Canadian Thanksgiving: a quiet family-oriented holiday Since publishing this post two years ago comparing Canadian and American Thanksgiving, I have noticed that merchants have begun to adopt the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales in November in an effort to keep … Read More
Sketching every day for beginners “A line is a dot that went for a walk” (Paul Klee) Would you like to sketch the world around you? Do you wish you could record the mundane and significant moments in your … Read More
Today’s Throwback Thursday post from 2016 is all about teacups and coffee mugs. Share your favourite coffee mug quotes in the comment box below. What does your coffee mug reveal about your personality? Picture you, upon my knee, Just … Read More
This week, Astrid, from Norway, tells us about her interest in watercolour and ink illustrations. Astrid’s soft palette and her precise details drew my attention to her Instagram gallery. Astrid’s goals for the future include a book and a calendar. … Read More
“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.” ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay. As I was looking through my old blog posts, I remembered this painting from last year. Now … Read More
Gold highlights horizon in original mini canvas. “We’ve Struck Gold” is the title chosen by my godson and his fiancée after much deliberation. At first glance, the golden horizon is not noticeable, but hold the canvas up to the … Read More
Art journal backgrounds – quick fix! My first art journal pages in 2014-15, in fact, my entire journal was very neat and pretty with flowers, and shells, and autumn leaves. I created my own stamps, making sure that the composition … Read More
Maltese love knows no bounds. This girl! I have captured her personality when she is attentive. Did she just hear the word walk? Or is there a possibility that she might be gifted with a tiny piece of cheese or … Read More
Summer’s quick sketches. First, let me define quick. For someone who can spend hours on the final details of a sketch, quick for me means finished in less than two hours, not including photographing the art. There is nothing I … Read More
Summer is the best season… “Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a … Read More
A summer (and paintings) of fiery skies . This summer might be the worst one yet for destructive forest fires. I continue my Canadian Vignette series. I am counting these as done. So far, I have completed 10 little canvases … Read More
“Art is the center of the real world.” ~Isaiah Zagar, award-winning Philadelphia born mosaic artist. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I am looking back to 2015 when I visited Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. A non-profit organization, this extraordinary folk art gallery … Read More