For Throwback Thursday, I have selected three of the first journal pages from June 2015. The first colourful journal page is good practice for later portraits. I was simply experimenting and having fun. I also sketched my dog and some … Read More
Orchids, why don’t you like me? was first posted in July 2015. After my recent visit to the Butterfly Park in Benalmádena, Spain, where I admired butterflies and all types of orchids, I remembered that I had once painted potted … Read More
Grasping a moment in time. My nonna had us in her grasp even when we were in plain sight. See how she is clawing at my brother’s shirt? There is no way we were going to get away from … Read More
Smile for me once more “Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes/Please, please don’t cry/This is just adios and not goodbye.” Lyrics to Blue Spanish Eyes. Today’s Throw Back Thursday isn’t going back very far in time…exactly one year ago, … Read More
This post was previously published in August 2015 when I first started blogging. With a bitterly cold Arctic wind and a temperature of -20C, spring flowers are still the stuff of memory. Today, I am dreaming of the time I spent … Read More
I am publishing this post from May 2016 for Throw Back Thursday because so many of us find a second calling later in life. Rather than slowing down, Beatrice Wood’s productivity increased in her later years. This post is one … Read More
Many Goodbyes from Paris, 1928. Still humming Let’s Misbehave, Mona watches as another celebrity friend waves goodbye from the last car of the Blue train leaving Gare du Nord on its Paris-Marseille run. Draped in her warm evening coat, … Read More
Previously published in May, 2016. I am publishing this again today, on International Women’s Day 2018, because the more I read about artist Frida Kahlo, the more I admire her tenacity. This post is one of a series of three … Read More
When the innocence of childhood is lost too soon… It would seem that 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 … Read More
Expressive monochromatic sketches yield quick results. Sketches that are expressive and monochromatic…those were key words that attracted my attention in a recent email sent to me from Ivy Newport. Newport, an Oregon artist, posted a free tutorial on her website to advertise … Read More
This was one of my first posts as a blogger/artist. In this post, I have a mix of travel photos as well as sketches. Published in June 2015, it is an account of a week long trip to northern parts … Read More
Apprehensive Amalia at 33 years old. This week’s vintage sketch is based on a small, blurry passport photo (see below) taken in January 1934, a few weeks before she sailed from Genoa to North America. During the seven years … Read More