Despite my claim in my last blog (that Christmas for me isn’t about presents but presence), I got quite a haul of creative goodies this year! Brian’s parents, BJ and Mike, were particularly gracious in getting me Arches watercolor paper, two Winsor & Newton Series 7 kolinsky sable brushes, and a Daniel Smith watercolor dotContinue reading “Watercolor Pencils”
Category Archives: Dabblings
Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. II
As promised, here is week two of my past few months of 2017 retrospective. You can read Part I, here. Here are some photographs from my various travels in 2017. Some of these shots are continuations of experiences that I documented, here. Other shots are essentially color redos of shots I’ve taken before. Still otherContinue reading “Since I’ve been GOOOOOOOOONE! Pt. II”
Chronicles of a Creative Christmas
Despite completely abandoning my Saturday blog posts (and without even a note saying goodbye, tsk tsk), December was a creative month for me. It was also an insanely-busy-but-don’t-get-caught-in-the-holiday-stress-and-modern-day-grinchyness sort of month. I relied on creativity to keep focused on the real reason for the season, which isn’t Christ for me, or presents, but PRESENCE, theContinue reading “Chronicles of a Creative Christmas”
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!
By the time y’all read this, I will have had my tree up for nine days. However, I have been solidly in the Christmas spirit since mid-October. CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! SPARKLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year, I decided to make Christmas my favorite holiday. So, I got FULLY IN THE SPIRIT and put up a Christmas tree! I wentContinue reading “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!”
Getting to Know New Paints
This week I received my first paints from Greenleaf & Blueberry, an amazing duo that handcrafts their own line of watercolors right here in Colorado. This is only my second brand of paints I’ve purchased (my first being a set from Sennelier) and playing around with my three new paints from G&B showed me howContinue reading “Getting to Know New Paints”
CRAYONS
I’m in New Jersey this week visiting my fabulous friend Nicki and her family. Since both her boys are youngsters, crayons have reigned supreme in my creative life since arriving. I hadn’t dabbled with crayons since I was a kid, but I quickly appreciated the utter lack of seriousness of the medium. They cost nextContinue reading “CRAYONS”
The Great American Eclipse
In case you somehow missed it, there was a total solar eclipse on Monday. Because we have been inundated with news of this eclipse for weeks now, I will spare you the explanation of why this was kind of a big deal. But, just so we’re clear, this eclipse was one of the most beautiful,Continue reading “The Great American Eclipse”
So I have this daydream about charcoal . . .
I’ve wanted to start experimenting with charcoal for awhile. I love how it looks and how messy it is to use. With charcoal I can pretend I am an old-timey French artist in Montmartre drawing dancing girls and flowers. Anyway, my mom sent me charcoal drawing pencils and some willow charcoal. I proceeded to letContinue reading “So I have this daydream about charcoal . . .”
Compulsive Creation 