Happy New Year
Welcome to 2024! I am making some changes to my website. So, if you notice things are different or keep changing, that's the reason. I've added some new templates which have placeholder text which may not pertain to my site. Until everything is working ...
Adding texture to drawings.
In recent drawing exercises, I wanted to add some dimension and texture to portraits. This is mostly done using a variety of line shape, line size including length and thickness. We can also use line in shadowing areas or changing the direction of the sh ...
Water and Wood Textures
Discussion watercolor techniques for rendering water and wood textures.
Project Themes – visiting the past
"Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane." -- Doug Larson Goings On I'm a little behind on my posting this month. Not only have I been focusing on the art journal classes I've been taking, but Mike (my husband) ...
Exploring art materials and mark making used in collage
"The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." Jesus Christ - Book of John 14:26 I have been studying the Bible, English Standard Version, on ...
Torn paper collage with paint
"Remain open, flexible, curious" - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Life's Little Instruction Book For the art class project this week for #wanderlust2021, the topic was to create a torn paper collage with paint. We could put paint down first and add torn paper ...