A Trilogy of Birds
Featuring guest artist, Sally Burke This week, I have a new feature on my blog. Just as I love to promote the work of other artists on my Facebook artist page, I would also like to do the same on … Read More
Studying Leonardo da Vinci
Studying a Renaissance Master: Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, is best known for his enigmatic Mona Lisa. However, Da Vinci’s detailed notebooks show an inquiring mind with keen observations and hypotheses in science and technology, in invention … Read More
The world is a big place and life is so short…
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. ~H. … Read More
Your Cause is Mine
Your Cause is Mine… “Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.” ~ Leigh Bardugo, Wonder Woman” Warbringer. “Your Cause is Mine”, … Read More
Beneath a snowy blanket, earth lies sleeping
Who knows what lurks beneath a snowy blanket? “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape– the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” … Read More
Studying a Renaissance Master
Studying a Renaissance Master: Piero della Francesca My first major project for 2018 involves getting to know a fairly obscure Renaissance master, Piero della Francesca. “Mary Magdalene” is my version of Piero della Francesca’s style. I put my own spin … Read More
Make mistakes in 2018
This year… I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing … Read More
She’s the talk of the town in her million dollar clothes
(This post was published last year. Many of the techniques used in journals are found in this portrait. I thought she looked ready for a New Year’s Eve party. Wishing you all a healthy, happy, and creative new year!) She’s … Read More
Fashion illustration the quick way (part 3)
Fashion illustration: working with a time limit Using collage as background and as part of the illustration is another one of those time saving methods I have recently tried in a journal. This simple page was inspired by a workshop … Read More
TBT – A very traditional Christmas includes virtual friends
“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening…” ~ A Winter Wonderland. (This post was previously published in 2016.)
