Fearless Friday, Doodling and Coloring Pages
After many weeks without doing any artwork, I felt a little rusty when I got the chance to sit down with my sketchbook Art is like anything else, if you don’t do it consistently, you will loose your feel or edge just a little To loosen up … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Using Line
Happy Ground Hog Day… I hope the ground hog doesn’t see his shadow today and that Spring is on the way! I’ve been painting flowers lately, dreaming of Spring This one began with a loose ink sketch I choose a focal point to begin, like the daffodils … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Zentangle
My current artistic passion is Zentangle Even if you haven’t heard of it, I bet you’ve seen some Zentangle art You do not have to be an artist to have fun with Zentangle!! Think of it as doodling with a purpose and a focused mind … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, The magic of shading
The current resident in my studio is not a canvas but a giant dollhouse DD’s grandmother gave her this Southern mansion style dollhouse when she was a little girl She got it at an estate sale and lovingly fixed it up with curtains, dolls and furnishings, most of which are long gone, … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Festival of Trees
How many ways can you draw a holiday tree? hmmm….let’s see! So many styles and possibilities! Fun to color too! I used watercolor pencils for the mod tree, coloring it in an ombre style from light to dark and then using a waterbrush to blend The traditional tree … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Turnip
In October I tried an “Alphabet Challenge,” one drawing a day, of a food titled with a different letter every day, A-Z The food itself didn’t have to begin with the letter, an adjective or descriptive word left room for lots of imagination I wanted to practice different lettering styles too … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Alphabet Challenge
A lot of people are doing monthly challenges of one sort of the other, and there are lots of fun artsy challenges you can join or do, on instagram, on line, etc. Since I’m usually 5 minutes late to everything, 😳 I didn’t start this on the first of the month as most … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, “Experimenting”
I have been trying out some new supplies and my Sketching Station is growing Everything is arranged on this tray for ease of use and transporting to any spot for drawing I realized earlier this year that a lot of my markers and pens were ancient It was time to explore … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, When Life Gives You Lemons
I love to flip through books and magazines a take a quick photo with my phone of something that catches my eye, like this refreshing lemon-lime cooler source I love to draw and sketch with pen and colored pencils, it’s not messy, so you can do it anywhere Don’t over think, try … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Roses for Mother’s Day!
Roses for Mother’s Day! This is a special Fearless Friday~ An artist blogger buddy,  Jodi  joined me in a watercolor demonstration to show you how 2 artists can paint the same subject and have 2 different intrepretations, 2 similar, yet very different paintings I sent her this photo and she painted the … Continue reading