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...

My opossum art journal spread is now finished, and the family outing is under way. the finished art journal spread, "Family Outing" The...

We’ve had a few opossum sightings lately, including this one that I managed to snap a photo of. It inspired me to create an art journal...

finished sea creatures art journal spread I’m amazed at how out of my box this art journal spread turned out to be. But then, it began...

Last week I took a “stay-cation” and spent most of my art time working in my latest art journal. It was so relaxing and fun. And beyond...

This week I decided to take a break from my usual routine and spend as much time as I can working on my current art journal. I realized...

a portrait of the cat as king Hope for Compassion I’m so pleased with my finished art journal spread, “When Cat is King.” On its surface,...

my tinted drawing of Cat as King Inspiration The inspiration for this, my latest art journal spread, comes from a mish-mash of sources....

A Calming Technique Suzanne Allard’s video classes got me started with simple florals and I’ve done a handful of pieces with them. But...

An Artist's Greatest Challenge As an artist, I can think of no greater challenge than creating art to memorialize a pet. I imagine many...

How I started on Redbubble A few months ago, I discovered Redbubble (a company producing print-on-demand products) thanks to a video...

Inspired by an on-line, self-paced class from Laly Mille, I’ve been working on this art journal spread. In Laly’s class, we were to...