fall welcome
It's the second day of weather registering less than in the high 80's here...do I dare assume the longest summer weather ever here has finally ended? Or is it going to be hot again this weekend? This...
View Articlethankful
Feeling full of gratitude on this US Thanksgiving Day eve. We've got family in town and a house full of activity. Friends stopping by and creating elaborate scavenger hunts/ obstacle course games for...
View ArticleGift of Creativity giveaway
Hey there! I wanted to let you know that Creative Bug has put together a great big giveaway for the holidays. There will be 4 winners chosen and the list of prizes include: 3 month subscription to...
View Articlemy Painting Petals class is coming soon!!!!!
Hi! I am SO EXCITED to share this with you! I'm also super appreciative to all of you that have expressed interest and encouraged me to press on with creating my own self-hosted online classes. And...
View Articlehappy holidays!
Hope you all are enjoying the season! I'm busy as a bee putting the finishing touches on the class website before it releases for sale 12/26!! Wishing you all a very merry & happy holiday season!...
View ArticleIt all goes by so quickly
Another Christmas has come and gone and all that's left now is the clean up. It all goes by so quickly. I hope that you all had a nice day and spent it how you wanted to! Ours started a bit roughly...
View Articlerecent adventures
How great is this card from my friend, artist Jennifer Mercede? Love it! She is the best at sending snail mail, I need to up my snail mail sending this...
View Articlegreetings from the desert
We are here, Mary Ann, Carol and I, on our yearly art retreat to Palm Springs. It's our 4th. Something to look forward to all year. Last night we went to dinner and toasted 2 out of 3 birthdays,...
View ArticleGreetings from San Francisco!
(A little hotel room fun.) Well, hello!! How are things out there?!? I'm up in San Francisco filming another series for Creativebug (on doodling- how fun is that for a topic?!?) and thought I'd share...
View ArticlePainting Petals class starts tomorrow!!!!!!
My Painting Petals class starts tomorrow!!!! Woohoo! Aiyee! Yippee! I have been working on it for a year and I can't believe the day has finally come. I'm checking and re-checking and tweaking away....
View Articlehiya! and a little bragging
WOW! I am seriously impressed with the work coming out of my Painting Petals online class. Obviously, the students are very talented, and I'm thrilled that some are sharing their work on our class...
View Articlepaintings in progress
This is my family room floor right now. It hasn't changed much since last night. Something flipped in me after dinner and I just had to set down what I was doing (the controlled, illustrated bird in...
View Article31 Things to Draw challenge
Hi there! I wanted to invite you to join me over on Creativebug for the month of March. I'll be leading a 31 Things to Draw daily challenge. All you need is some paper and a pen and a few minutes...
View Articlecurrent art journals
My friend Mary Ann showed her visual journals on her blog this weekend and it made me not only want to get to work in my art journals immediately, but to share them here as well. I haven't shared art...
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