No, don't check your calendar; it is indeed Saturday. Seems yesterday managed to slip by without me tossing out a F(ine) Art Friday post to the world. And yet the globe continues to spin...amazing. Snarky comments aside, there's not too much to report in my art world at the moment. I'm at the beginning and midpoint of … Continue reading Works in Very Slow Progress
Spending Time at My Abstract Zoo
Remember when you were a kid and art was all about having fun and simply making your mark on the page? Well, lately I've been feeling a bit "confined" by my art. Not that I don't love creating realistic images with my piles of colored pencils, but as you might guess, these drawings are laborious … Continue reading Spending Time at My Abstract Zoo
Oh, Woe is My Watercolor
If there's one aspect of my creative world that is my nemesis, it's watercolors. I love the look of watercolor paintings and, conceptually, it doesn't seem much different than working with colored pencils: draw design, do an underlay of color, then fill in main color. Seems simple, right? WRONG! Or at least not for me. … Continue reading Oh, Woe is My Watercolor