Portraits

Graphite sketch results in intimate knowledge of facial features. Progress in my graphite portraits occurs slowly but I can see improvements with today’s sketch of a total stranger. One gains intimate knowledge of another person with this type of exercise. … Read More

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

Unwanted attention: working within a time limit. Unwanted attention is a charcoal sketch worked within a time limit. Well, that was the goal. But like so many other works of art, I get carried away with the fine tuning in … Read More

I am happy to share the work of other artists and promote creatives on this blog with guest posts.  Please contact me if you are interested in being featured as a guest artist.  Inge Zoet lives in Heerhugowaard, in the Netherlands.  … Read More

Loopy, a Standard Poodle, is ready for her walk.   Loopy, a Standard Poodle, lovingly stares at her owner seeming to say, “What are you waiting for? I even brought you the leash!” Dogs have their own way of communicating … Read More

Slumming is the thing to do in Victorian England.   A weak milky sun rises this morning over the slum tenements in the factory district. Slowly, the city wakens. The blackened buildings are still damp to the touch as the … 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