Jessie

Summer Break

Summer’s in full swing and your bloggers here (that’s Claire and Jessie) are taking a break to bask in the sun, travel, and also just be super stupid busy. There may be some sporadic posts, but our normal Tuesday and Saturday posts will not be happening. We’ll return in a few weeks all fresh and revitalized.Continue reading “Summer Break”

COLOR!!!

Normally, I would avoid using all caps and extra exclamation marks, but this week I’ve been doused, dazzled, drowned in color and the excessive title is necessary to convey my color-drunkeness. It all started when I recently funded a Kickstarter campaign by the watercolor artist Stephanie Law. She’d long been using a mini-watercolor palette ofContinue reading “COLOR!!!”

Terra Cotta FTW!

I don’t really have much for y’all this week EXCEPT that I painted a terra cotta pot. It has been on my to-do list since April to repot my peace lily. At first, I wanted to get one of those bougie pots that they have on Instagram but I felt like spending $45 on aContinue reading “Terra Cotta FTW!”

Father’s Day Card

I hadn’t planned on doing another post on handmade cards so soon, but then Father’s Day was incoming and I spent days working on the card for my Pa. So, since this is what my week mainly creatively consisted of, here’s ANOTHER HANDMADE CARD! I knew I wanted to do a knight theme for myContinue reading “Father’s Day Card”

So I had a recital . . .

My recital was last Thursday. I was very prepared and feeling good about it, BUT as I sat and waited for my turn, I got more and more nervous. Basically, my brain hijacked my confidence. I need to work on getting my mind right, y’all. Anyway, my performance ended up being fine-adjacent. PLUS one ofContinue reading “So I had a recital . . .”

The Art of the Envelope

Last week I played around with a new watercolor technique, and as always I ended up with some small paintings and nothing in particular to do with them. I realized they would make the perfect little summer cards to send out to a few people, and that means DECORATING ENVELOPES!!! I’ve had a long traditionContinue reading “The Art of the Envelope”

Community Art Project: I Am From

My mom sent me this poem template called “I Am From.” I did some more research on it and this poem template is a part of a larger community art project created to gather diverse voices and combat some of the awfulness of our world. The creators, George Ella Lyon and Julie Landsman are planningContinue reading “Community Art Project: I Am From”

Masking Fluid + Washes

Recently while haunting Youtube watercolor tutorials, I’d seen a number of artists using a watercolor technique where you cover parts of your paper with masking fluid, then paint over this in a colorful wash, let it dry, then add more masking fluid, and then paint another colorful wash, etc. So, I tried it out myselfContinue reading “Masking Fluid + Washes”

PAINT YOUR OWN POTTERY!

This past week, I took my Little to Café Monet. It is a paint your own pottery place in Austin. For those of you who have never experienced the joy of painting your own pottery here is how it works: Pick a piece of pottery. Café Monet has everything from mugs to T-Rex figurines. Choose yourContinue reading “PAINT YOUR OWN POTTERY!”

Doodling

This post is in praise of doodlin’! After all, it’s been my longest standing creative practice, scribbling upon the edges of my notebooks and journals from as far back as I can remember right up to today. Since starting this bog I’ve been doodling less, allowing other more time-consuming art projects to act as outletsContinue reading “Doodling”