Guest artist AprilDesigns from Nova Scotia, Canada, has had a lifetime of learning and working as an artist. This month, she is one of two featured artists at Louise’s ARTiculations. If you wish to be featured as a guest artist … Read More
“The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” ~Ezra Pound (For Throwback Thursday, I look to one of my early posts as a blogger published in … Read More
One year ends and another begins…with a giveaway As I close off 2018, and prepare for 2019, I am ever thankful for you, my friends from near and far, who have been loyal readers of my blog, or who have … Read More
Handmade gifts with meaning… Are you like me and treasure anything that has been handmade? Do you keep the rock your son painted when he was small? Or the jar craftily surrounded by glued sticks that chubby hands brought home … Read More
The forgotten women who unscrambled secret codes. New documents are surfacing, and researchers are interviewing the few surviving women who were instrumental in decoding enemy messages in both World Wars. The brilliant work of these dedicated women is … Read More
The Attagirls – Unsung heroes of WWII. They and others answered the call to serve a nation at war When war began in 1939, many Canadian men answered the call to duty. Women also wanted to contribute to the … Read More
This Throwback Thursday begins a series of journal entries and portraits remembering those who served our country, but especially highlighting the women who answered the call to duty. As I research for my blog posts, I am learning that they … 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
This week, Tom LaBadia, from Florida, USA, describes his recent focus on painting portraits. I was attracted to Tom’s style when I saw one of his first portraits of a bearded male. In no time, I was searching specifically for … 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
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. This quotation accurately describes the problems I have had creating a free vintage ebook that I promised all subscribers to my newsletter. Everything blog related (or should I say … 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