2023 has been a long year, or was it? I finished moving a garden to a new place which basically was an entire summer of work. My art? I...

Aside from updating art files and computer files and the website, what else was there to do but start some new pieces to work on. And now...

The end of 2022. Hurray? I guess. December did not see a whole lot of new work because that is the time I begin working on updating all...

Almost everything I have been painting in the last 3-4 months has included a bit of landscape. Pieces I introduced in an earlier blog...

But my Colored Pencil work continues. I have been so happy with pastelmat paper which seems to blend and cover much faster than other...

I haven't spent as much time drawing these last two months because I've had a few interruptions, mostly attending events. I'm finding it...

Lots of people have created beautiful art using pastelmat and colored pencils, but this is still a learning curve for me. I tried one...

I finished off a piece I started a couple of weeks ago. I limited myself to five colors hence the name Color Quintet. First I created a...

But having to maintain a computer and adding new programs and then trying to relearn everything on the new program that supposedly is...

I continue to work away on the five pieces I started after the holiday. So far I've spent the most time on the two winter scenes. I think...

They were fun, but so much time has to be allotted in preparation that time for my artwork has to be restricted. And I so miss just being...

Once again I have been playing with my pencils and not journaling or blogging. I definitely like drawing way more than writing down my...

Oh well, I don't feel an overwhelming need to report what I'm doing to the world. But, I do keep working on my art and trying to learn...

Although I am really really tired of being indoors and at home, I sure got a lot of drawing done! I've added several new pieces in my...

The first one is on pastel paper. This might be a challenge because it's the first time I've worked with colored pencils on pastel paper....

Been a little busy with the holidays even though I haven't gone anywhere. Still cooked dinners, decorated the house for Christmas, made...

Making progress on both of these drawings. Colored pencil is so-ooo slow. I think I finally have decided to branch out. I've bought...

Can't believe it was September when I last posted something, but having nothing to do during Covid times has not been my problem! So I...

It's been a while since I have posted, but I've been spending time with a new group of artists that I recently joined. Viewing other...

Diana's Bath is done...I think. Sometimes I let the piece sit for 2-3 weeks before I make the final decision. I'm thinking of starting...