-
Continue reading →: Swatching Inks in My Journal (KWZ and Jacques Herbin Inks)
I thought I was dealing with allergies last week which turned out to be a head cold that Hubby shared with me. I’m slowly feeling somewhat normal and I’m hoping my creative juices will come back this week. This morning I decided to continue with swatching some inks colors from…
-
Continue reading →: My Favorite Green Watercolor Paint
I enjoy seeing what colors other artists are using in their palettes. One color that surprised me was Daniel Smith Cascade Green. I read and heard about this fantastic green color. Little did I know that it would become my favorite green color. The specs on this tube of paint…
-
Continue reading →: Happy Easter!
A quick post for today with my latest artwork. This is a first for me as I decided not to do an initial sketch with graphite. I went with my gut instinct and I decided to let go and apply the paint to paper. I mixed my colors of reds…
-
Continue reading →: Clutch Pencils (updated)
(Edit: I have updated this post to include additional pictures and a quick graphite sketch using my clutch pencils) Happy National Pencil Day or NPD! This National Pencil Day showed up in several social media outlets and I thought it would be appropriate to publish this post about my Clutch…
-
Continue reading →: Spring Cleaning and Spring Colors
I did not want to go a whole week without posting an entry on my blog. I’ve been busy with Spring cleaning in my studio and tackling other rooms in our house. I have also been creating several pieces of watercolor artwork that are taking some to finish as I…
-
Continue reading →: My Art Toolkit Pocket Palettes
During my watercolor journey, I had tried so many different types of palettes to use with my tubes of paints. I started with the popular metal butcher pans which gave me huge mixing spaces, but hardly a good way to separate and organize my colors. I expanded into plastic clam…
-
Continue reading →: Watercolor Warm Up With Three Peppers
As part of my refresher and getting back into an old hobby, I always practice recreating a piece of artwork from one of my favorite pictures. The “three peppers” is a picture I took when Hubby and I were in the Grand Caymans and stumbled across an outdoor market that…




























