For this ThrowBack Thursday (TBT), I am looking to my early days of blogging. I published this post in August 2015. These sketches were completed from free online tutorials before I began taking different online courses. While I still love … Read More
The latest novel is inspiration for art. Novels offer lots of potential ideas for art. However, I have only once before written about a novel I was reading for this blog. Of course, some novels have such an impact on … Read More
For National Hug Your Cat Day in the USA, I am publishing this portrait I painted last year. Now…go hug your favourite feline! Painting Miss Daisy “Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re … Read More
Slipping Through my Fingers… For Throwback Thursday, I am looking ahead to the month of June and two birthdays happening very soon in our family. In this post published in July 2016, I sketched my granddaughter Mya, (soon to … Read More
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
Protecting vulnerable creatures “My heart weeps when I see abuse or cruelty to any animal”. ~ Anthony Douglas Williams, Inside the Divine Pattern. “In her protective arms” is a third reclaimed wood art piece. Painted in 2017, this protectress with … 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
Victorian Era gentleman. What makes him a respectable gentleman? At first glance, he has kind, smiling eyes. His hair is neatly coiffed and his beard clean and trimmed. Check! Fortunately, as a boy, when he showed promise in arithmetic … Read More
I gladly share the work of other artists on my Facebook artist page. I have also promoted creatives on this blog with guest posts such as A Trilogy of Birds and Fascinated by Colour and Form. Please contact me if you are … Read More
Lush greenery still under snow. I hunger for lush greenery while another Arctic blast of winter keeps us in winter’s clutches, refusing to give way to spring. The tender green shoots that need to be kissed by sunshine are buried, … Read More