“There must be something in there”, I thought to myself. I turned it all around and admired it. It was simple. It was beautiful. I was intrigued by the thing I could not see; that…

Bittersweet is defined as “arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain”… I could go on but my sweet husband returns to Idaho tomorrow, so I’ll close and spend the time I have. Comments Success Leave…

It was nice to paint with light today! My sweet little nieces are coming to our house to trick-or-treat, so there is no time for the brush to babble anymore today. Pumpkin soup, a hearty…

The power went out 10 minutes into this painting. I also used a bristle brush on a smooth panel which tends to pick up paint as much as it puts it down. That alone was…

“This is the first year that we will not have snow before Halloween” Aidan and Liam looked at each other with desperation, “I bet there is afoot in Idaho already”. I sympathized. The coming of…

I thought about blowing it off. Everything in me just wanted to sit on the couch and have a glass of wine. It was 5 PM. We’d had a long day of doctors, shots, shopping,…

Over homemade gnocchi perhaps… Cheese is divine, but it proved to be a difficult study. I had a tube of Vasari paint given to me by an old friend. Unsatisfied with my original background color,…

Cotton…nothin’ like it. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box if you want email updates when people comment on this post To…

Garlic is not yellow. I know that. But if the point of the exercise is to study color, I thought I would push it a bit.  Besides, how to do you make “more come forward”…

Old things, old friends, old memories… I have many thoughts on this exercise. It’s interesting – it’s hard. I’m happy for the experience, but I’m a bit too pressed for time to share anything more…