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
This year marks 100 years since WWI armistice. For this Throwback Thursday, I am publishing once again the boots I painted last year when we commemorated 100 years since the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Lest we forget… The Boots … Read More
“Fall has always been my favourite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” – Lauren DeStefano, American young-adult author. SUBSCRIBERS: in this … Read More
Fall is a busy season. Canadian Autumn Vignette 1 – Pumpkins have arrived from the farmer’s fields and they are ready to be picked up by eager families. For today’s Throwback Thursday, I am remembering when I painted this little … Read More
Sketching every day for beginners “A line is a dot that went for a walk” (Paul Klee) Would you like to sketch the world around you? Do you wish you could record the mundane and significant moments in your … Read More
Summer’s quick sketches. First, let me define quick. For someone who can spend hours on the final details of a sketch, quick for me means finished in less than two hours, not including photographing the art. There is nothing I … Read More
Documenting my Life One Sketch at a Time, introduces Birgit Schulze, a German sketchbook artist, to all my friends and followers. As with so many of my Facebook friends, Birgit and I met online when we both joined Jane Lafazio’s … Read More
This Singer sewing machine is another treasured possession of mine. I remember all the beautiful clothes my Italian grandmother made for me with it. First published in June 2015, this post was written at the very beginning of my journey … Read More
Cuba’s cars are still classy. Final post in a three-part series. This post was previously published in 2016. I had fun researching popular songs from the fifties that tell of a North American obsession with cars. Other posts about Havana … Read More
Featuring guest artist, Sally Burke This week, I have a new feature on my blog. Just as I love to promote the work of other artists on my Facebook artist page, I would also like to do the same on … Read More
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” ~ Peggy Bracken
Christmas without you/ White Christmas and I’m blue… I know, it’s a cheesy beginning to use lyrics from a Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Christmas album. I could blame it on too much eggnog, but I haven’t had a drop … Read More