17 Apr VSCO Veggies
Palmer and I have a fledgling container garden in our back yard, and I figured it might be fun to turn the baby plants into VSCO veggies. If you're wondering why I'm not doing something...
30 Mar Plans for (Acrylic) April, tutorial streams, and more art
We've somehow almost made it through March (it feels about like the wait for George R R Martin to finished that series he's supposed to be writing), and another interminable month is on the horizon....
18 Mar Streaming in the Time of Coronavirus
Welcome to the pandemic. I hope you're having as much of a Time as I am. In the absence of anything to do like leave my house or go to work, I've been doing a lot...
15 Sep Lesson Learned: Why I hate non-cotton watercolor paper
Soooo this was supposed to be day 15 of #worldsketchbookmonth. I started in a Canson XL watercolor sketchbook, ended up with the DISASTER you see below, and then switched to Arches. I’ve vowed never to...
01 Sep My first Sketchbox!
I've wanted an art subscription box forever. In early August, I broke down and subscribed to Sketchbox (referral link) after I did some research on my options like Artsnacks and Scrawlrbox. The other options seemed...
27 Aug A good example of student vs professional paint
Here are two versions of the same painting - one with student-grade paint and one with professional. The student grade is SOHO acrylic from Jerry's Artarama, which I always order for my library programs since...
24 Aug All the washi tape
Sometimes I wonder why I keep this ridiculous amount of washi tape, but sometimes I'm glad I have it. Ahh, a nice clean edge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__4AnOuRQZM This is a work in progress based on a photo by Sunyu Kim...
23 Aug Here’s a pizza test
This is a cauliflower crust pizza from my very favorite restaurant, Rotolo's. It currently resides in my belly, and it made my whole week better. I'm interested to see how this one cross-posts....
23 Aug Yeah, I’m back.
And I'm JUST NOW back. I'll get set up in a minute. For now, you can subscribe. :) ...