Today
I’ve been avoiding reading about covid-19. I receive the Quartz newsletter and that’s about all I was able to handle. But today, March 25, 2020. I’m reading about…
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The Self-Taught Artist and Our Piles of Work
During these interrupted times, moments of disconnection are so important. I’m so proud of my husband and me for implementing No-Modem Sundays in September. You probably are sick…
How I Manage my Time Online
Raise your hand if you’ve tried to reduce your time online or at least your phone. I know I have. For the longest time. I hated that I…
Go from Intermediate to Advanced Watercolor
If you are a self-taught artist, it can become difficult to make enough progress to go from beginner to intermediate to advanced. If you are looking for books,…
Learning to Use Colored Pencils.
I bought a box of Prismacolor pencils in 2017, back when I was buying everything in my innocent belief that better materials would make me a better artist.…
No Modem Sunday #3
I was listening to a podcast this afternoon about a creative business owner who took a long internet break from her business. It got me thinking how my…
No-Modem Sundays
Aren’t you a bit tired of reading how bad it is to be tethered to your devices all day and seemingly not being able to do anything about…
Best Creative Photography Classes for Beginners
I’ve been taking photos since my first iPod touch which I got in 2013 and as I swiped through those pixelated, heavily filtered images, it was clear that…
Do we need Art School to feel legitimate?
This past winter I had my head in a space of despair: what should I do with my life? The howl of our times. I had been on…
Saying yes to your ideas
I’ve wanted to make a zine for the longest time, but as usual I have been “waiting for the right time, the right topic, the skills, the tools…
Art in Unexpected Places
Follow my blog on Bloglovin I was hard at work painting a dog, a Shiba Inu to be precise which has been so challenging. They tend to look…
Is Etsy Worth it?
I have been crunching numbers. It’s my least favorite thing to do and as a creator it’s twice as painful because through the corner of my eye I…