her hair. For Throwback Thursday, I am posting one of the first portraits I painted for Let’s Face It, an online portrait class with American artist, Kara … Read More
Blossoms that live even through the winter! Blossoms all through the winter? My poor plants dread that season, and only my Christmas cactus might flower for me if I am vigilant in moving it to a sunny window. For the … Read More
Glorious sunshine, glorious summer days! For Throwback Thursday, I am thinking that anything with sunshine will tell the story of the first days of July 2018. Canadians have one thing that unites them: the weather. We love to complain when … Read More
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. This quotation accurately describes the problems I have had creating a free vintage ebook that I promised all subscribers to my newsletter. Everything blog related (or should I say … Read More
A series of free vintage portraits. A Voyage in Time is a free ebook available exclusively for all subscribers to my newsletter. Since January, I have been painting one vintage portrait a week…well, to be honest, I did miss a … Read More
Featuring guest artist, hania kaczanowska. Hania or Anne Kaczanowski, is a Canadian artist from Alberta. I met Anne online in last year’s Paint your Heart and Soul class with Olga Furman. Anne’s beautiful paintings are filled with emotions and colour … Read More
Pet portrait portfolio on YouTube channel… Yes, I am proud to say that I have created my own YouTube channel and uploaded a first video. Yesterday, I experimented with an app that allowed me to set the timing for … Read More
My garden is poetry… For Throwback Thursday, I am publishing this post from June 2016. “A garden should make you feel you’ve entered privileged space — a place not just set apart but reverberant — and it seems to me … Read More
Graphite sketch results in intimate knowledge of facial features. Progress in my graphite portraits occurs slowly but I can see improvements with today’s sketch of a total stranger. One gains intimate knowledge of another person with this type of exercise. … Read More
