A calling to creativity I am pleased to introduce Teresa Cash as October’s guest artist at Louise’s ARTiculations. In this month’s post, Teresa remembers when she received the call to be creative and how her journey as an artist began. … 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
“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
Pointillism as a technique. (Mixed media: Pointillism with various Micron pens and collage. Light wash with Gelato in the background on watercolour paper). Read about this portrait here. If you have never tried pointillism, or dot art, you should! The … Read More
Three Ominous Sky paintings celebrate Lake Superior When I think of Lake Superior, I am reminded of the stories Dad told me about his younger days when he worked on an oil tanker on the Great Lakes. And then … Read More
A creative detour doesn’t necessarily mean a new itinerary… (but the possibility is there nonetheless!) A creative detour may not be the path I have started on in the last few months. The thought occurred to me that the creative … Read More
For Throwback Thursday, I found a journal entry dated July 3, 2015. I was experimenting with watercolours and coloured crayons and I even added collaged bits of tissue paper and some lettering. These days, I don’t often touch my watercolours … 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
We are captive on the carousel of time… We can only look behind…on the carousel of time. This Throwback Thursday, I am reminded, by an old song, of years passing. When, for a second time, I sketched my oldest … 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
Originally published in June 2015, this post was one of my first as I started my new adventure blogging about my creative journey. For this TBT (Throwback Thursday) I added photos of favourite flowers that are still blooming as we … Read More