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 ...

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) ...

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 ...