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Continue reading →: Sidetracked Along the Way to the Pen Show and a Wonderful Watercolor Related Haul
I left my house early with every intention of getting the pen show around the time weekend traders are allowed in. For some reason, my vehicle made a turn into a familiar parking lot. I made a quick stop to my local art supply shop. It’s one of those few…
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Continue reading →: That Time of Year for a Pen ShowI have no idea where the month of July went and barely remember the month of June. Somehow I thought I had another week until the pen show starts. I was so wrong. Luckily I wasn’t in the middle of a project this week and I just dropped what I…
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Continue reading →: My Fountain Pens – Currently InkedI believe the last time I posted about my fountain pens was back in January of this year. I had a few pens that I carried over from the end of 2025 and used them for mostly journal writing. I wanted to do a quick post to show my blog…
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Continue reading →: In My Luchetti Sketchbook: Rudbeckia HirtaFor the month of July, I’ve been challenging myself to create watercolor sketches from a few floral pictures I have taken around our garden. I’m not very good at sketching from memory so I have to rely on my photos. Over the years, I have printed my fave floral pictures…
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Continue reading →: My Singer 201-2: Part 7-True 201 Personality & My FeatherweightI’ve been watercolor painting non-stop for the last few weeks and documenting my creativity. You’ve probably noticed my sewing has taken a back seat for a bit. I did have this blog post about my Singer 201 sitting in my drafts folder for a few weeks. I wanted to take…
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Continue reading →: My Garden Gnome Watercolor Sketch & Learning About My Painting StyleI started with a pencil sketch and drew the basic shapes and outlines of my Garden Gnome. Here’s what my two page spread looked like. I used my gnome statue as a reference and to get the proportions right in my sketch. I decided to sketch a few additional details…
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Continue reading →: Painting a Maui Nix for FunNote: This blog post was published late in the evening and of course the next morning I find quite a few paragraphs with bad grammar and basically bad writing where my thoughts were not flowing right. I’ve updated this blog post and hope I fixed most of my errors. Just…



















