Last week, being part way through my latest art journal spread, I looked at the main character and asked myself “who is she?” Well, now I know. She’s a fairy in a celestial garden. The finished art journal spread, "Celestial Garden" So, this post is about how I got here from where I stopped last week: As I worked on finishing up, it felt like I wasn’t doing much, but those relatively little additions and changes made a big difference. In the finished piece, although she doesn

I wanted to make an art journal spread featuring a fairy (or fairies). You’ve probably seen photos of a country road with spreading trees arching overhead from both sides. It would have the look of a lush, verdant tunnel stretching into the distance. I was pretty sure I had a magazine clipping or two depicting just that sort of scene, and knew it would be a perfect beginning for a spread with fairies. But as I was headed to the studio to search through my clippings, I got dis

All last week I was so looking forward to getting back to my most recent art journal spread. When the time came, the first order of business was to add color to the detailed sparrow pencil drawings. the birds in my art journal spread are now painted Painting the Birds I used washes of transparent acrylic—Golden Fluid Acrylics, to be specific. I really like these paints for a couple of reasons. First, I enjoy that they’re fluid yet still highly pigmented. In my painting style

Hearing a Bible verse about sparrows recently reminded me of how much I’ve enjoyed seeing the sparrows in my garden this year. In the...

After much work and much worry, my Halloween piece is finished! mice and a crow concocting a potion The whole time I was working on this...

Sadly, the high temperatures and dry days of August destroyed my small pumpkin crop. Nonetheless, with the lengthening nights and crisp...

I’ve had an art journal project in mind for quite a while and last week I finally got to it. It’s a three-part video series about...

It’s been a long time now that I’ve been creating art without framing, and I love it! Not only is it less expensive, but it also makes...

The cover for my seventh art journal is now finished! Last week, I think I began by saying, rashly, that it would be my best cover ever....

I’ve finished the cover—and therefore the entire journal, as I always do the cover last—of volume 7 of my art journals. the art journal...