Photo by the coffee ride. Click here to order the Whimsical Animals Coloring Book. ………… I’m spending some time at the beach, so I’ve been inspired to paint and color in vibrant gold, coral and lavender hues (they remind me of sunsets). I’ve been trying to do new things too… like dancing on the beach. There’s a beach preserve close to where I’m staying and... Continue reading
I can’t even tell you how excited I am to start painting with everyone in Whimsical Animals – A Mini Course (class starts Monday!). You can join us anytime and sign up here. To celebrate YOU continuing to be creative and inspired, I’m having a Valentine’s Day Sale on my popular Faces – Mixed Media Portraits online workshop. This weekend, enjoy my Faces online class... Continue reading
Untitled. 9×12″ ~ Inks, acrylics, oils, pencil, pen on bristol paper. ……. Lately I’ve been inspired to let go and do what comes easily. I was getting a bit bored with my flower patterned backgrounds, so I started to turn them into circles, which intuitively became my characters’ hair. I will add layers and layers to the backgrounds to get rich colors. Sometimes I’ll have... Continue reading
*update: the giveaway has ended. Cheryl Miles you are the winner… Congratulations! A HUGE thank you to everyone for all of your kind words, enthusiasm and support for my new online workshop Whimsical Animals – A Mini Course. I am so excited for this class! We have such an incredible group already. The early bird spaces have sold out, but you can still join us... Continue reading
Seeing The Light. 9×12 on canvas. (Sold) Click here to see original paintings available in my shop. ………. I started taking photos of my paintings in progress to remind myself that every painting has an ugly stage (or at least a phase where I feel I can’t possibly make it work). I’m so happy I have photos of this owl in progress. Sometimes when I... Continue reading
I am so crazy excited for my new online course WHIMSICAL ANIMALS – A Mini Course where we’ll celebrate creating art more freely and play, play playing. This class has been on my mind for some time as I’ve been starting up again on some big creative projects and I’m needing to remind myself to let go and be more joyful in the process. I... Continue reading
One of the things people say they love about my creativity is my freedom to let go and play. To me, painting doesn’t have to be intimidating. Animals are the perfect thing to paint when you want to be more free because there is no right or wrong way, so in this new mini course, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite ways to paint... Continue reading
Sweet Dreams. 10 x 10 on canvas. (SOLD). Click here to see the originals available in my shop. ……… This piece is very special to me. I painted this owl over one of my very first whimsical paintings, which was a painting of a boy riding a train. Overhead I’d cut out the words Sweet Dreams in vintage wallpaper. You can still see some of... Continue reading
Whenever I get stuck, I go back to painting owls. Sometimes I start to feel like I am just painting the same owls that I did before. It feels like I am not trying anything new. But this is part of my creative process. If I feel like painting owls or painting something I know I will be happy with, I have to do it.... Continue reading
Sometimes my inner critic stops me from painting. I know I’m at a creative block when I start criticizing everything I paint, thinking it’s not good enough or that it looks too much like what I’ve already created. When I hit that wall I take out my sketchbook. I keep a few sketchbooks around: one for sketching with stabilo pencil and water, one for taking... Continue reading
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