Pretend Until you Are
One of the Twelve-Step recovery slogans that empowers me to become the person and artist I dream of being is… “Act as if!” Simply put, emotional health often results when […]
Tag Archives: portrait painting
Dream Eye Water Color Portrait Lesson
The Dream Eye Watercolor Portrait Lesson is a fun and easy art activity. Learn how to use carbon paper to transfer a copy of the mixed media painting I created, […]
Art is the soul made visible
Art is the soul made visible… the spirit tangible… the unseen possible! Lately I’ve been contemplating the transformative power of art. How amazing that something envisioned can come to life through […]
The Ebb and Flow of Artistic Ambition
Every creative experiences the ebb and flow of artistic ambition. Whatever your creative expression is, you feel the phenomenon. One day you’ve got it—enthusiasm bubbles over and your art form […]
THE GIVER GRACES THE COVER OF AN EBOOK, WINDOWS ACROSS OCEANS
Today was the book launch of Windows Across Oceans, an eBook in which nine women from around the world share their remarkable stories of overcoming. I created The Giver to express the mission […]
Forest Adventure: Mask Portrait in Process
Forest Adventure is my recent portrait painting in process. Lately, I’ve been on a roll with portrait painting, so I decided to use one of my photographs as the inspiration for […]
Chosen
I created this mixed media to visualize what it means to be Chosen. In My Father’s Vineyard by Wayne Jacobsen inspired Chosen. I’m reading this wonderful book and savoring every word, like a glass of […]
Technology-assisted Art
My husband calls my technology-assisted art “cheater art.” When I showed him my latest oil painting in process, he chuckled and teased, “So is this the real thing or your […]
Oil Painting: An Experiment with Light
My current oil portrait project is progressing nicely. I began with a projector generated sketch, and then used Shiva Oil Painstiks. Yesterday, I walked into my art room and noticed that the […]
