Rylee, Brynn, and Finley. About six years ago, my preferred size for portraits was 5 x 7 inches. But in the last few years, they have become a bit larger, from 8 x 10 to 11 x 14, and last year, even 20 x 24 inches. I forget how fun it is to paint these smaller portrait studies.

Facial Expressions alternative visual journaling Orly Avineri. Dia de los muertos dancing mariachi puppets. Getting on your inner Catrina. Hot and plastered chili rellenos. Seeds of hope from darkest night. How i savor each note of your glory song. As the last cold stars of winter fade on the open palm of awakening;.

Friday, March 23, 2018. I was recently playing in one of my journals and I created this page. This page is one of those that just comes together,with no plans or thoughts of direction ahead of time. I really love when that happens. This is kinda how it went. Thank you so much for j.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Another Year and Grateful to be Here. always meaning to blog but since there is so little interest in blogs these days here are my thoughts.

I hope you enjoy looking around my studio. Sunday, March 25, 2018. Here are the supplies that you will need. Le France Digital Ephemera Sheet. Paint brushes and palette knives. And take a chance and enter. I double dog dare you! So, not on.

Morning changes into afternoon, and afternoon into early evening. I notice the subtle shift in temperature. Some pencil drawings on brown paper. The last one also has brown pencil and ink added. The ideas are from a book of brown ink wash drawings by Claude Lorrain.

Trilling from deep in its chest. At the tippy top of a purple plum tree. Then a mystical bird song from deeper in the woods. Reminded me of the haunting flutes. From the plains of the West. Magic appears when you become still enough. A simple walk to the mailbox birthed Gathering Stars Mandala.

A Place in Time Series. Mountain to Sea Quilt Series. This is important or your designs will be backwards. The transfer paper is the same or similar to what you use to iron a design onto a T Shirt. Once printed, I trimmed the images and ironed them onto another piece of fabric. Here are the results! Click on it for a bigger image.